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The Line Drive for December 29
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Keep voting in the Community Choice Awards - more categories this week. ♦Reminder that the $15 deal on NCAA Football 14 for 360 ends tomorrow. ♦New screenshots from EA Sports UFC have been added to the FB gallery. ♦2K servers have been down much of the weekend rendering NBA 2K14 practically unplayable. ♦2K Sports was la...
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Press Row Hangout: Responding to Viewer Submitted Questions and Topics
The latest Press Row Hangout takes on viewer questions and suggested topics that were submitted prior to and during the show. For those who prefer to listen to podcasts over the video hangouts, the show will be offered in audio form within the next few days and a new posting will go up at that time. With the Press Row Podcast taking a holiday break more live hangouts are planned to fill the gap. As always feel free to leave any thoughts on the subjects or show feedback in the comments! ...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Franchise Mode of 2013
The year-in-review process continues with another category to vote for in the Community Awards. Best Franchise Mode has been won by the Madden series for the past two years. It'll face a challenge from NCAA Football 14 and NHL 14. Continue on for the summaries of each, to vote in the poll, and leave any thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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NCAA Football 14 Deal on Xbox 360
PlayStation 3 owners got the benefit of special deals in recent weeks with MLB 13: The Show for $10 and NHL 14 for $15. Buying them digitally even made sense for those who already had them on disc and could re-sell them for more than that. Now those with Xbox 360s can take advantage of a similar offer. NCAA Football 14 is available as a digital download through Xbox Live for just $15. There are no real discounts on the game elsewhere - even Amazon has new copies sitting at $60 with used c...
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Sherlock Season 3 Prequel Teaser
The BBC has released a lengthy prequel teaser for the upcoming third season of Sherlock. The series debut is set for January 1 on BBC and in the US it'll be January 19 on PBS. In addition below is the official trailer for the three episode season. It'll be out on Blu-ray and DVD on February 11. ...
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Trailer for Million Dollar Arm
The first trailer has arrived for Million Dollar Arm. The latest sports-themed film from Disney, it stars Jon Hamm as an agent who tries to recruit cricket stars to play Major League Baseball. Million Dollar Arm is slated to release May 16, 2014. Based on a true story, the film follows JB Bernstein (Hamm), a once-successful sports agent who now finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner Aash (Mandvi) will have to close their business down for good if JB doesn...
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The Press Row Podcast Top Three Sports Games of 2013
Last week the year-end Press Row Podcast was released with a discussion on the best sports games of 2013. The results shaping a top three were as expected at the top and maybe somewhat surprising at the bottom. The finally tally had next-gen FIFA 14 taking the crown of Best Sports Game of 2013. In second place was NCAA Football 14 and third was next-gen Madden NFL 25. MLB 13: The Show just missed out on making the top three. My submission which factored in had The Show as the top game, fo...
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Trailer for Draft Day
The first trailer has arrived for the sports drama Draft Day. The film stars Kevin Costner and is directed by Ivan Reitman. Draft Day is slated to release on April 11, 2014. On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver (Costner) has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on ...
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