It was a given that Madden NFL 13 would sell big. It’s one of the franchises that EA counts on to underpin its year-to-year business and one that the company loves to talk about when addressing investors. It’s no surprise, …

The 2012 Paralympic Games are set to kick off tomorrow evening in London. The 14th Paralympic Games will host around 4,200 athletes from 166 countries, including over 200 athletes from the U.S. Many of the U.S. athletes competing are military …

In a landscape packed with legitimate streaming video heavyweights, Amazon is looking to make their Prime instant Video service more attractive with the addition of new content – this time from the sports and documentary genres. Today, the company announced …

WWE has launched a new mobile app for iOS and Android, giving fans access to to a “second screen TV companion experience,” which activates during Monday Night Raw. The app features live polls and content during that time. The app …

It’s likely that Mark Sanchez will remain the starting quarterback for the New York Jets for the foreseeable future, despite the fact that the team picked up QB Tim Tebow during the offseason, but if Twitter followers could enter the …

Red Sox legend Jonny Pesky has passed away, at the age of 92, and Twitter users are paying their respects with seemingly nothing but nice things to say about the man. Pesky, known as Mr. Red Sox, and “The Needle,” …

The latest in Google’s series of Olympics-themed doodles celebrates rhythmic gymnastics. The previous three were interactive, playable games, but Google appears to have gotten back to the more traditional doodle style. Perhaps they just couldn’t figure out a way to …

The NFL Preseason is officially under way. On Thursday, the Broncos crushed the Bears (31-3), The Chargers beat the Packers (21-13), the Patriots beat the Saints (7-6), The Eagles beat the Steelers (24-23), the Ravens beat the Falcons (31-17), and …

There are good men’s horizontal bar routines. Then there is Dutch gymnast Epke Zonderland’s horizontal bar routine. Yesterday, during the final day of gymnastics competition at the 2012 Olympics, the Dutchman wowed spectators and TV audiences alike with his high-flying …

In 2009, Jamaican runner Usain Bolt set an astounding world record in the 100m dash: 9.58 seconds. That’s fast. Really, really fast. But even with a time like that, he’s hardly the fastest land mammal. That distinction is now held …

Google has been running doodles related to the Olympics on its homepage every day since the opening ceremony. Yesterday it was field hockey. The day before that it was gymnastics. The day before that it was fencing. And so on. …

Go Daddy girl and racing superstar Danica Patrick had a wreck at the Michigan International Speedway on Monday. While she has not updated her Twitter account or issued a formal statement, reports suggest that she is fine. This was Patrick’s …

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is just hours away, and the world is gearing up for a couple weeks of sporting brilliance. Internet giant Google is joining in the festivities (while based in the U.S., it has operations …

Women’s boxing will finally make it’s Olympic debut at this year’s summer games in London. Since the bone-jarring sport is one of my favorite aspects of the event, adding even more matches featuring a bevy of talented scrappers isn’t going …

NFL fans are still adapting to a league without Brett Favre, for better or worse. High School football fans in Mississippi, however, will get a taste of the former Packer (Falcon/Jet/Viking), as he is now filling a role in a …

It’s hard to imagine what it was like to suddenly be face-to-face with their sports idol, but from the looks of things it was an incredibly emotional experience for some fans. Adidas set up a photobooth at the Westfield mall …

Kristen Stewart is already a veteran Hollywood actress and, from what I’ve been told, something a fashion icon. Of course, none of that information should come as a huge surprise to anyone who has followed her around since her “Panic …

Neil deGrasse Tyson is about the only truly famous astrophysicist we have these days, but boy has he taken off like a rocket (pun most definitely intended). Through countless televisions appearances and a strong online presence, the Hayden Planetarium director …

The Adrian Peterson fiasco continues to rock right along. Following reports that the Minnesota Vikings star was arrested at a Houston, Texas nightclub after scrapping with some off-duty police officers, Peterson enlisted the services of attorney Rusty Hardin, the man …

Adrian Peterson, NFL star extraordinaire, recently got himself arrested following an altercation with off-duty police officers at a nightclub in Houston, Texas. Sports Illustrated reports that Peterson was attempting to get some water right before the club was scheduled to …

We’ve seen Google’s PageRank algorithm applied to cancer outcome prediction and used to determine molecular shapes and chemical reactions. Now, PageRank is being used to reveal soccer teams’ strategies. MIT’s technology review points to a paper from Javier Lopez Pena …