Archive for August, 2007

7 months ago today…

Posted by Erin on August 22, 2007 * Comments(0)

What were the biggest stories in sports? Prior to April 2007, you could only guess. If only there were a way to travel back in time… [cue harp music and rippled visual effects]

In the NFL on January 22, 2007, … Michael Vick’s magic water bottle airport adventure! In the NBA, Pau Gasol, the Nike Air Force ad, and a Sonics story were the most linked stories.

That’s right, we’ve unleashed the Ballhype internets searcher thingy to go back in time and look at every article written and linked to by the blogs we track. As of now, all of 2007 is archived. There’s an Archive link in the More box in the right hand column on every sports home page and every entity page. In a related development, you can also now enter words or phrases into the search box and retrieve a list of current and archived stories.

We’ll be adding more history as soon as I can get more Red Bull to keep Jason going.

Are you ready for some football?

Posted by Erin on August 16, 2007 * Comments(0)

Hard to believe, but NFL season is already here. It’s only pre-season, you say? Perhaps, but you can get a jump start on the regular season by filling out your picks for Ballhype’s latest contest, 17 Games.

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Slightly more complicated than our Golden Picks contests (which includes both NFL and college game picks), but way simpler and less likely to result in divorce or bankruptcy than betting with a bookie, 17 Games just requires that you pick one team per week to win. You receive or lose points based on how well or poorly your team performed against the spread. Dude or dudette at the end of the regular season with the most points wins the official NFL game day ball.

What I like about 17 Games… I used to be good at math, but I now get headaches if forced to calculate odds. Nice thing here is that you don’t have to pretend to do mental math. Just look at the spread, figure out who you think has the potential to beat it, and make your pick.

We have some fun stuff planned for this contest, but I’ll let our new guest columnist have the honors in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, check out 17 Games, tell your friends, and make some picks.