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FloSports Has Put Its Ill-Conceived Pro Wrestling Service And Vertical To SleepOn Wednesday, FloSports, a venture-backed company best known for its streaming services bringing non-televised amateur sports to your TV, unceremoniously ended its year-long experiment with professional wrestling. Dubbed FloSlam—they company has used “FloWrestling” for years for collegiate grappling...

Kobe Bryant Is All About That $700 JuicerKobe Bryant rang in the New York Stock Exchange yesterday and unveiled his new career: heading up a $100 million venture capital fund. Along with Jeff Stibel—a former Web.com CEO—the creatively named Bryant Stibel will invest in “technology, media and data companies.” Apparently, the fund will succe...

Sportswriting's Gonna Be OK, Everybody: Bleacher Report Just Secured $22 Million In Venture CapitalPer Darren Rovell, the funding came from Oak Investment Partners. At Bleacher Report, money DOES grow on trees!...