SB Nation partners with Yahoo!
by James Mirtle on Feb 25, 2009 7:00 AM CST
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Today we want to welcome some new members to our flourishing communities. SB Nation and our friends at Yahoo are partnering to give Yahoo Sports audiences one click access to our sites and content. In addition to being the largest sport property on the web, Yahoo Sports is known for some of the best general sports blogs including: Ball Don’t Lie, Puck Daddy, Dr. Saturday, Big League Stew and others.
Relevant pages of Yahoo Sports will now feature contextual links to specific SB Nation communities. Many other pages of Yahoo Sports will feature SB Nation content and links. The great news is that more sports fans will be introduced to SB Nation sites.
It's a very, very busy time here behind the scenes at SB Nation. Not only did we launch a trade deadline hub for next Wednesday's festivities, but last night, all of the team blogs' content began to be syndicated on their corresponding Yahoo pages.
Five For Howling, for example, is getting some nice exposure on the Coyotes site right under the news wire feed. In the near future, SBN blogs are going to show up on Yahoo scoreboards and elsewhere.
SBN Hockey has expanded a ton in the four months since I joined up, but there are still a few openings and we'd welcome an experienced blogger(s) who want to fill one of the remaining teams. Some of our existing sites are also open to adding additional contributers, so feel free to contact those bloggers.
SBN Hockey
Anaheim: Battle of California
Atlanta: Bird Watchers Anonymous
Boston: Stanley Cup of Chowder
Buffalo: Die By The Blade
Calgary: to be launched soon
Carolina: Canes Country
Chicago: Second City Hockey
Colorado: Mile High Hockey
Columbus:
Dallas: Defending Big D
Detroit: Winging It In Motown
Edmonton:
Florida: The Litter Box
Los Angeles: Battle of California
Minnesota: Hockey Wilderness
Montreal: Eyes On The Prize
Nashville: to be launched soon
New Jersey: In Lou We Trust
NY Islanders: Lighthouse Hockey
NY Rangers:
Ottawa: in development
Philadelphia: Broad Street Hockey
Phoenix: Five For Howling
Pittsburgh: PensBurgh
San Jose: Fear The Fin
St. Louis: St. Louis Game Time
Tampa Bay: in development
Toronto: Pension Plan Puppets
Vancouver: Nucks Misconduct
Washington: Japers' Rink
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This is fantastic
Great exposure for you guys, I already use Y! for most of my base sports coverage anyway, so it’ll just make my life easier.
Honk if you love Justice!
"I'm betting that I'm just abnormal enough to survive. "
by TheTick on Feb 25, 2009 7:50 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
How is that possible?
How do you not have an Oiler blogger lined up, James? I thought every literate Oiler fan had a blog (which admittedly, isn’t a high ratio of fans)!
Hockey blogging can't get any flatter.
by saskhab on Feb 25, 2009 8:45 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
That would be fantastic. I’m not even an Oilers fan, but I frequent that site just for the discussion.
He’s been having some issues with blogger lately, too, and a couple of his posts have vanished into the aether, so he might be interested in moving to a new home.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
by Baroque on Feb 25, 2009 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Or get that one guy (I think it was from BoA) that was kicked out of the Oil press box and quit blogging.
I’m sure SB Nation could make it worth his while.
by Afino on Feb 25, 2009 9:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Dave Berry of Covered in Oil. I doubt he’d take it, but it’d be, well, interesting.
I’d volunteer, but a) I don’t have the cred, and b) I don’t have the time. But I do have a site, like every other Oilers fan on the Internet.
by Doogie2K on Feb 25, 2009 9:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh good…Calgary’s coming. March will be fun.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Feb 25, 2009 8:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
is it possible to merge my sb and yahoo accounts?
Don't be afraid to take a few steps back, but you better keep moving forward.
by wlittle on Feb 25, 2009 9:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, it is. Go into your profile and ‘edit account.’
by James Mirtle on Feb 25, 2009 11:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Can't wait for the Preds blog
hope it’s soon!
Welcome to Smashville, Tennessee.
by Aditya T (smashville) on Feb 25, 2009 9:51 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Columbus
That’s going to be a tough one to fill…
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 9:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
They need to have a blog. Rick Nash is too awesome not to be blogged here.
Как же так может быть?
by sleza on Feb 25, 2009 10:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good Solution
“Brian Burke” thought so too.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 12:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They’ll be last I think. I don’t have any leads right now.
by James Mirtle on Feb 25, 2009 11:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m surprised nobody has stepped up for the Rangers…all the drama that team has, they gotta be represented on SBN.
by tbell61 on Feb 25, 2009 9:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
ranger fan blogs
there are 8098090234 ranger fan blogs…and 99% of them are horrible. Scotty Hockey has his moments, and Hockey Rodent gets a lot of press (he’s connected to Fox Sports, i think). I think Rodent’’s writing is horrible, actually. [He spends more time trying to shoehorn his pet jokes into his posts]. But his stats are good.
http://www.rangerramblings.com/ is a pretty good one though. Anthony is a long-time Rangers fan who knows his stuff and writes well. Its too bad he doesnt update more. And http://www.myblueshirtheaven.com/ is good too. Again smart, long-time fan who knows her stuff. Been on the net for years, and its updated regularly.
Glen Sather is a Hockey Genius.
http://glensathersucks.wordpress.com/
by poploser on Feb 25, 2009 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I would suspect their goal is as much to fill the gaps in their coverage as it is to ensure that the coverage they provide is of a quality they can stand behind. I think it’s pretty much a given that any joe blow can’t just come off the street, say he’ll write about the Blue Jackets and get a blog with SB Nation.
In a similar vein, it’s possible that some of the writers approached for the larger teams like New York and Edmonton decided that partnering with SB Nation might not be in their best interest and they would prefer to operate independently and seperate.
Just speculation in both fronts on my part, but it makes sense to me that’s that how they could be doing things.
-Kevin Forbes
Hockey's Future
by kforbes on Feb 25, 2009 10:15 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Some teams just had to be last. I’m pretty confident we’ll have great sites for every team.
by James Mirtle on Feb 25, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As long as
95% of the yahoo commenter can still be banned by the blog proprietors, I think this is a good idea.
The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters
by Jibblescribbits on Feb 25, 2009 11:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Although just once, I’d like to hear a “Mirtle, you stink!”
I’d get a chuckle.
by Afino on Feb 25, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Me too
But that would be in the 5% i’m ok with
The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters
by Jibblescribbits on Feb 25, 2009 2:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The debate begins...
Better headshot: Mirtle or Wyshynski?
Honk if you love Justice!
"I'm betting that I'm just abnormal enough to survive. "
by TheTick on Feb 25, 2009 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
There’s nothing phallic in James’ mouth…
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 3:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I need to update mine. That pic is almost four years old now. And I don’t have a cigar in my mouth.
by James Mirtle on Feb 25, 2009 4:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wyshynski Wins!
But only because this is the first photo that comes up in a google image search of “Greg Wyshynski”:
The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters
by Jibblescribbits on Feb 25, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT THE?!? I TOLD MY GIRLFRIEND NOT TO PUT THOSE ONLINE!
Broad Street Hockey - SB Nation's Philadelphia Flyers Blog
Because the Broad Street Subway is orange for a reason.
by Travis Hughes on Feb 25, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m strangely comforted that a girl in a Flyers sweater (and not much else) is the first thing that comes up for a search for the worlds second most well-know Devils fan.
The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters
by Jibblescribbits on Feb 25, 2009 5:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Who’s the world’s most known Devils fan?
by Habs on Feb 26, 2009 8:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Kevin Smith
The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters
by Jibblescribbits on Feb 26, 2009 9:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Kevin Smith is a Devils fan?? Woa… never heard him say so! Probably because he doesn’t talk much though… or not at all.
by Habs on Feb 26, 2009 11:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
David Puddy
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Feb 26, 2009 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d be glad to join any team of bloggers, especially from the Northeast Division. See my profile at → http://bleacherreport.com/users/75061-Fred-Poulin, email me at poulinfrederic@oricom.ca
by Fred Poulin on Feb 25, 2009 11:55 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
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