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Jockipedia Keeps Fans Posted on Their Favorite Athletes

by Caleb Johnson on July 7, 2009 at 07:45 AM

For years, fans relied on sports journalists to stay up-to-date on their favorite athletes' comings and goings. Now, the athletes have turned the tables. They've cut out the middleman, so to speak, with the use of popular social-networking tools like Twitter and created a new form of sports journalism -- one straight from the horse's mouth.

Douglas Warshaw hopes to capitalize on this trend with his new Web site Jockipedia.com. According to The New York Times, the site compiles links to the tweets, blogs, official Web sites, and Facebook and MySpace pages of more than 3,500 athletes. It's similar in format to Wikipedia in that its growth depends on devoted fans adding listings and links. Users can browse by several categories such as athlete, league, sport, and country, or use a built-in search engine. Warshaw says to think of the site as an 'interactive phone book.'

Jockipedia is certainly an interesting attempt to wrangle with the social-media explosion in the sports world. However, it's unclear whether or not the site has what it takes to become number one. After all, wouldn't it be just as easy to use Google? [From: The New York Times]

Tags: aggregator, athlete, jockipedia, sports, top, twitter, web, wiki

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