We’ll still flying coach…

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Two Year Anniversary Humblebrag

Around two years ago, Ryan and I started this blog with the simple goal of channelling our lifetime passion for sports. After two weeks we grew our followers to double digits. The audience was small but it was an audience and it kept us going. Now, two days shy of our two year anniversary, we’re creeping on 10,000 followers! *Tebowing with thanks*.

We jumped into the sports media game (and Tumblr) unaware that the industry was changing. With the help of Twitter and Tumblr, independant sports publishers are making a name for themselves. Humbly, that’s what we’re trying to do with The Tickr and we have a few things in the pipeline that we hope will do just that.

With the help of our new recruit, Steven LeBron, we’re going to start creating original sports content. It all starts tomorrow with a new feature we’re calling 3 in the Key. On a weekly basis, Steven LeBron will focus on three relevant basketball plot lines and package it all up in one post worth pondering. From there we plan on building out more, yet to be determined, original content features — thoughts, viewpoints and opinions you won’t find anywhere else but here at The Tickr.

We’ve come a long way since January 4th, 2010 but we have an even longer way to go. Our vision for 2012 and beyond is strong and we look forward to rolling it out to you. Thank you for making our humble sports blog mean a little something. We’re still flying coach but we’re sitting next to cute blondes who read Those Guys Have All The Fun.

Brad Jeffrey and I are now exploring the intersection of Hip Hop and Hilarity on Twitter with @HipHopHilarious. Follow or not.

Julie Brown and I are currently developing a location app inspired board game called Places and Co.! We’re treating it like a tech startup, cause that’s how we roll. Follow our progress on Tumblr, Twitter and or Facebook etc. etc.!

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We’re excited. Our little seed of a board game idea is poking up from underneath the soil. What started around a year ago with some sketches and a few brainstorming sessions, is now a full blown playable prototype. To paraphrase the wonderful Dr. Seuss, we’re off to great places!

C.J’s got my credit cards and a lotta ones!

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Attention Media Outlets, Sports Networks, Advertising Agencies, Tumblr, Foursquare (why not), Richard Branson and/or other wealthy billionaires/millionaires!

Consider this TheTickr.com’s REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP for all you industry types)! Our team (brothers, Ryan Watt and Jeremy Watt) are ready and willing to be sent to London to cover the 2012 Summer Olympics online, like no one else can!

What we Need

• Some sort of crazy V.I.P. access to the London 2012 Olympics.
• Financial coverage of flights, accommodation and food (nothing fancy, we’re pretty resourceful).
• Financial coverage of our iPhone roaming charges.
• An online platform to share all our wonderful coverage (this isn’t a must, but probably to your advantage).

What you get in Return

• Real-time coverage of the events of your choosing! We’re not just talking about live tweets and photo posts! Picture if you will, an animated GIF of a speed walker crossing the finish line to capture gold, with Kate Middleton in the background grocery shopping.
• A daily video update from TheTickr team! None of this talking head nonsense. We’ll dig deep to bring you the viral news the internet wants to share. Stuff like: What’s the true story behind the London 2012 logo? and How hot is that hot tub that the divers hang out in?
• A complete branding/sponsor package for whatever you want! We’ll skin TheTickr.com and every olympic post with your brand — think POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold but not in a way that’s annoying to our faithful Tumblr followers.
• Last but not least, we’ll do whatever you want us to do (just no streaking).

Why are you Doing This?
Simple really. We’re olympic fanatics, plus we lived in London for a year and thought this would be an epic way to return to the city. If you can’t be an olympic athlete, you might as well see if someone will send you to the olympics to cover it.

Tumblr Friends we Need your Help!
We’d be stupid to think we couldn’t do this without your help and you’d be stupid to think that this wouldn’t be awesome to follow online. Soooo, we’re asking you to dig deep and like/reblog the crap out of this post. Together we can make this happen and if it doesn’t happen we’ll all just high-five over how awesome the above animated GIF is!

Lets make olympic media coverage internet history! Email: jeremy@thetickr.com

A sneak, black and white peak at a little project I’m working on with my girl.

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You asked for it (not really), so we’re givin’ it to you! Allow us to present…

TheTickr T&A

A new feature were we take a “Time-Out” and “Answer” your sports related questions! So go on, ASK US ANYTHING! We double dog dare you!

Once this post vanishes into the internet abyss just click the T&A button in our sidebar or visit http://thetickr.com/ask

You can now ask the sports blog I co-pilot questions. Ask away.

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We hinted at it last week and it’s finally here! TheTickr.com presents TheTickrTO.com. All Toronto sports all the time. If you can’t be a professional athelete in Toronto, you might as well blog like one! Check it out and follow!

This little Barack Obamic project is blowing up.