Yahoo! Launches Yahoo! Sports (Translates into more revenues)
Monday December 8, 8:05 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo! Launches Yahoo! Sports
New Enhancements to Yahoo!'s Leading Sports Programming Includes More
Comprehensive Information, Profiles, News and Stats
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports enthusiasts looking for comprehensive,
up-to-the-minute information on their favorite sports from around the world need look no further.
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO - news) today announced the launch of Yahoo! Sports
(http://sports.yahoo.com), formerly known as Yahoo! Scoreboard, offering comprehensive
information and coverage of sports leagues and sporting events around the globe, plus sortable stats
ideal for fantasy gamers. In addition to the scores and content originally found at Yahoo!
Scoreboard, the newly revamped Yahoo! Sports brings more depth and breadth of information,
including original content from The Sporting News (http://www.sportingnews.com), events, timely
scores and statistics from SportsTicker(R), top stories of the day, player profiles and more.
''Currently sports is one of the most popular areas of the Yahoo! service. By bringing together a
broader variety of sports programming in one place, Yahoo! Sports now offers users a true
one-stop source to find all of the news, stats, scores and information they want,'' said Tonya
Antonucci, producer of Yahoo! Sports. ''In addition, we've created the ideal medium for
advertisers and best-of-breed content providers alike to reach large, targeted audiences on the
Web.''
Find It All in One Place
Yahoo! Sports now features a dynamic front page that includes timely scores and standings from
SportsTicker for leagues in season, top stories of the day and an upcoming events calendar
(including Net Events) for international and domestic sports. The new front page includes links to
different sports categories, making it easy for users to navigate to their favorite sports or league
pages. Expanding upon the pre-existing relationship with The Sporting News, Yahoo! Sports also
provides team pages and player bios for the NBA, NHL, NFL, Major League Baseball (MLB),
Division 1 college football and college basketball. The team pages provide analysis of game action,
player movement and injuries and other team happenings from The Sporting News local beat
reporters along with SportsTicker scores, team schedules and standings, daily notes and links to
official team Web sites and other team resources from Yahoo!. With the addition of the local team
reports, users can now track their favorite teams along with the comprehensive information and
services provided by Yahoo!. Player bios for the Big Four sports feature player statistics, career
notes and personal information.
Expanded Football Coverage
In anticipation of an exciting NFL post-season and great college bowl game lineups, Yahoo! Sports
offers users expanded football coverage with team pages that include behind-the-scenes game and
league analysis. In addition, in-depth NFL sortable stats from SportsTicker include comprehensive
game-by-game statistics for every player in the NFL -- ideal for those individuals that indulge in
fantasy football leagues. Yahoo! Sports also offers team pages on every Division I college football
team as well as conference pages featuring news, Web resources, standings and a weekly, local
roundup report.
New Comprehensive Basketball Coverage
For the basketball enthusiast, Yahoo! Sports also offers NBA sortable player stats and a
downloadable stats spreadsheet from SportsTicker -- perfect for diehard fantasy gamers to keep
track of how their players are doing. In addition, Yahoo! Sports offers conference pages and team
pages on more than 130 Division 1 college basketball teams. Rounding out the basketball area is
extensive coverage of women's Division 1 NCAA basketball.
Additional New Content
Recent additions to Yahoo! Sports also include sortable player stats for the NHL, team pages for
the ABL (American Basketball League) and tournament news and Web resources for tennis. For
golf fans, Yahoo! Sports has teamed up with GolfWeb to offer feature articles, player profiles of top
PGA pros and a comprehensive course guide for more than 15,000 U. S. golf courses. Yahoo!
Sports also provides active message boards and chats with well-known athletes to allow users to
interact with each other and their favorite athletes.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet media company that offers a network of branded Web
programming that serves millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web,
www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business
user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. Yahoo! Inc.
provides targeted Internet resources and communications services for a broad range of audiences,
based on demographic, key-subject and geographic interests. Yahoo! is headquartered in Santa
Clara, Calif.
NOTE: Yahoo! is a registered trademark of Yahoo!, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Yahoo! Inc. |
