My alumni can beat up your alumni
| Friday, May 26th, 2006 | --Sean |
To set the scene for this entry, Yahoo! Sports just launched their Beta site, the aptly addressed beta.sports.yahoo.com. It's a mirror of the standard Sports site, except the Sports guys can take all of their crazy ideas and put 'em up there, to solicit feedback from users and to figure out if "crazy" is a close enough synonym to "good" for it to go onto the real site. You'll be able to read more about Beta features at the Y! Sports Blog.
For now, consider this a sneak peek of the first Sports Beta feature to go up, the Alumni Tracker! If you've ever wondered whether USC or Notre Dame had more people in the NFL--and really, who hasn't?--we've got you covered. You'll know right away if your alumni are making headlines, thanks to the Alumni News, or just making new friends, thanks to the Alumni Photos. Head to the Teams page and see what your school's been up to!
For some schools, not very much.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:48 am
My college’s Football team was disbanded a few years after I graduated and replaced with a Judo team. (no kidding.)
Granted, everyone used to go to the games to see how the cheerleaders were going to be arrested that week anyway, so it wasn’t a huge loss.
It did make Homecoming parades a bit odd, though.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:46 am
[...] So, it’s been out for a little bit, but today, we officially launched beta.sports. What is beta.sports you ask? Find out at the official Y! Sports blog. Ahhhhh . . . nothing like that user generated content goodness. Go get some. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]