Interested in influencing the direction and tone of Yahoo Sports’ website? Join the team

By yahoosports

Title: Digital Sports Programming Contractor

Location: New York City

In the land of breaking news, live-stream events, video highlights and text commentary/analysis, we’re in search of another experienced and skilled programmer who makes sure the pieces properly fit.

The main duties entail curating the Yahoo Sports homepage, as well as our sports and league pages. The priorities center around updating the main packages, complementary packages and headline stacks on these pages.

This is a high-paced operation that requires attention to detail and the ability to navigate the landscape and process information quickly. Specifically, one has to closely monitor wires and internal communication channels to keep track of news, results and incoming content.

Role: Contract position for 6 months, working 40 hours a week, including mornings and weekends. Programmer would be based in Manhattan office.

Requirements: Five years experience as a desk editor who has programmed sports pages for a digital website.

Experience working with content management systems and publishing tools, such as Wordpress.

Command of AP style guide.

Contact: James C. Black, Director of Sports Programming/Strategy

jblack@yahoo-inc.com

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Brand New Season, One Less Curse. Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Is Back!

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By Guy Lake, Product Director, Fantasy Sports

It may only be January, but we at Yahoo Fantasy Sports know that the most passionate fantasy players out there are already eager to create their leagues and get started, so today we’re officially opening Fantasy Baseball season.

As in years past, we are the Official Fantasy Commissioner Game of MLB.com, giving players and fans all they need to dominate including video highlights, MLB “Game of the Day,” condensed games and all of the stats you could ever want. But there is so much more…

• Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball Experts: Leading up to and throughout the baseball season, you can turn to Yahoo Sports for expert advice, mock drafts and ongoing fantasy tips for both season-long and daily fantasy. Experts like Andy Behrens, Brandon Funston, Dalton Del Don and Scott Pianowski will get you ready to dominate your draft with rankings, team-by-team previews, sleeper and bust picks and much more. But don’t stop there – we’ll keep you up to speed with waiver wire advice, emerging trends, recaps and reaction to breaking news so you can stay ahead of the competition in your league.  
• New Features: Each season we love to evolve our game and bring the fans what they’re asking for. New features this year will include a deeper player pool to draft from (10+ prospects for each team), Fearless Forecast videos, forecasting the week for players every Monday and, by popular request, you can now add players directly to IR slot from the waivers/free agents list. Finally, we will display batting order for every starting batter on team and match-up pages.
• Yahoo Sports Fantasy App: Download the award winning Yahoo Sports Fantasy app where you can easily manage your entire season from draft until championship. This season, we’re adding  weather data and improved research tools. For commissioners, we have already added 90% of our commish tools to the app and soon all commish tools will be available for mobile users. You won’t find this level of commissioner support on any other major fantasy app.
• Yahoo Cup: Building off the success from football and basketball season, we’re bringing the season-long daily fantasy contest The Yahoo Cup to baseball. It’s free to enter, single entry, we’re giving out cash prizes every week throughout the season. Stay tuned for full details.   
• Champion of Champions: We’re bringing back our Champion of Champion contest this year to once again crown the best all around fantasy baseball player.
• Yahoo Fantasy Video Features: This season, we’ll be producing a series of features that help fantasy users target top picks, sleepers and busts to keep them ahead of the game and win their fantasy baseball draft.
• In addition, coming soon we will be producing a special mock draft among our fantasy and MLB experts. Stay tuned for more details!
• This season our gurus will answer your questions via Facebook Live to help you draft and will continue guiding your journey to the top with weekly Q&As during the season. Our crew will also tackle the hottest topics in Fantasy Baseball on our weekly podcast.
  

With the pitchers and catchers report coming out on February 14, now is the time to sign-up for Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball and start prepping for the 2017 season.

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Rivals.com Announces Live Show On National Signing Day

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By Kyle McDoniel, Head of Global Sports Partnerships and Rivals.com

On Wednesday, February 1, Rivals.com, the foremost authority covering college football recruiting, will be hosting our first ever live show to recap one of the most important days of the year for thousands of high school football players around the country – National Signing Day (NSD).  

From 6-7pm ET live from the Yahoo Studios in New York City, Rivals.com National Signing Day Live will feature national recruiting director Mike Farrell and the Rivals.com analysts who will be looking back on all of National Signing Day’s action. The live show will start with a countdown of the top five schools and the crowning of the school that we think has the best recruiting class as our National Recruiting Champion. The Rivals.com analyst team will then break down the winners and losers in each of the Power Five conferences, along with the biggest news of the day for each league. In addition, we will crown the coach that we think has had the most successful recruiting year as our National Recruiter of the Year, present the Mike Farrell awards and provide a preview of the 2018 recruiting class.

Starting at 8am ET, the team will be bringing you hourly updates along with immediate reactions to all of the biggest signings via Facebook Live and on our annual live NSD blog, our one-stop shop for every recruiting fan. There also will be a midday show recapping the morning’s biggest events and looking ahead to what’s on tap in the afternoon.

National Signing Day starts bright and early on February 1, so be sure to follow the entire Rivals.com team on our site, Twitter and Facebook Live.

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Down. Set. HUT! Yahoo Teams Up with Pizza Hut to Launch Squares Pick’em for the Big Game

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By Brian Marshall, Senior Director of Yahoo Sports Product

The Big Game is almost here. As you prep your house for friends and family, don’t miss anything on your checklist. Tasty food? Check. Beverages? Check. Huge TV? Check. Squares sheet printed off for guests to fill out? Forget it! Yahoo Sports is here to save the day. Introducing the Yahoo Fantasy Sports Squares Pick’em game sponsored by Pizza Hut.  

Squares Pick’em is a new take on a popular game-day tradition. Starting today, sports fans can sign up for the new Squares Pick’em game and easily fill out their grids through the Yahoo Fantasy app and desktop experience. After signing up, users can invite friends to pick Pizza Hut-themed boxes on a 10x10 grid. Each square equals a possible score at the end of every quarter of the football game. If the square you pick matches the score at the end of the quarter, you win ultimate bragging rights!

In 2016, the Super Bowl was one of the most visited days of the year on Yahoo Sports and fans spend nearly 30 billion minutes a year playing fantasy sports on Yahoo. Pizza Hut set a digital sales record during last year’s big game, as fans flocked to the brand’s variety of digital ordering options. This year, Pizza Hut will be featured in display, search and email advertising to drive sign ups for the Squares Pick’em game on Yahoo Sports. Yahoo will also promote the new game through the blogs Shutdown Corner, RotoArcade and additional NFL editorial.

Now, you no longer need to remember to print off the sheet of paper and fill it in by hand. With Yahoo Sports’ Squares Pick'em game, it’s easy for people to join in whether they’re attending your party or having their own across the country. Just remember, I call the corners!

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Do you love social media? Do you love sports? We might have a job for you.

By yahoosports

Yahoo Sports is currently looking for a social media/trending editor to help manage and grow our audience across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more. Details below.

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Social/Trending Editor

(Based in Playa Vista, Calif., 40 hours/week)

Responsibilities

•  Social media editor-programmer for Yahoo Sports digital platforms

•  Manage Yahoo Sports social media accounts across major sports, especially NFL, NBA, NCAA football, NCAA basketball and MLB. Produce, program and create content for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat.

•  Curate and program best social media items across sports digital space.

•  Generate ideas and create content based on trending topics.

•  Pitch story ideas to content editors.

•  Must be willing to work nights/weekends around major sporting events.

Qualifications

•  One to three years experience in sports media/journalism.

•  Professional experience in online and mobile programming/production, social media, content curation, SEO, copy editing, including all related software.

•  Ability to create breaking news graphics, GIFs, plus strong working knowledge of Photoshop and similar programs.

•  Keen eye for what will click or go viral on social media.

•  Strong news sense and AP style knowledge required.

Email a brief intro, resume and work samples to ysportssocial@yahoo.com.

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Do you love mixed martial arts as much as we do? If so, we may have the gig for you!

By yahoosports

Yahoo Sports’ Cagewriter blog is currently looking for a part-time mixed martial arts contributor to help cover the sport for a national audience. Candidates should exhibit strong content judgment skills, work well with our online team and be active with all forms of social media. You will need to be available on nights and weekends on occasion.

We’re looking to move quickly on this, so please don’t delay. If you’re interested, please send an email to cagewritermma@yahoo.com with “Cagewriter help” in the subject line. Please include a short explanation (< 250 words) on why you’d be a perfect fit for the job (please include any pertinent professional experience), as well as links that demonstrate your ability to spot and write shareable and entertaining mixed martial arts stories.

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