The site also includes sections on college football and college basketball, and once included a section on the Olympics.[3] The sites attempt a comprehensive approach to sports data. For example, Baseball-Reference contains more than 100,000 box scores and Pro-Football-Reference contains data on every scoring play in the National Football League since 1941.[1] The college basketball section includes data on NCAA Division I men's basketball, with incomplete data going back as far as 1892—predating the first NCAA divisional split (1956) and the NCAA itself (1906), and only a year after the sport was invented. Division I women's basketball data was added in 2023, initially with full data dating back to the 2009–10 season. On February 15, 2024, Sports Reference announced that it had expanded its Division I women's basketball data set to include player and team statistics dating back to the 1987–88 season.[4]
The company, which is based in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, was founded as Sports Reference in 2004 and was incorporated as Sports Reference LLC in 2007.[5][1][6]
On July 11, 2023, the company purchased the baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid and integrated it with Baseball-Reference.[7][8] Subsequently, the game was expanded to cover Sports Reference's other sites.[9]
Olympicsedit
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Sports Reference added a site for Olympic Games statistics and history in July 2008.[10][11]
The company announced in December 2016 that the Olympics site was to be shut down in the near future due to a change in its data licensing agreement.[12] Since that time, data for the 2016 Summer Olympics has been added,[13] but the site was not updated for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[14][12] Sports Reference closed its Olympic site on May 14, 2020.[15]
The providers of the Olympic data, known as OlyMADmen, launched a new site called Olympedia in May 2020.[16][17][18][19] According to Slate, editing of "Olympedia [was] restricted to about two dozen trusted academics and researchers who specialize in Olympic history."[20] The site is owned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[21] On December 29, 2023, OlyMADmen member Bill Mallon announced that they would no longer be able to update Olympedia because the IOC declined to renew the contract necessary to permit them to do so.[22][23]
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^Lynch, Mike (February 15, 2024). "Sports Reference Expands Women's College Basketball Data". Sports Reference Blog. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^Wagner, James (February 13, 2019). "From a Church in Philadelphia, Sports Reference Informs the World". The New York Times. from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
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^Kepner, Tyler (July 11, 2023). "The Hottest Thing in Baseball Is a Grid of Nine Blank Squares". The New York Times. from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
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^Lohn, John (May 27, 2020). "Comprehensive Olympedia Database Available to Public; Loaded with Information". Swimming World. from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021. OlyMADmen, an international group of Olympics experts and historians, have made their exhaustive Olympics database available
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Sports Reference LLC is an American company which operates several sports related websites including Sports Reference com Baseball Reference com for baseball Basketball Reference com for basketball Hockey Reference com for ice hockey Pro Football Reference com for American football and FBref com for association football soccer 1 2 They also operate a subscription based service for statistics called Stathead Between 2008 and 2020 Sports Reference also provided pages for the Olympic Games and its competitors Sports ReferenceCompany typePrivateIndustrysports technology data and contentPredecessorPro Football ReferenceBaseball ReferenceBasketball ReferenceFoundedAugust 2004 19 years ago 2004 08 FounderSean FormanHeadquartersPhiladelphia Pennsylvania USProductsBaseball ReferenceBasketball ReferencePro Football ReferenceHockey ReferenceFBrefSR College BasketballSR College FootballStatheadImmaculate GridWebsitewww wbr sports reference wbr com Contents 1 Description 2 Olympics 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe site also includes sections on college football and college basketball and once included a section on the Olympics 3 The sites attempt a comprehensive approach to sports data For example Baseball Reference contains more than 100 000 box scores and Pro Football Reference contains data on every scoring play in the National Football League since 1941 1 The college basketball section includes data on NCAA Division I men s basketball with incomplete data going back as far as 1892 predating the first NCAA divisional split 1956 and the NCAA itself 1906 and only a year after the sport was invented Division I women s basketball data was added in 2023 initially with full data dating back to the 2009 10 season On February 15 2024 Sports Reference announced that it had expanded its Division I women s basketball data set to include player and team statistics dating back to the 1987 88 season 4 The company which is based in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia was founded as Sports Reference in 2004 and was incorporated as Sports Reference LLC in 2007 5 1 6 On July 11 2023 the company purchased the baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid and integrated it with Baseball Reference 7 8 Subsequently the game was expanded to cover Sports Reference s other sites 9 Olympics edit nbsp Sports Reference Olympics logo Sports Reference added a site for Olympic Games statistics and history in July 2008 10 11 The company announced in December 2016 that the Olympics site was to be shut down in the near future due to a change in its data licensing agreement 12 Since that time data for the 2016 Summer Olympics has been added 13 but the site was not updated for the 2018 Winter Olympics 14 12 Sports Reference closed its Olympic site on May 14 2020 15 The providers of the Olympic data known as OlyMADmen launched a new site called Olympedia in May 2020 16 17 18 19 According to Slate editing of Olympedia was restricted to about two dozen trusted academics and researchers who specialize in Olympic history 20 The site is owned by the International Olympic Committee IOC 21 On December 29 2023 OlyMADmen member Bill Mallon announced that they would no longer be able to update Olympedia because the IOC declined to renew the contract necessary to permit them to do so 22 23 References edit a b c Kramer Staci D February 17 2009 Fantasy Sports Ventures Takes Minority Stake In Sports Reference LLC CBS News PaidContent org Archived from the original on September 9 2017 Retrieved September 24 2021 Fisher Eric February 16 2009 FSV buys stake in reference sites Sports Business Journal Archived from the original on February 17 2009 Sports Reference Main Page Sports Reference com Archived from the original on February 1 2010 Retrieved April 2 2014 Lynch Mike February 15 2024 Sports Reference Expands Women s College Basketball Data Sports Reference Blog Sports Reference LLC Retrieved February 18 2024 Wagner James February 13 2019 From a Church 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September 26 2021 Retrieved September 26 2021 Mallon Bill May 27 2020 Olympedia now open to the public OlympStats com Archived from the original on June 6 2020 Retrieved May 27 2020 the result many years of work by a group of Olympic historians and statisticians called the OlyMADmen About Olympedia Archived from the original on June 14 2020 The group that has compiled the database refers to itself as MADmen MAD being an acronym for several of the early members of the group but also signifies their commitment to the project in another sense Harrison Stephen July 26 2021 How to Use Wikipedia When You re Watching the Olympics Slate Archived from the original on July 26 2021 Retrieved July 29 2021 Bauernfeind John February 27 2017 IOC looks to acquisition of Olympedia as step toward modernizing Olympic recordkeeping Sports Business Journal Archived from the original on May 29 2023 Retrieved May 29 2023 Mallon Bill bambam1729 December 29 2023 In 2016 Olympedia was purchased by the IOC but we have had a contract with them to update it since that time Tweet Retrieved April 4 2024 via Twitter Mallon Bill bambam1729 December 29 2023 As of 1 Jan 2024 our contract with the IOC is not being renewed The OlyMADMen will no longer update Olympedia after today 29 Dec Tweet Retrieved April 4 2024 via Twitter External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sports Reference Official website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sports Reference amp oldid 1217838428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
