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The results are in - check out the full report.

There are plenty of stereotypes of sports bloggers: guys in their underwear in a basement, in their underwear but not necessarily in a basement, guys in their pj’s in their parents’ basement, and … actually that’s about all that’s known with any certainty about bloggers. Because the medium provides a level of anonymity, it’s difficult to know much about bloggers aside from the occasional interview or blogger beauty contest.

We thought it would be interesting to learn more about who sports bloggers are as a group - why they do what they do, how long they’ve been doing it, how blogging fits into their lives, and which floor they live on.

If you’re a sports blogger, help educate the rest of the media by taking the survey. First, a few words about intent and privacy. This is not a Ballhype usage, usability, or marketing study. We promise not to use this data in any commercial way or share your answers with anyone except as follows: We will write a report publishing the data, but all multiple-choice answers will be shared only in aggregate. No one will ever know your personal information or opinions. You may request that open-ended comments be published anonymously or with attribution. And finally, we have no illusions that this will be a scientific, statistically valid study. But it will still be very cool to see the results and break new ground!

The survey will be open for responses until midnight on Saturday, July 28. We’ll publish the results the following week on Ballhype.

Sports bloggers, procrastinate for just a few more minutes and please take the survey.

UPDATE: the results are in! Read the report.