Sports Style Guide

[edit] Sports Style Guide

[edit] Reminder

  • These are suggested resources for the Sports vertical that we have had success with consistently. Remember that you should still keep each section to around five links total, and that there are likely many more resources out there aside from these suggestions.

[edit] Blacklisted Sites

  • Ballhype.com
  • UGO
  • Starpulse
  • Celebrity Wonder
  • Ace Showbiz
  • Actress Archives
  • Moono
  • Answers.com
  • Superior Pics
  • Celebrity Pro
  • iCelebZ.com
  • celebopedia
  • epguides.com
  • pwinsider.com
  • ObsessedWithWrestling.com
  • any site with excessive ads/pop-ups or overall poor design/content

[edit] Guide Note and Timeline

Timelines should have a little more detail. Example of a good time line:

  • 1974: [WikipediaLink Born] on April 10
  • 1997: Drafted by the Team Name
  • 1999: Signs with the Team Name
  • 2000: Traded to the Team Name
  • 2002: Pro Bowl
  • 2003: Pro Bowl
  • 2004: Super Bowl MVP

[edit] Good Sites for The Mahalo Top 7

  • It is acceptable to include 7 stats pages if no other quality sites are available.
  • Official Site: Name
  • Official MySpace Page: Name
  • Wikipedia: Name
  • ESPN.com: Name  WARNING: Pop-ups
  • CBSSports.com: Name  WARNING: Pop-ups
  • Yahoo! Sports: Name
  • SI.com: Name
  • FOX Sports on MSN (or simply FOX Sports): Name
  • Google News: Name Search
  • YouTube Video: "Name of Video" (Time: 00:00)
  • <video>http://www.youtube.com/...&eurl=http://www.mahalo.com/Page_Name</video>
  • MLB.com: Name
  • The Official Site of the (Team Name): Name
  • National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Name
  • Baseball-Reference.com: Name
  • The Official Site of the (Team Name): Name
  • NBA.com: Name
  • WNBA.com: Name
  • NBA Player's Association: Reference for Player Charitable Foundations
  • Official Website of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Name
  • USA Basketball: Name
  • Basketball-Reference.com: Name
  • The Official Site of the (Team Name): Name
  • NFL.com: Name
  • NFLPlayers.com: Name
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame: Name
  • NHL.com: Name
  • NHLPA.com: Name
  • Legends of Hockey: Name
  • TSN.ca: Name
  • SLAM! Sports: Name
  • Inside Pro Wrestling: Name
  • ProWrestlingFans.com: Name WARNING: Pop-ups
  • WWE.com: Name
  • Total Nonstop Action Wrestling: Name  WARNING: Pop-ups; Auto-plays audio
  • Professional Wrestling Online Museum: Name
  • NASCAR.com: Name
  • IndyCar.com: Name
  • IndyCar Magazine: Name
  • SPEEDtv.com: Name
  • WBAOnline.com: Name
  • HBO Boxing: Name
  • Boxing News: Name
  • Fightnews.com: Name

[edit] Name Vital Stats

  • Mahalo's Guide to the team or organization
  • Stat site: Career Stats
    • Height:
    • Weight:
    • Rookie Year:

[edit] Name Timeline

  • See Above

[edit] Resources for News and Articles

  • One RSS feed is to be used in the News section.
  • Individual articles need to include the date in parentheses after the link in small text
  • Official Site: Name News (where available)
  • Local publication: Article (Month DD, YYYY) (where available)
  • Aggregate Searches:
  • Google News: Name Search (RSS Optional)
  • Local News Source: Name (where available)
  • Yahoo! News: Name
  • ESPN.com: Name News  WARNING: Pop-ups
  • Topix: Name News
  • SportSpyder: Name

[edit] Name Fansites, Blogs, and Forums

[edit] Name Photos

[edit] Resources for Videos

[edit] Resources for Merchandise


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Kenbothe (guide)
Last updated on October 13, 2008 at 04:02 PM PDT.

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