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• Sportgenic™ Network Moves Ahead of Competition with 250th Member Site; Passes Sports Site Heavyweights ESPN.com, AOL Sports, CBS Sports, and NASCAR.com

  - 2008-03-10

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Sportgenic[TM] formerly Active Athlete, a media and technology company dedicated to connecting marketers with sport enthusiasts, today announced that its network of online publishers has grown to 250 member Web sites, moving ahead of well-established competition in recent months. According to the latest comScore report, the two-year...

  Tags: America Online Inc., ESPN, NASCAR, network

• NASCAR roster gets fine-tuning

  - 2008-01-23

  ABC/ESPN, after returning to NASCAR racing last year, will retool its coverage this season. The moves, being announced today, include removing Rusty Wallace as lead race analyst. He'll become lead analyst in the prerace show, which last year didn't have anyone in such a role. ...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, NASCAR, TVs

• NASCAR TV ratings drop again, remain strongest in South

  - 2007-11-14

  NASCAR ends its season Sunday with ratings down again this year. And while it has fan interest beyond its Southern base, it's still an also-ran in big cities outside the South. This season's NASCAR Nextel Cup races -- airing on Fox, TNT, ESPN and ABC --...

  Tags: ESPN, Games, NASCAR, NFL, TVs

• 'Junk Car' race needs a light

  - 2007-11-13

  NASCAR HAD ITS equivalent of the Final Four on Sunday -- the event leading into "the event." Only in this case, nobody watched. I mean, nobody. That's not to say nobody cared. It's just that nobody watched. OK, somebody watched. According...

  Tags: car, ESPN, Ford Motor Co., Games, NASCAR

• Sports on TV, radio

  - 2007-09-16

  Sunday TV BOWLING U.S. Women's Open, ESPN, 11 a.m. GOLF PGA: Tour Championship, GOLF, 9:30 a.m. PGA: Tour Championship, Ch. 5, 11:30 a.m. Mercedes Benz Championship, GOLF, 11:30 a.m. Champions: Greater Hickory Classic, GOLF, 4:30 p.m....

  Tags: ESPN, MARKETING, MLB, NASCAR, NFL, radio, TVs

• NASCAR NEXTEL FanView™ to Carry Live Original Content from ESPN and SPEED

  - 2007-09-13

  Next-Generation Race Scanner Provides New Broadcast Content for Fans Attending Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL CupTM Race Weekends

  Tags: ESPN, NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc.

• Sports on TV, radio

  - 2007-08-19

  Sunday TV GOLF Scandinavian Masters, GOLF, 6 a.m. Nationwide: Xerox Classic, GOLF, 11 a.m. PGA: Wyndham Championship, Ch. 2, 11 a.m. Championship: The Tradition, Ch. 5, 2 p.m. LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES West vs. Southwest, ESPN2,...

  Tags: 3M Co., ESPN, MARKETING, MLB, NASCAR, radio, TVs

• Sports on TV, radio

  - 2007-07-29

  Sunday TV ARENA FOOTBALL San Jose vs. Columbus, Ch. 4, 1 p.m. CYCLING Tour De France Final stage, VS., 5:30 a.m. GOLF Players Championship of Europe, GOLF, 6 a.m. Champions: Senior British Open, Ch. 4, 11...

  Tags: Allstate Corp., ESPN, MARKETING, NASCAR, radio, TVs

• Sports on TV, radio

  - 2007-07-15

  Sunday TV CYCLING Tour de France Stage 8, VS., 5 a.m. Tour de France Review, Ch. 2, noon GOLF European: Scottish Open, GOLF, 8 a.m. Champions: Dick's Sporting Goods Open, GOLF, 11 a.m. LPGA: Corning Classic,...

  Tags: ESPN, MARKETING, MLB, NASCAR, Piracy, radio, TVs

• Sports on TV, radio

  - 2007-07-14

  Saturday TV ARENA FOOTBALL Columbus at Georgia, ESPN, 11 a.m. Chicago at San Jose, ESPN, 2 p.m. CYCLING Tour de France Stage 7, VS., 5:30 a.m. GOLF Champions: Dick's Sporting Goods Open, GOLF, 11 a.m. ...

  Tags: ESPN, MARKETING, NASCAR, NBA, radio, TV, Utah