We have quite the treat for any NBA 2K11 gamers out there, with a great deal on the table for our upcoming Sunday night tournament. On May 1st, we’ll have 32 Xbox 360 gamers battle through the bracket for $100 cash, winner-takes-all. Even better, the buy-in is just $1. Yep, you can win big, and [...]

It’s official – Peyton Hillis will be the cover athlete for Madden 12, beating Michael Vick in the final vote

The RivalParties Fraternity FIFA Challenge kicked off with great success last week, as 32 west coast fraternities played host to rocking house parties, while competing against rival frats for bragging rights and a pile of cash. In the end, 8 frat houses were crowned champion, winning their online FIFA tournaments and taking home $500 each. [...]

EA Sports continues to drop cryptic videos that partially reveal features in the upcoming release of Madden 12. This trailer deals with the presentation aspect of the game, showing pregame, various weather conditions and other shots of stadiums, coaches and players. There is much more to come, as the Madden team looks to build excitement [...]

Manchester United will be seeking their third Champions League final appearance in four years as they battle a huge underdog in Schalke when the semi-finals

Here at Rivalspot, we’re all gaming junkies. No day is complete without four quarters of Madden, a few rounds of Fight Night Champion, or nine innings of MLB The Show. So, like many of you, we’re stuck waiting for Sony to fix the Playstation Network, which has been down since April 20th. Whether it’s the [...]

The celebrations got a little out of hand after Cristiano Ronaldo’s extra time strike gave Real Madrid a victory over Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey final. Having won the domestic trophy for the first time since 1993, it was time for an all night party in Madrid. The team arrived home around 4 a.m. [...]

Logan Morrison rarely found himself in the spotlight as a rookie in 2010. Sure, he hit .283 with a very solid .837 OPS, but Florida’s outfielder was mostly lost in the talk about Jason Heyward, Buster Posey, Carlos Santana and the rest of last year’s impressive rookie crop. Morrison wasn’t even the most talked about [...]

Plenty of crazy things can happen when somebody who can’t handle their liquor drinks a bit too much. One of those moments came this weekend in Podolsk, Russia, where a Canadian youth hockey team was in town to face a Russian-based squad. When a fight broke out in the middle of the third period, a [...]

EA Sports recently posted the first screenshot from this year’s instalment of the FIFA series: FIFA 12. With a release coming later in the year, here are ten things I’d like to see from the upcoming title.