Railbird 2004–2019

Links for 2009-04-14

• Derby contender short list
  James Quinn analyzes speed and pace figures for Derby prospects, concludes, "Quality Road may be expected to repulse Dunkirk, all right, but once he does that, he may not be capable of holding Pioneerof the Nile safe." Could it be that simple this year? I’m skeptical. [DRF+ sub. req.]
  (tags: horseracing handicapping kentucky-derby)
• SB Nation scores a link deal with the NHL
  "Sports-blog network SB Nation is now officially sanctioned by the NHL. Posts from its 29 hockey blogs now appear as linked headlines on the homepage of NHL.com." [Shades of NTRA online task force plan.]
  (tags: media sports-blog nhl sb-nation business-media)
• The battle for hosted microblogging begins
  Beyond Twitter: "It's no secret that I'm a huge proponent of self-hosted microblogging…. Not sold on this idea? Read what I wrote earlier about the implications of ESPN running their own sports network …" [Thanks, PtP.]
  (tags: twitter social-media social-network microblogging)

Posted by Delicious in Miscellany on 04/14/2009 @ 7:00 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter