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ESPN has partnered with social networking site Bebo to bring short-form sports video highlights to the site for U.S. users.

Enthusiastic sports fans account for 19 percent of overall online users and represent a lucrative online audience according to a new report from JupiterResearch.Since serious sports fans spend more time online, watch more online video and shop more online, sports sites need to integrate the right balance of video and social features into their destinations, the report found.

Yahoo and Turner Broadcasting hit the ground running with a deal that will see them collaborate on a content and advertising plan for the NBA, Nascar, and the PGA.

Sports Illustrated opened its vast repository of content to the Internet through its new Vault website, and tapped Truveo for its video search service.

Community sports-writing site Bleacher Report picked up a round of investment capital as it emerged from beta status with over 400,000 unique visitors stopping by each month.

Sites like Yardbarker and Ballhype descend from the model popularized by tech-centric Digg. The vote up or down, user-powered ethic meets sports fanaticism.

WSC Group, an incubator company started by two former TD Ameritrade employees, has launched CrowdPicks.com, a social networking sports website in beta.

A new service from Yahoo has been aimed at sports fans with televisions hooked to their computers. It's called Yahoo Sports for TV.