Emeryville, Calif. - Yardbarker, an online sports community and branded vertical ad network, announced on Thursday that it has raised $6 million in its second round of funding, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Berkeley, Calif. - Yardbarker, a site that aggregates sports-related blogs, announced on Monday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of seed funding, led by Russell Siegelman, a partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.