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Watching the Great American Race yesterday, I couldn’t help but notice that Ask.com has tuned into NASCAR in a big way. Sure enough, it turns out that Ask.com has signed a big deal with NASCAR: Ask.com, a leading search engine and an operating business of IAC, announced Wednesday it has entered into partnerships with NASCAR, NASCAR.COM and Hall of Fame... (more)

Getting geared up for the Super Bowl this weekend, which also means the usual anticipation, discussion, and review of all the TV advertising contained within. (About 33 minutes’ worth according to the NY Times.) On the NY Times site today I discovered this cool multi-media exploration: The Super Ad Bowl:Two Decades of Players. They have a breakdown of all ads... (more)

The baseball statistician Bill James wrote a great article called Boycott the BCS! this week in Slate, calling for his colleagues to boycott the BCS system for post-season college football. (more)

This week the Sports Business Journal published their analysis of NASCAR sponsors’ exposure value for 2008: For the second straight year, SportsBusiness Journal/Daily teamed with Kansas City-based sponsorship measurement firm Image Impact to measure the exposure received by companies doing business with NASCAR. This year, we captured and assessed more than 138,000 sponsor impressions, 44 percent more than last year’s... (more)

It looks like this week's storm brought over a foot of snow to the Sierras. Combine that with low temperatures and snow-making equipment, and Boreal ski resort is opening today! (more)

No, it’s not “red state” vs “blue state”. It’s the NFL’s allocation of regional game broadcasts on the two main broadcast networks (Fox and CBS). The site NFL TV Distribution Maps has the (unofficial) word on which games are shown where each weekend. The maps won’t tell you why your city gets a game you don’t care about, but at... (more)

Helmet Originally uploaded by brianc. This year we’re really on a roll. To start the Nascar season off right, we made it to the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Two weeks ago we followed that up by heading into the heart of Nascar in Alabama: Talladega Super Speedway.... (more)

Somewhere along the way, Yahoo! launched a new series of sports blogs and I missed it. I’ve only recently subscribed, but these blogs have good writing, high-quality images (from the sports news services), and even full article content in the RSS feeds. If you’re into NBA, MLB, NASCAR, NFL, or NCAA Basketball, click the appropriate logo below and go check... (more)