http://blog.ballhype.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:04:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our first site launch as employees of Future US was this morning -- we present to you, BeltwayBlips! It works pretty much the same way as BallHype and ShowHype but for political blogs. If you're keeping tabs on this year's election coverage, the Iraq War, or political sex scandals that ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/07/24/ballhype-for-the-politically-aware/ After 18 months of going it alone, we've decided to join forces with Future US, Inc. You can read the press release here, and some more details here. Future US has a terrific portfolio of magazines and web sites, and we'll benefit from their expertise, resources and audience. What ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/07/15/ballhype-acquired-by-future-us/ Now that the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins have closed out their respective conference championships, we’re ready to launch our first Stanley Cup Picks Contest on BallHype. Pick the winner of each game and answer other questions related to the Finals, and you could win an autographed Zach Parise ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/05/19/ballhype-stanley-cup-picks-contest/ Basketball fans, welcome to the most anticipated postseason in years. Despite the absence of last year’s Cinderella team, the 2008 NBA playoffs figure to be a shootout, especially in the Western Conference, where nearly every team has a realistic shot at the Finals. With such a wide open race, we’re ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/04/16/2008-nba-playoffs-pickem-contest/ It's been one year since we launched BallHype! Quite a year for sports and sports blogging, and we're happy to have been a part of the action. We recognize that without the support of loyal users, bloggers and non-bloggers alike, BallHype (and now ShowHype) would be a much less interesting ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/04/02/happy-birthday/ Sometimes a photo communicates what words cannot. Without photographic evidence, we might still be debating whether a galloping horse is ever airborne or, worse, unaware of MJ's ability to multi-task. Regular users know that we've been displaying automated story thumbnails for some time, but tonight we launched story photo upload to ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/02/29/calling-all-lol-cats/ BallHype's weekly Golden Picks Contest has a new sponsor: WhatIfSports.com. Each week, the person with the best game picks score will receive a $15 gift certificate good for one free season of sports simulation games on WhatIfSports.com. By the way, if you are a Yankees fan and have spent many a ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/02/26/game-picks-hypothetically-speaking/ We have a new contest up over at ShowHype for the Academy Awards. See how many of the major categories you can pick correctly. If you watch the broadcast, it'll make the 4 hours feel more like 2, and if you don't, you may be all the more delightfully ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2008/01/28/this-ones-good-for-date-night/ If you've been wondering when we were going to get off our bums and put out a ShowHype contest, you have your answer. Tonight we launched Pop Quiz, which asks such weighty questions as "Will National Treasure: Book of Secrets outperform the original National Treasure weekend gross of $35M?" As ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2007/12/17/pop-quiz-hot-shot/ Those of you who access BallHype through workFRIENDLY may not notice a difference, but we have a new look: The makeover is courtesy of the fabulous Kelley and Linda of Pixelette Studios who also designed ShowHype. As a result, BallHype and ShowHype now look related, more like Peyton and Eli ... http://blog.ballhype.com/2007/11/21/ballhype-reloaded/