iVillage Launches the Female Fan
Posted on September 8, 2006
iVillage has launched The Female Fan, a new blog targeting female NFL football fans. The blog is promising stories about the players, game basics and big game coverage. iVillge also says the blog will report on celebrity romances and offer tailgating tips and recipes for football parties.
"The Female Fan' is the place to go for women who want to talk football," said Kellie Gould, Editor-in-Chief, iVillage.com. "Whether they simply want fun facts to impress friends or if the goal is gaining more game insight, Betsy's blog is their source."The blog is written by author Betsy Berns. Berns was grew up with three brothers who used to test her football knowledge so she could even out the touch-football teams. She is also the author of The Female Fan Guide to Pro Football, Win, Place and Show: A Female Fan's Guide to Thoroughbred Racing and The Female Fan Guide to Motorsports.
Over the last couple years iVillage has been building a healthy blog network of its own. Their list of blogs includes The Baby Name Wizard, Chick Chat, Crib Notes, Daily Blabber, Grrl Genius, Smitten, Sanity and the Solo Mom and Tales from my Tiny Kingdom. They are also the home of This Fish Needs a Bicycle, a dating blog, which used to be an independent blog before moving to iVillage. This Fish was one of five nominees for Weblog of the Year at the 2005 Bloggies.
Update: The Female Fan blog is no longer available.