Sports Reference
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | sports technology, data, and content |
| Predecessor |
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| Founded | August 2004 |
| Founder | Sean Forman |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products |
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| Website | Sports-Reference.com |
Sports Reference, LLC is a company which operates several sports-related websites, including Baseball-Reference.com, Pro-Football-Reference.com, Basketball Reference, and Hockey Reference.[1]
Description
The site also includes sections on college football, college basketball and the Olympics.[2] The sites attempt a comprehensive approach to sports data. For example, Baseball-Reference.com contains more than 100,000 box scores and Pro-Football-Reference.com contains data on every scoring play in the National Football League since 1941.[1]
The company, which is based in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded as Sports Reference in 2004 and was incorporated as Sports Reference LLC in 2007.[3][1][4]
Olympics
Sports Reference added a site for Olympic Games statistics and history in July 2008.[5][6]
The company announced in December 2016 that the Olympics site will be shut down in the near future due to a change in its data licensing agreement.[7] Since that time, data for the 2016 Summer Olympics was added,[8] but the site has not been updated for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[9] The providers of the Olympic data are working with another publisher to create a new website.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Kramer, Staci D. (February 17, 2009). "Fantasy Sports Ventures Takes Minority Stake In Sports Reference LLC". CBS MoneyWatch. PaidContent. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sports Reference Main Page". Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ^ Wagner, James (February 13, 2019). "From a Church in Philadelphia, Sports Reference Informs the World". New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ^ "Company Overview of Sports Reference, LLC". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Olympics at Sports Reference Launches". Sports-Reference.com. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "About SR/Olympics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "We'll Be Closing Soon". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "Winter Games Index". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
External links
- Baseball-Reference.com (bbref.com)
- Basketball-Reference.com (bkref.com)
- Hockey-Reference.com (hkref.com)
- Pro-Football-Reference.com (pfref.com)
- College Football at Sports-Reference.com (cfbref.com)
- College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com (cbbref.com)
- Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (olyref.com)
- FBref.com – Football (Soccer) Statistics and History
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