TCF: The Week in Review

September 20th, 2013
in TCF News & Notes

Congrats to Dr. Andy Billings – he was quoted in the New York Times while promoting his new book, The Fantasy Sport Industry: Games within Games. Here’s the link to the NYT article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/sports/football/jaguars-use-fantasy-football-lounge-to-lure-fans.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

And here’s the link to the info about his book:

http://uanews.ua.edu/2013/09/ua-professor-authors-first-true-survey-of-fantasy-sport-leagues/

Congrats to Dr. Michael Bruce and his students, who were featured on Campus Clash on Fox Sports this past Saturday. This was really nice exposure for our program. Here’s a link to their piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hiTKcFTkKo&feature=youtu.be

Dr. Matt Payne is a featured scholar on Joystick Warriors: Video Games, Violence & the Culture of Militarism, which has an official ship date of October 15. This is some nice national recognition for Matt’s work on gaming. You can read more about this film at: http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=175

If you watch the Emmy Awards Sunday night, keep an eye out for Dr. Kristen Warner! She is making a return visit and will be working the crowd.