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MLB Advanced Media announced that it recorded 19.4 million unique visitors in the month of December for MLB.com and its affiliate sites. Adding the December mark to the remaining 11 monthly unique visitor figures in 2007 yielded a collective total of 497.6 million monthly unique visitors for the MLB.com portal.
Originally posted on January 24, 2008 @ 5:37 am
MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, has hired longtime USA Today baseball columnist Hal Bodley as senior correspondent. Bodley will provide fans with his unique perspective of the game across various platforms as a columnist and on-air analyst on MLB.com.
Bodley, who has covered the game since 1958, has attended nearly every major event in the sport, including 43 World Series and 41 All-Star Games, has worked more than 4,000 games, has seen more than 36,000 innings played and has interviewed thousands of baseball personnel and six sitting Presidents of the United States. He has also written two best-selling baseball books: The Team That Wouldn’t Die, an account of the Philadelphia Phillies 1980 championship year, and Countdown to Cobb, a chronicle of Pete Rose’s 1985 pursuit of Ty Cobb’s career hits record.
Originally posted on January 17, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
AmericaSkiing.com announced the launch of its social networking portal exclusively for skiers and snowboarders. The site is designed to combine the networking power and capabilities of popular social networking sites, with the niche focus of people immersed in the ski/snow sports industry.
“AmericaSkiing’s new feature offers a comprehensive forum for skiers and snowboarders to meet and share their experiences on and off the slopes. The cutting edge technology on the site allows winter sports lovers to create profiles, share skiing and snowboarding experiences with photos and blogs, and plan skiing and snowboarding events–it is a virtual haven for people who love snow sports,” says Brian Boyd of Backcountry.com.
Originally posted on January 15, 2008 @ 10:19 am
It is this time again to reward those who are nice, and it is the time for TheNaughtyAmerican.com to honor the year’s naughtiest Americans.
The world’s only news organization focused solely on naughty news has just released its annual Naughty Nine, which celebrates the year’s most naughty Americans.
The complete list of 2007’s Naughtiest Americans:
1. Idaho Senator Larry Craig
2. New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick
3. Singer Britney Spears
4. Quarterback Michael Vick
5. Shock jock Don Imus
6. Astronaut Lisa Nowak
7. Baseball slugger Barry Bonds
8. Hip-hop performers Foxy Brown, C-Murder, Clifford “T.I.” Harris Jr., Kid Rock, Da Brat and Remy Ma.
9. The Federal Emergency Management Agency
“Besides usual naughty suspects like Britney Spears or Barry Bonds, there were toe-tapping senators and diaper-wearing astronauts who practically demanded by their actions to be on the list. This year was a truly watershed year for naughtiness,” TNA editor David Moye said.
Originally posted on December 26, 2007 @ 11:04 am
Roger Clemens issues denial of his alleged steroids use by posting a video online.
Originally posted on December 23, 2007 @ 1:48 pm