Type of site Sports Alexa rank 1,689 (February 2017) | Website www.foxsports.com Current status Public | |
Owner Fox Entertainment Group
(21st Century Fox) Launched July 2001; 15 years ago (2001-07) | ||
FoxSports.com provides sports news, scores, sports statistics, sports and entertainment video, sports fantasy leagues and fantasy information. It acts as the official website of FS1 and all Fox Sports brands. Launched in July 2001, it is a unit of Fox Interactive Media, which also includes other 21st Century Fox online businesses.
Contents
FoxSports.com, along with competitors Yahoo! Sports, ESPN.com, Bleacher Report, CBSSports.com, and SI.com, is among the top sports sites on the web.
Sports coverage
FoxSports.com features main editorial sections dedicated to coverage of major professional and college sports, including the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, NCAA college football, NCAA college basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, and mixed martial arts. Additional sports covered on the site include boxing, IRL, Formula One, Champ Car, WNBA, horse racing, beach volleyball, rodeo, Rugby (UK) and Cricket (UK).
Content
FoxSports.com has many exclusive writers, including Jason Whitlock, Mark Kriegel, Ken Rosenthal, and Jay Glazer. In 2007, actor/comedian Jay Mohr began contributing a weekly video clip and column. Foxsoccer.com, Scout.com and Whatifsports provide additional content. The site was redesigned in April 2007.
MSN
In July 2004, FoxSports.com and Microsoft began execution of a multi-year agreement, which called for FoxSports.com to become the exclusive sports provider for Microsoft’s MSN.com portal, replacing ESPN.com. As a result of the agreement, the site was often referred to as FoxSports.com on MSN.
On December 17, 2009, FoxSports.com was briefly replaced on the MSN main page by NBCSports.com during a cosmetic upgrade.