SportsBlog Launches “Pros Marching In Madness” Platform For The NCAA Tournament

NEW YORK - March 18, 2015 - PRLog -- SportsBlog, the fastest growing platform for superfans, athletes and sports media voices, announced the launch of “Pros Marching In Madness,” a special multimedia content hub of current and former NBA, NFL and WNBA pro athletes sharing their insight, opinions and predictions on the current Tournament, as well as a look back on their time playing in the NCAA’s. The site is live and continuous content can be found at: prosmarchinginmadness.sportsblog.com.

Contributing pro bloggers include NBA legends Sam Perkins, Spencer Haywood, Dale Ellis, Jim McIlvaine and Jerrod Mustaf; NBA players Courtney Lee of the Memphis Grizzlies and Charlie Villanueva of the Dallas Mavericks; WNBA players Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever, Tanisha Wright of the New York Liberty and Stefanie Dolson of the Washington Mystics; NFL players Justin Forsett of the Baltimore Ravens, James Jones of the Oakland Raiders and Chimdi Chekwa of the New England Patriots; and NFL Legends Tim Watson, James Cannida and Tavon Mason.

SportsBlog now has an average of 30 million page views a month, with 1 out of 10 males (between the ages of 18-34) in the US visiting daily, according to comScore. The platform also has helped to streamline the digital experience for over 20,000 fan and niche sports sites, all of which receive a wide variety of benefits from SportsBlog, including participation in the site’s innovative revenue-share program.

“We are enhancing the NCAA Tournament fan experience by leveraging the relationships we have with so many legendary athletes and connecting them directly to fans who want to engage in any way possible around what has become more of a social phenomenon than just a sports event in the U.S.” said Kevin April, COO of SportsBlog. “These savvy athletes are using our self-publishing platform to join in on the national conversation as the matchups play out, and we’re excited to share their unfiltered, authentic voices as teams head toward the Final Four.”

In recent weeks, SportsBlog has garnered its most attention by partnering with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) to launch their player app and for hosting a series of Google Hangouts with personalities like Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman, Dallas Maverick Charlie Villanueva, WNBA stars Tamika Catchings and Cappie Pondexter, NBA Legend Sam Perkins and others. Current San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Torrey Smith also made news on the platform when he announced he was leaving the Baltimore Ravens, setting a one-day traffic record for the site with over 600,000 unique visitors.

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