Downloadable computer software applications for mobile phones, portable media devices, and handheld tablet computer devices, namely, software for displaying sports news, sports scheduling information, sports rankings and statistics; Downloadable computer software applications for mobile phones, portable media devices, and handheld tablet computer devices, namely, software for facilitating the sharing of sports news, sports information, and the opinions of individual user's of the software on these topics via online social media networks; Downloadable computer software applications for mobile phones, portable media devices, and handheld tablet computer devices, namely, software for collecting and displaying votes placed by individual users of said software to express their opinion as to the likely victor in an upcoming sporting match