I forgot one... CyclingNews.com Forum threads!!!
Here's a good example. I was interested in following the recent Australian road cycling championship with all the great Aussic and Tassie talent. There were absolutely no live feeds available in my area. CyclingNews.com had live coverage (ticker) but the updates were only coming in about every 10 minutes... and the race was in the last 15 KMS!!! (fact... CyclingNews.com update with 10km to go, next update came at 1.5km to go... seriously?) So I just stayed tuned to the CN Forum thread for the Aussie RR champsionship, which was receiving new posts/updates about every minute by a host of different forum members who were watching somewhere.
CyclingNews.com was at a real disadvantage though, being outgunned probably 30 to 1, or more. Hehehe. WAY TO GO FORUMITES!