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]]> By: Bleacher Report gives the spotlight to fan-journalists » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/19/pickspal-an-american-idol-for-sports-fans-raises-6-million-and-yardbarker-mention/comment-page-1/#comment-800115 Bleacher Report gives the spotlight to fan-journalists » VentureBeat Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:53:16 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/19/pickspal-an-american-idol-for-sports-fans-raises-6-million-and-yardbarker-mention/#comment-800115 [...] devoted to promoting particular athletes or teams and aggregators of blog posts and other news (see our profile of Yardbarker, for example). Bleacher Report, on the other hand, is about enabling fan-journalists. [...] [...] devoted to promoting particular athletes or teams and aggregators of blog posts and other news (see our profile of Yardbarker, for example). Bleacher Report, on the other hand, is about enabling fan-journalists. [...]

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]]> By: Andrew Johnson http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/19/pickspal-an-american-idol-for-sports-fans-raises-6-million-and-yardbarker-mention/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 Andrew Johnson Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:03:35 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/19/pickspal-an-american-idol-for-sports-fans-raises-6-million-and-yardbarker-mention/#comment-5588 Others that are similar are fanspot.com and fanpage.com. Probably the most similar to pickspal is http://www.Fanlete.com, that heavily integrates social networking. Others that are similar are fanspot.com and fanpage.com.

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