Monday, January 21, 2008

The greatest page on the Internet (revisited)

By Rick Morris

We at FDH often speak of the "greatest page on the Internet," but that's because we are rightfully proud that it can be found on our mothership, FantasyDrafthelp.com. It's our "Depth Charts and Ultimate Links" page, and if it's not your home page or at least on your list of key bookmarks, shame on you. No, really, shame on you. We've provided it for almost a year now and we've written about it repeatedly, what's your excuse?

We started it as a page to be the ultimate portal for sports fans, but have expanded it well beyond that. Recently, we cracked the "500 barrier" and are now up to a grand total of 533 links. If you do not read this post almost immediately, that number may well be obsolete; we are expanding all the time as we come across new sources that we know people will want to have handy.

Every link fits into a given category. Here, we will lay out for you each of the categories on the page, the number of links in each category and what you can expect to find there.

EXPLICITLY SPORTS-ORIENTED LINKS (319)
BASEBALL DEPTH CHARTS (30): Depth charts for each MLB team from each team's official website.
FOOTBALL DEPTH CHARTS (32): Depth charts for each NFL team from each team's official website.
HOOPS DEPTH CHARTS (30): Depth charts for each NBA team from each team's official website.
BASEBALL MEDIA (17): Various forms of media dealing with baseball.
BASEBALL BLOGS (9): Blogs and other new media entities dealing with baseball.
FOOTBALL MEDIA (7): Various forms of media dealing with football.
FOOTBALL BLOGS (8): Blogs and other new media entities dealing with football.
HOOPS MEDIA (8): Various forms of media dealing with basketball.
HOOPS BLOGS (7): Blogs and other new media entities dealing with basketball.
HOCKEY MEDIA (7): Various forms of media dealing with hockey.
HOCKEY BLOGS (11): Blogs and other new media entities dealing with hockey.
RACING MEDIA (4): Various forms of media dealing with all types of motorsports.
NICHE SPORTS MEDIA (12): Various forms of media dealing with many types of niche sports.
MAJOR LEAGUES (5): Websites for the major sports leagues in North America.
OTHER LEAGUES (30): Websites for various other sports leagues all over the world.
HALL OF FAME (6): Websites for hall of fame institutions in major North American sports.
MAJOR SPORTS MEDIA (15): Entities comprising the sports wing of "mainstream media," including websites for wire services, newspapers, magazines and major sports networks.
NEW SPORTS MEDIA (32): Blogs and other new media entities dealing with a variety of sports.
CBS SPORTS HOME PAGES & SCORES BY SPORT (25): The home page for every sports category and every scoreboard in each sport on the CBS Sports website (i.e. NFL home page, MLB scores page, etc.).
SPORTS MULTIMEDIA (6): Various audio and video sources dealing with a variety of sports content.
MESSAGE BOARDS (6): Various forums dealing with a variety of sports.
SPORTSTALKNETWORK (11): Links to every resource for partaking of SportsTalkNetwork.com content.

THE FDH LOUNGE: NOTHING IS OFF-TOPIC (214): Inspired by THE FDH LOUNGE webcasts, these links direct you to stimulating websites in and beyond the world of sports.
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS/SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT (19): Sports or sports-related websites important enough to be listed on our links page that do not fit into any other categories.
BLOG/SEARCH/VIDEO TOOLS (30): Websites that can direct you to whatever you want to find on the Internet.
COMPLETELY RANDOM (14): Non-sports websites important enough to be listed on our links page that do not fit into any other categories.
FINANCIAL/MARKETS (5): Websites related to finance and the markets.
FUN TIMEWASTERS (10): Video game and other fun websites.
GENERAL NEWS/MEDIA (29): Various types of news outlets.
GEOPOLITICS (8): Various web entities dealing with international relations and realities.
HEALTH/WELLNESS (3): Websites devoted to health issues.
HUMOR (6): Websites explicitly devoted to comedy.
POLITICS/PUBLIC POLICY (19): Web entities dealing with various political and public policy issues.
POP CULTURE GOODIES (5): Web entities dealing with various pop culture elements.
TV/MUSIC/FILM/GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT (23): Web entities dealing with a variety of general entertainment issues.
WEBCASTING (8): Websites providing access to various types of webcast programming.
WEB COMMERCE (7): Websites selling various services.
WEB TOOLS (20): Various websites providing miscellaneous services.
WORTHWHILE CAUSES (8): Various charitable and awareness-raising websites.

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