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tziller After reading this, I guess I should withdraw my proposal to become Yahoo!'s first speedo-wearing box score reader.
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EthanJaynes If they keep doing stuff like this, they will just be called House.
Because the Fan will leave. ZING!
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Erin I can't believe AOL got to them before we did. -
McLovin Did somebody seriously vote this down?
FanHouse? More Like Whore House.
Playing the Field —
Image By now most of the blogosphere has been subjected to the trainwreck that is Fantasy Sports Girls on FanHouse. Some of our favorite bloggers have voiced their opinions, including this one , this one , and this one . And after looking at the introduction video twice (once in horror, twice in disgust), it's clear that the powers that be at AOL have completely lost touch - and are clearly touching themselves in the process. Read more
On FanHouse and their Fantasy Sports Girl collaboration
The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL. —
... sports blog. Sure it may be vanilla at times, but that’s because it’s housed by AOL — not a place where you can drop f-bombs at will. I respect Tom Ziller, Will Brinson, Pat Lackey, Matt Watson and all the other bloggers that have built the brand that everyone has come to know there. Hell, me and E were and are a part of that as well.
Everyone’s high-quality work doesn’t deserve to be displayed next to this tripe. Ugh.
See also: Mr. I
You Know What Bad Fantasy Football Advice Needs? Breasts.
Signal to Noise —
... be delivered by women with augmentation in skimpy fucking halter tops, cut-up unis (I shit you not, the promo video had one of them in a Jeremy Shockey Giants jersey), and even a pink Arizona Cardinals top. (Consider me surprised that Arizona has enough fans to even bother selling pink merch, which I hate for reasons I’ve stated here and elsewhere.)
EDSBS has rightfully mocked it, D-Wil at Sports on My Mind has succinctly bashed it, and one of the FanHouse’s co-creators thinks it’s incredibly poor content: it’s ...
Hiring Fantasy Girls Sets Off FanHouse Firestorm
The Sporting Blog —
If you don't already know, I used to write for FanHouse before coming
to TSB. So, please, excuse an old hand a little bit of inside baseball
for a moment ...
Yesterday, AOL's FanHouse -- by sheer numbers, the mightiest of all the sports blogs -- launched their Fantasy Sports Girls series. Here's what Jamie Mottram, the man who founded the operation two years ago, had to say about this debacle:
With Alana Nguyen A.K.A. Miss Gossip leaving just weeks after assuming leadership, I'm not sure who's running the show at FanHouse, but ...
Did Fanhouse cross the line?
Sports Media Watch —
... ." Jamie Mottram , who helped launch the Fanhouse, writes on his Mr. Irrelveant blog, " Not only is it unbelievably bad content, but it’s in unbelievably poor taste and reeks of executive ineptitude and shortsightedness ." D-Wil at Sports on My Mind says " ...
NESW Sports Headlines 7/30/2008
NESW Sports, Sports Videos —
Mr. I and EDSBS will not stand for this Fanhouse Mess. Seriously! go to those links and read the comments. What a bad idea!
Cecilio Guante hates sports on his sports blog today. Does that make it a hate blog?
Grand National Champions has a complete fantasy football breakdown!
The Hoops Addict have an awesome podcast interview with the Ryne Nelson of Odenized and Slam Online Fame!
Steady Burn ...
Daily Dump: Boo? F@$K You! Shirt At Yankee Stadium, FanHouse Debuts Slutty Programming, Emmitt Returns, Mustache Rides & Marcele
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football —
... on a turkey leg if Favre actually returns?
Can we all just talk about Tony and T.O.? Somebody better start answering some of these questions. NOW!
Sorry about today’s weak Dump. Don’t blame us. We tell them to send us links and this is what you get.
Today’s Dump:
Boo? F#$K You! shirts make way to Yankee Stadium [700 Level]
FanHouse collapsing? Mottram says it’s happening [Mister Irrelevant]
A female blogger’s view on FanHouse debacle ...
AOL FanHouse Teams Up With Fantasy Sports Girl
Knight-Packer —
In a move to add some fantasy content with a unique perspective to it, AOL FanHouse announced a content deal with Fantasy Sports Girl (FSG) that will have the girls of FSG regularly featured on FanHouse. While AOL thinks this is a move that will that help bolster FanHouse’s fantasy coverage, the response has not been very positive from bloggers, and even FanHouse commentators.
Starting with Jamie Mottram, one of the founders of FanHouse, and is no longer there offered these thoughts:
The ladies of ...
Sports Bloggery + Casual Misogyny = D.K. Wilson Meltdown
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... Fanhouse founder Jamie Mottram was also dismayed by his old firm’s decision to plug The Fantasy Sports Girls, describing the promotion as “unbelievably bad content…in unbelievably poor taste and reeks of executive ineptitude and shortsightedness.” ...
Blog-O-Rama: Personalized Pats Cheerleader Pics
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... • MR. IRRELEVANT writes out AOL FANHOUSE’s partnership with Fantasy Sports Girls has turned into a blogosphere nightmare . • Speaking of chicks ‘n’ sports, new blog PLAYING THE FIELD offers opinions on athletics ...
The Women of Fantasy Sports Videos
The Big Lead —
Have you heard? There’s a mini uproar among bloggers about what’s happening at AOL Fanhouse. It seems as if someone in corporate finally discovered that there’s huge money to be made in fantasy sports on the web, and decided, ‘hey, we should get into the fantasy game!’
The natural move when you’re playing catch-up: Combine what you want to go after with attractive women, and presto, the clicks come. And let’s be honest here - who makes up the bulk of the ...
Brog: The Other Golic Loses A Mike Greenberg
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... the on-air, slow-motion horseplay with sansabelted Dan Marino .) I know that most of you understand how cynical and downright jaundiced I can be at times. So I’m happy to report some news today that’s nothing but positive. It’s great to see Bob getting his weight under control. If you’ve heard him on-air, you know that he’s every bit as talented as his brother Mike, if not moreso. Maybe this transformation will signal a resurgence in his media career. The debacle involving the FANHOUSE fantasy girls reminds a lot of SI.com’s decision to hire ...
New Kings, Wolves, and Magic Uniforms: Leaked
SLAM Online —
Tom Ziller of the “controversial” FanHouse did the dirty work by digging through the Getty Images archives for photographic evidence of the new threads.
Preseason Rambling
Hogs Haven —
... (throwing in Colt Brennan's name in a post just to get google searches is like scantily cladding women to talk fantasy sports -- you guys disgust me) has all the Training Camp updates in the ways I don't conveniently ...
What Was the Problem Here Again
The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog —
... As I was scouring my sources for Redskins training camp news I came across a Jamie Mottram piece from last week at Mr. Irrelevant. Something about blah blah journalistic integrity and tits. ...
AOL Sports Gets Blown Out, Fanhouse Takes Over
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... (Fanhouse Fantasy Comes True: Goodbye AOL Sports! ) AOL Sports today will relaunch a new site design, completing a previously announced transition to Fanhouse.com in which the AOL moniker will be removed. The shift is part of a broader corporate strategy in which AOL moves away from an Internet portal to become an online publisher of content sites. AOL Senior VP Marty Moe said, “We’re retiring the AOL brand, and we’re not a sports portal. This is about providing content with our own voice. Our competition is now any publisher and less directly the Yahoos and MSNs of the ...
Unverified Voracity Feels The Soil Falling Over Its Head
mgoblog —
... of this in the comments section already, but I hadn't mentioned it at large: AOL and yrs truly have parted ways. This won't come as a shock to anyone who saw the steadily slowing feed on the sidebar, now removed, or noticed that sometimes the very headlines therein would change without so much as a by-your-leave.
There was a sea change at AOL once some deranged suit decided to bring in sad stripper types to be "Fantasy Sports Girls" and Alana, AKA Miss Gossip, fled from her post as general guru in charge. Alana was of the internet; her replacements were ...
Erin Andrews Nude Hotel Video: Enough is Enough
ChicksInTheHuddle.com —
... , who rattled off in monotone NFL tidbits of the week. Their mundane ramblings even earned them a spot as regular contributors to the once highly respected FanHouse. It’s a feat we fully-clothed female bloggers wouldn’t dare dream of. ...
