Wired: Game Changers: How Videogames Trained a Generation of Athletes

Posted on 7 February, 2010 by Martin Stabe

"For more than 30 years, sports videogames have been focused on simulating real-life athletics more and more perfectly. But over the past decade, games have moved beyond just imitating the action on the field. Now they’re changing it."

Telegraph: Arsenal fans will be able to watch highlights on their PSPs after Sony deal

Posted on 22 January, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"It will allow any of the 60,000 fans that attend the Emirates Stadium to tune into their PlayStation Portables – a handheld games console – and watch live streaming of the match with a five second delay from next season. This will mean fans that missed a tackle or goal could glance down and see an immediate replay."

Times Online: Journalists cry foul as politicians put the boot in

Posted on 29 October, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"[A] a charity football match between Scottish politicians and sports journalists which had to be abandoned after descending into a brawl..."

The Sun: He’s h-air Lehmann

Posted on 20 September, 2008 by Martin Stabe

The Sun has picked up the story of Jens Lehmann's helicopter flights. That'll be the story that Bildblog reported had been nicked from a local blogger by Bild....

Property Week Forums: Football forums

Posted on 31 August, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Eh? Why is a B2B magazine running a football forum? Building a user community around something other than the thing they all have in common is a strange strategy.

Daily Mail: Patriots’ loss was a perfect ending

Posted on 5 February, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Here on the west coast of America, where millions upon millions of dollars have been spent promoting Beckham as the superstar saviour of soccer, the decision to omit him from the England squad was recorded by a single paragraph in USA Today."

Soccermap.net: National league tables in a map

Posted on 25 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

because of we really, really needed league tables from every national football league plotted on a Google Map of Europe... BATE Borisov top the table in Belarus!

Freeview’s Hidden Gems

Posted on 20 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

... like BBC coverage of the African Cup of Nations on Channel 302.

Independent: Freedom Of Information: How Labour considered saving Man Utd from an American takeover

Posted on 18 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"[L]ast month the Information Commissioner ruled in favour of the fans and ordered the Government to disclose the information being sought."

New York Times: N.C.A.A. to Bloggers: Too Many Posts and You’re Out! -

Posted on 2 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"The NCAA issued new rules this week that will allow credentialed press to blog live NCAA championship sporting events. The rules, however, limit the number of times reporters can post live blogs depending on the sport they cover." (via Guardian/PDA)

BBC News: ESPN ‘eyes Premier League rights’

Posted on 10 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"US sports cable network ESPN is 'absolutely interested' in buying the UK rights to broadcast Premier League football"

BBC News: Pub football court case kicks off

Posted on 29 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The High Court is considering whether a pub should be allowed to show live English Premier League football matches from foreign broadcasts."

Jeremy Dear: [Jobs for goals] Scandal set to rock the media?

Posted on 19 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Ha: "several overweight, 40-something hacks secured an emphatic 8-2 victory against students from Cardiff University's School of Journalism. The students denied they had "thrown" the game amid fears their journalistic careers may be over before they even

Stumbling and Mumbling: Wisdom of crowds in football

Posted on 14 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The wisdom of crowds has come to English football. Myfootballclub's takeover of Ebbsfleet means 20,000 people will vote on its team selection; Hapoel Kiryat Shalom in Israel do a similar thing."

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