Ryan Clark

Most of you may not know (I sure didn't until this article in today's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ), that the Rooney's aren't the sole owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers. According to the PTR, Rita McGinley has owned 10% of the team since the 1940's when her father, Barney, got together with the late Art Rooney, Sr. to buy back the franchise. With her nephew's controlling part of the team, the McGinley family actually owns 20% of the team altogether. While the Rooney's own / control the remaining 80%. After learning that "Aunt Rita" part ownership in the Steelers, it may be hard to believe that ... Read Full Story

You know that I'm always excited about new widgets, but I'm particularly excited about the brand new type of content distribution model called reverse syndication that NewsGator and our media clients are embarking on. (For an excellent introduction to reverse syndication, I highly recommend you read Jeff Jarvis' excellent post on the topic .)  We're in the process of launching "Across the Field" widgets with 32 online newspapers to cover NFL games this fall and winter.  The details are fairly complicated but I hope you'll stay with me because when you learn the new territory we're charting, think you'll be rightly impressed.  NewsGator is ... Read Full Story

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