{"id":25019,"date":"2010-09-10T15:27:47","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2010\/09\/industry-news-social-sports-inc-announces-introduction-of-fantasy-swimming-at-podiumpursuit-com\/"},"modified":"2014-07-28T18:11:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T01:11:39","slug":"industry-news-social-sports-inc-announces-introduction-of-fantasy-swimming-at-podiumpursuit-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/industry-news-social-sports-inc-announces-introduction-of-fantasy-swimming-at-podiumpursuit-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry News: Social Sports, Inc., Announces Introduction of Fantasy Swimming at PodiumPursuit.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, September 10. SOCIAL Sports, Inc. is proud to introduce the Podium Pursuit platform. As its first officially launched fantasy sports game, Social Sports is offering Fantasy Swimming on its website, PodiumPursuit.com.  Users can compete, and test their swimming knowledge out of the water during the upcoming FINA\/Arena World Cup series.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;When we were developing Podium Pursuit, the decision was made early on that we would focus our initial launch on swimming, due to its deep and meaningful history with me as a person and an Olympian,&quot; says Scott Goldblatt, founder of Social Sports. &quot;Being able to provide the swimming community with an engaging, interactive experience on an ongoing basis with real-life competitions outside of the Olympic Games was important, and something we felt was missing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Users can currently sign up at <a href=http:\/\/podiumpursuit.com target=_blank>http:\/\/podiumpursuit.com<\/a> and can begin making their picks for the World Cup events.<\/p>\n<p><b>The above article is a press release submitted to <i>Swimming World Magazine<\/i>. It has been posted in its entirety without editing. <i>Swimming World<\/i> offers all outlets the chance to reach our audience by contacting us at Newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com. However, <i>Swimming World<\/i> reserves the right to choose what material is posted.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, September 10. SOCIAL Sports, Inc. is proud to introduce the Podium Pursuit platform. 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