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By Darren Burton, Yahoo Accessibility Specialist
The men’s college basketball tournament, aka The Big Dance, is a truly massive event across America. 68 of the top colleges in the nation take part, and offices and sports bars everywhere are abuzz with excitement over their brackets. I’ve been filling out mine since I was a college student back in the 1980’s, and that didn’t stop after I lost my sight in the 1990’s. I always played, but it just wasn’t the same when a friend or colleague filled out the brackets for me. It was kind of like someone was looking over my shoulder, and it affected how I made my picks.
All that changes today. I’m excited to announce that for the first time, you can use your favorite screen reader to complete your bracket using Yahoo Fantasy Sports Tourney Pick'em on your iOS device. Why such a big deal? Because now you’ll be able to join the millions of other college basketball fans on Yahoo Sports. Even if you have a disability like I do, you can independently join or create your own group, make your picks and track your progress against your friends through the entire championship tournament.
It all starts on Sunday when the brackets go live. Choose a winner for each of the games in every round and then root for your teams as you track your predictions throughout the six rounds of the tournament. For the iOS app, we’ve implemented Apple’s “magic-tap,” a single two-finger double-tap gesture that let’s you quickly find and follow your favorite team from round to round. So, if you like Kansas to win it all, you just find Kansas in the first round, do the magic-tap, and you are immediately taken to the Kansas game in the second round without any additional taps or swipes. Magic-tap again, and you are on the Kansas game in the third round. It’s a super easy way to follow your favorite team.
Check out Tourney Pick’em on Yahoo Fantasy Sports or download the latest version of the Yahoo Fantasy app on your iOS device. The Brackets are revealed at 5:30 pm EDT Sunday March 12, and you’ll have until tipoff of the first game on Thursday to join a group and make your picks.
Good luck, and let the Madness begin!
By Matt Edelman, Product Manager
The mobile industry is shifting the way we consume video content. At Yahoo, with our more than 650 million mobile users (and growing), continuing to create new experiences on these devices remains a top priority. Today we’re proud to introduce Yahoo Sports Headlines, a new visual way to tap through the day’s tops stories.
Available in our popular Yahoo Sports app, Headlines are quick, high quality videos presented in an easy to view portrait format. Fans can catch up on the latest news by tapping through each video and simply swipe up to read the entire article. The videos are easy to comment on in the app and can be shared on social networks. The new Headlines tab on the Yahoo Sports app can be found on both iOS and Android.
This is just the beginning for our new take on mobile video. Over the coming year, we plan to continue evolving the product and rolling it out across more Yahoo properties so stay tuned!
By Alan Springer, Executive Producer
On Thursday, April 27 beginning at 8pm ET, the Yahoo Sports team will air a live show covering the NFL Draft. Host Mike Hill will be joined by Charles Robinson, Pat Forde, Tank Williams, Brad Evans, Brandon Funston and former Super Bowl champion Tony Siragusa in our New York City studios along with live reports and interviews from Eric Edholm with the draft’s top prospects from Philadelphia. This much-anticipated live event on Yahoo will be sponsored by FX, which will spotlight its upcoming series “Snowfall” through video advertising.
The Yahoo Sports team will bring NFL fans expert football and fantasy analysis, breaking news and live questions from social media throughout the entire first round. In addition on Day 1, we’ll have Matt Kelley from Player Profiler with analytics, player comparisons and breakdown numbers you won’t find anywhere else.
On Friday, Day 2 of the draft, featuring rounds two and three, the Yahoo Sports coverage will transform into an all-fantasy cast from 7pm - 8:30pm ET. Streaming on Yahoo Sports and Facebook Live, we’ll use our signature Fantasy Football Live style to project numbers of the incoming rookies as well as where draftees still on the board could find their perfect fit. Our crew, featuring Liz Loza, Andy Behrens, Scott Pianowkski and Dalton Del Don, will interact with fans throughout the broadcast via Facebook Live to find out what’s on the viewers’ minds about their favorite teams. Additionally, we’ll have ears on the ground in Philadelphia for any breaking news as well as possible interviews with the drafted prospects.
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Todd Gurley running through these Broncos like:
BROCKdanmarinoOSWEILER celebrating his win today:
NBA TIPOFF IS JUST
DAYS AWAY!
Is your fantasy team ready?!
Anyone predicting an action-packed game tonight?
Who are you starting (if anyone) in your fantasy lineups?
OBJ?
Carson Wentz?
…Eli Manning?
Jimmy Butler had himself a DAY.
Wonder how many fantasy points he would’ve earned in that scrimmage.
Also…
…I can’t be the only one that sees it, right?
right?!
Mason Crosby kicking today:
Graham Gano kicking today:
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