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College Football

Jason Fitz, Nate Tice, and Sal Vetri join Yahoo Sports

Yahoo continues to staff up on the football side.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 28, 2023 2
Online Outlets

Yahoo Sports hires Axios’ Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy to head newsletters

This is a big investment in a newsletter strategy for new Yahoo Sports president Ryan Spoon.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 27, 2023 1
College Football

Ross Dellenger joins Yahoo Sports to cover college football

Dellenger joins Yahoo after five years at Sports Illustrated.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 17, 2023 0
ESPN

Former ESPN/BetMGM exec Ryan Spoon named president of Yahoo Sports

"I look forward to joining Yahoo at such an exciting time of growth and expansion."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 14, 2023 0
Gambling

Apollo Global explores merging Yahoo Sports with a sports betting company

Apollo has reportedly been in talks with betting companies, including Australia's PointsBet.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 3, 2022 0
Bleacher Report

Former Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman has reportedly had talks with Apollo about a “head of sports” role at Yahoo

"Apollo has been working with Egon Zehnder, an executive search firm, to seek out new leaders. That search includes former Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman for a 'head of sports' role, two of the people said."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 25, 2021 0
Online Outlets

Verizon is exploring a sale of Verizon Media, including Yahoo and AOL, for around half of what it paid for those two companies

It looks like Verizon may sell Yahoo and AOL for far less than it paid for them.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 28, 2021 0
Fantasy Sports

Yahoo Sports is launching premium subscription product Yahoo Fantasy Plus, and adding a video “Draft Together” interface

Yahoo's next foray into subscription products comes in fantasy sports.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 23, 2021 0
NFL

Yahoo Sports senior NFL writer Terez Paylor passes away suddenly at 37

Paylor had worked at Yahoo since 2018 following more than a decade with The Kansas City Star.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 9, 2021 1
NFL

Yahoo’s Geoff Reiss talks new WatchTogether, PlayAR NFL features: “The timing was ideal to come out and take a pretty big leap forward.”

"There's an appetite for knowledge across sports, whether it be to understand how salary caps work or what goes into draft picks. So giving fans the power to reconstruct plays, and being able to do that across a NFL Sunday, is kind of cool."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 9, 2020 0
NBA

Reporters in NBA bubble share their experiences on food, hotels, and COVID-19 testing

"There are only 10 reporters and a handful of other folks who are going to be able to experience this and document it first-hand."

By Ian Casselberry OnJul 15, 2020 0
ESPN

NFL reporter Kimberley A. Martin jumps to ESPN from Yahoo Sports

Martin had been with Yahoo Sports since 2018.

By Ian Casselberry OnFeb 27, 2020 0
Online Outlets

Former Yahoo Sports editor Kevin Kaduk bounces back with Midway Minute, newsletter devoted to Chicago sports

"So much of the media has given way to those algorithms and streams. I wanted to take the power back."

By Ian Casselberry OnFeb 21, 2020 0
International

Yahoo Sports cuts whole UK editorial team following further layoffs in US and Canada

"We are aligning our resources to opportunities where we feel we can differentiate ourselves and can scale faster to deliver a best in class experience to our fans."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 13, 2020 0
MLB

Yahoo layoffs include all four writers hired for the Mets site they wound up not launching

Wallace Matthews, Matt Ehalt, Mike Mazzeo and Gerard Gilberto all announced Friday that they'd been laid off.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 13, 2019 2
Online Outlets

Yahoo Sports lays off longtime editor Kevin Kaduk

The Big League Stew creator had been with Yahoo since 2008, and had served as lead editor since 2013.

By Jay Rigdon OnDec 11, 2019 0
Gambling

Geoff Reiss talks Yahoo Sportsbook launch and building from a limited start: “This is going to be very much a crawl-walk-run thing.”

"The two things that we are best at, fantasy and being able to connect fans with their favorite teams, are the two drivers that drive the sports betting industry. That makes us a very important player here."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 22, 2019 0
MLB

Yahoo cancels planned Mets subscription site, but still has an “eye on the subscription space”

Yahoo's Mets' subscription site is no more. It was initially set to launch in March, then in June, and now it's been cancelled completely.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 23, 2019 0

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