FOX Sports Teaming up with Harvard to Study Fandom

FOX Sports teaming up with Harvard to study fandom

File: A FOX Sports camera is seen prior to a college football game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and Michigan Wolverines on October 15, 2022 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) NEW YORK - FOX Sports and Harvard are announcing a new research initiative to study the power of sports fandom.FOX will be funding the creation of the Fandom and Social Connection Initiative at Harvard…

Fox Funds Harvard Research: Can Sports Cure Loneliness Epidemic?

Fans are misunderstood, Fox Sports EVP for strategy and analytics Ben Valenta said. The outraged heckler with his face painted doesn’t represent most sports-watchers. And the dejected diehard of a downtrodden franchise isn’t truly stuck in a one-sided detrimental relationship. Even being a Buffalo Bills fan comes with benefits, according to Valenta’s research.  Now, a […]