There is good news for all the sports lovers, they can now access sports scores and the latest happenings on the field right from their BlackBerry smartphone via the innovative Sports Illustrated app.
Apart from being updated with real-time sports information, users can also check out SI’s fascinating photos. With this app, users can easily and instantly access Sports Illustrated’s writers on SI.com like Peter King’s MMQB, Tom Verducci’s Inside Baseball, Jon Heyman’s Daily Scoop, Stewart Mandel’s Inside College Football and Jon Wertheim’s Inside Tennis. The SI Photos section is said to be updated several times throughout the day with new galleries.
The background delivery system facilitates BlackBerry users to be abreast with the latest news, which lights up the SI icon whenever breaking news emerges. Apart from presenting latest news, the Sports Illustrated app features standings for leagues including NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, college hoops and college football. Further, it also offers commentary on Soccer, NASCAR, Tennis, Boxing, Cycling, Horse racing, and Olympics.
Sharing articles and galleries via e-mail, Twitter or Delicious is also made possible through this app. Users can also e-mail the article to themselves and view it later. They can also swap to text view that removes images and brings about faster navigation through sections and headlines. Users can customize top nav to include only the sports that they are look out for.
The sporty app can be downloaded for free from the BlackBerry App World.