A man attending a San Diego Padres baseball game is getting a lot of attention after he paid too little attention to the event he was actually supposed to watch.

Travis Decker was sitting in the stands as the Padres played the Cincinnati Reds, all while he was posting something to Facebook on his smartphone. Ultimately, he should have saved the status update for the end of the inning.

Your invites have been sent and the beer bought, but don’t forget to load up your smartphone with all the right apps for the big day.

Official Super Bowl XLVI Commemorative App

Get all the stats you’ll need in the build-up to the great game with this magazine-like app, available at a discount right now before the main event.

It includes enough details on each team’s journey to the championship match to impress and out-smart all your friends Super Bowl Sunday.

There are also handy stats-based graphics to help you easily decipher the differences between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots – easy to use especially after a few beers.

The Chili Chef

Chili and the Super Bowl goes together like peanut butter and jelly, so it’s only fitting that there’s an iOS app to help you cook up the best meal.

For years users have been able to customize the players on popular sports video games. But it was only possible to customize the virtual players as male characters, not as women.

That has now changed, however, thanks to the efforts of a young girl.

While some people are addicted to having more Twitter followers than anyone else, an Olympic competition is taking social media supremacy to the worldwide stage.

The EA Sports NHL ’11 Simulation Engine is predicting that the Vancouver Canucks will win the 2011 Stanley Cup Final – and given the game's record, Boston fans may want to be a little worried.

A certain soccer star's attempt to keep his name - and alleged affair with Imogen Thomas a secret - has exploded on Twitter. 

Ah, the Super Bowl. It's a chance to watch the two greatest teams in the National Football League square off for supremacy. But when the athletes aren't tackling each other or planning their plays, commercials take centre stage.

Super Bowl ads have become must-see sensations, with advertisers paying up to $3 million a spot. But here in Canada, it's highly unlikedly that we'll see the same famous ads our American counterparts will at the same time.

But if you have to watch the advertising blockbusters as soon as they come out, there's a site to feed your fix.

Shoe giant Nike has had a remarkable run with the Nike + iPod product line – and they’ve upped the ante with the debut of the Nike + SportWatch GPS at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show here in Las Vegas.

Launched in 2006 in conjunction with its Nikeplus.com website, it was one of the first products to realize the potential of iPod peripherals, allowing runners to track pace, time and distance all while enjoying music on their iPod devices.

After waiting for four years, the first whistle is about to blow at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. This time around, expect the web to play a bigger role than ever in how you take in the world's biggest sporting event. Here's five simple ways to follow soccer's greatest event.

While thousands of people will kick back and watch the Stanley Cup finals with the remote in one hand and possibly a beer in the other, some may instead opt to multi-task and play it in the fantasy sports world.

You're probably thinking 'Yeah, I'll sit back and do nothing while some players excel and others tank because there's nothing I can do once the puck drops.' Well, you're wrong.

Now, the fantasy sports game takes a huge step forward and happens in real-time.