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NFL Player's Tweet Is Going To Cost Him $600,000

You’re already careful about what you say on Twitter, right? I mean, you read my advice on reputation management, so you know not to go around tweeting defamatory tweets in the name of "fun." Right?

NFL Players Get Official YouTube Channel

NFL Players, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association, has launched an official YouTube channel. The organization represents over 1,800 active (and retired) NFL players.

Want Ochocinco on your iPhone? There’s an app for that

The self-proclaimed "Interesting One", Chad Ochocinco, has taken the social media scene by storm. His Twitter account currently has 250,892 followers and his Ustream show has 3,353 followers and over 180,000 views. So what's the next logical step for a social media savvy NFL star? Well, now he's going mobile.

The NFL To Show Blacked-Out Games Online

The NFL has announced that blacked out games in home team markets this season will be shown on NFL.com on a delayed basis.

Fox Sports Launching Five Online Only Shows

Fox Sports has announced it will launch original programming online starting Monday, September 14. The webcasts will be streamed weekdays at 1p.m. ET on foxsports.com. The first online only show will debut Monday and is called "The Afterparty with Jay Glazer." Each week during the NFL season Glazer will interview the five best players from Sunday's game.

How Fans Engage with the NFL Online

The day has arrived at last. The 2009 NFL season kicks off tonight with the opening game between the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers (a game our own Rafael Robinson is attending, by the way).

NFL Looking To Tighten Up Social Media Rules

While it’s probably not fair to attach the “No Fun League” tag to the NFL in this instance it certainly makes for a better headline, so there. The league, which earlier this year linked itself to the US Marine Corps and others by limiting social media use by its ‘employees’ has expanded those terms before the start of the regular season.

CBSSports.com To Offer Blitz Of NFL Coverage

CBSSports.com said today it has created a network of 32 reporters to cover every NFL team and provide brief updates on its homepage. The new initiative called RapidReports will have a reporter dedicated to every team to provide a stream of short, original news updates. CBS says it is the only media outlet to offer this type of coverage of the NFL.

Terrell Owens Asks for Michael Vick Support Via Twitter

UPDATE: Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Vick will be able to participate in preseason practices, meetings and workouts. A full reinstatement will be looked at for Week 6 of the regular season.

Yahoo Settles Lawsuit With NFL

Yahoo and the NFL Players Association have reached a settlement over the use of players' statistics, images and other information in Yahoo's fantasy football games. Yahoo sued the NFLPA last month arguing it should not have to pay additional royalties to use players' data in its fantasy football games because the information is publicly available.