Providing online forums and chat room services for social networking in the field of sporting events, sports fans, sports enthusiasts, and users interested in sharing sports-related information from and among each other; providing equipment for real-time interaction in the nature of instant messaging between and among users of computers, mobile and handheld computers, and wired and wireless communication devices, in the field of sports fans, sports enthusiasts, and users interested in sharing sports information; providing on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among and between users in the field of sports information; providing an online community forum for users to share information, photos, audio and video content about themselves, their favorite sports teams, their thoughts and predictions about sporting events, and to allow for interactions with their peers, and to engage in social networking; providing a sports-themed service over a global computer network and via mobile applications, namely, providing on-line forums for transmission of messages among sports fans and other sports enthusiasts to share and exchange ideas and predictions concerning a wide variety of sporting and athletic events and contests