New Media and ESPN
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New media has taken many forms when it comes to sports. ESPN.com is a website that shows different types of new media. One of the most interesting features they have is the feature of having a fantasy team. This feature lets users create their own teams in a league and play against other teams. The user has the option of benching players, trading player, and dropping players. You can also link your phone to ESPN in order to receive updates on players that may have gotten injured or cannot play for a specific reason. The teams that are included are football, basketball, baseball, hockey, racing, and soccer.
A different form of new media ESPN offers is the choice for users to receive text messages with minute to minute updates on the sport of their choice and also on the game that may be in progress at the moment. ESPN also has live updates on games that are in progress on their homepage.
ESPN allows users to play games with other users like texas hold'em and 3D Pool, which are played in real time.
Blogs play a big role in sports as well. There are websites like espn.com and http://sportsblogs.org/
that have commentary by announcers on games that have been played, games that are going to be played and their opinions on who might win. ESPN has both written [4] and video [5] blogs on comments from different commentators about the sport of your choice.
eli 22:08, 19 November 2008 (CST) [6]
In addition to being able to go on your cellular phones and browse the internet for information about your favorite teams, there has also been the recent emergence of applications like ESPN mobile. ESPN mobile, also known as ESPN MVP, is a cellular phone application that allows sports fans to view highlights and stats about their favorite players as well as teams. It covers sports from all over the world and is one of the most up-to-date networks for sports in the entire world. Not only has ESPN moved from being exclusively on television to being available on the internet, but it has now made it easier for consumers to view their editorials through their cellular phones. With this new technology, users can even send blogs and respond to other peoples blogs through their cellular phones which is bringing a new age of possibilities to people all over the world.
"Like ESPN, there are many websites that do the same but ESPN is one of the most up-to-date that i know of and more interactive"
daniel 14:16, 13 December 2008 (CST)
