The Merry Mobile Month of March
Hoops on Your Handset --
Five Exciting Apps for College Basketball Fans
March is one month when even folks who don’t care much for sports really get into the game. The annual college basketball championships are a uniquely interactive phenomenon, prompting feverish competition – and maybe even a little hush-hush wagering – in workspaces around the country. Whether you spend your winter poring over each week’s PAC-10 injury reports or you fill out your brackets based on which team has the funnier mascot, these apps will help you keep you up to speed on the latest hoops happenings.
Bracket Man Pro for iPhone
Keeping track of who you picked in this afternoon’s slate of games can be as easy as glancing at your iPhone. The easy-to-use Bracket Man app lets you lay out your own brackets and make picks right on your mobile. Even when the tournament is over, this one is handy for organizing anything from office pools to bowling leagues, with a randomization feature that keeps everything fair and even.
ESPN Mobile for BlackBerry
The venerable sports network bills itself as the Worldwide Leader, and if you’re a sports fan, it’s hard to argue. Follow all the action with up-to-the-minute scores, highlights and analysis from some of the leading lights in the world of professional athletics, including exclusive, ESPN-only content that you won’t find on any other app.
Text Me Out to the Ball Game-- Watching Sports in the Mobile Age
When I was a kid, one of my favorite aspects of watching sports with my dad was the fascinating web of phone calls involved. We were Minnesota Vikings fans living in Wisconsin, so any time Minnesota and Green Bay met, we could depend on the phone ringing off the hook throughout the game. If the Packers pulled off a huge pass play, all of my dad’s co-workers were on the horn in seconds to gloat.
If the Vikings’ defense stuffed the drive right at the goal line, he’d dial them right back to return the favor. If the Vikings were ahead at halftime, my dad’s hometown buddies from Minnesota would dial up to discuss what the coaching staff needed to do to protect the lead. Sometimes there’d even be a Chicago Bears fan or two calling up to wish failure on both teams.
Things are a little different when I watch a big sporting event these days. Don’t get me wrong – there’s still plenty of trash talk and chest-thumping involved. It’s just that my friends and I communicate by different means. The advent of text messaging has completely altered the way I watch sports, and I’m pretty certain I’m not alone.
Now when I watch a game, anything is fair play for a quick text.
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