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December 17, 2005Searchable Subject Index for BMX Biking
There's a good infrastructure available at http://www.bmxbookmarks.com/, a subject index for BMX biking topics, but it needs some filling in. And I like the color scheme for the design, it's easy on the eyes. Categories here include bike shops, magazines,...
Continue reading "Searchable Subject Index for BMX Biking" » September 13, 2005Digital Archive Happiness De La Cheesehead
In honor of the 2005 football season being here, I'm writing up the fact that the Wisconsin Historical Society has has a ton of old (Lombardi-era) Green Bay Packers material now available at Turning Points in Wisconsin History: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/ ....
Continue reading "Digital Archive Happiness De La Cheesehead" » August 16, 2004A Roundup of Olympics Resources
Between the tornado watches and the flood warnings and the rain that just wouldn't stop over the weekend, I did manage to watch a bit of the Olympics. As you might expect there are plenty of online resources to give...
June 25, 2004Have a Quiet Drink and Watch Some Soccer
I knew there were bars and restaurants devoted to all kinds of different cuisines and themes. I had no idea there was a list of places where you can go, maybe have some cheese sticks, and watch soccer. It's called...
Continue reading "Have a Quiet Drink and Watch Some Soccer" » June 24, 2004LII Releases Olympics Games Resource
The Librarians' Index to the Internet has a new resource collection devoted to the Olympics. It's available at http://lii.org/search/file/olympics . This collection features a variety of Olympics information, including current and historical, athletes and sports, and information about Athens. There's...
June 23, 2004Guide to Marathons All Over the US and World
Like to run but looking for a reason? Marathon Guide provides information on state and international marathons, as well as news and articles. It's available at http://www.marathonguide.com . For the guide, look on the left under marathon directory. You can...
Continue reading "Guide to Marathons All Over the US and World" » May 26, 2004Let's Go Hike A Hike
National Trails Day, is June 5, 2004. If you want to get out and hike a bit, or help take care of trails in the US, visit the American Hiking Society National Trails Day events database at http://www.americanhiking.org/events/ntd/events.html . There...
May 25, 2004Database of NCAA Records
The NCAA and Thomas Technology Solutions have teamed up to digitize the NCAA's archives of sports championship records. Currently the baseball, softball, and outdoor track records are online, with football and women's volleyball expected to be on the site in...
March 18, 2004Yahoo Launches Sports Shortcuts
Yahoo's got a new shortcut -- giving you sports scores from some leagues. Leagues listed include NCAA (baseball and football), NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB. But I can't get the NCAA part to work. It works like this: type in...
October 24, 2003Sports Agent Index Offers Agent Information
Sports Agent Index ( http://www.sportsagentindex.com ) is a freely-searchable index of sports agents divided up into several categories. From the front page you can go to a search form that allows you to search for agents by keyword and sport....
Continue reading "Sports Agent Index Offers Agent Information" » September 02, 2003Fantosy Football Links
If you like fantosy football better than the real stuff that shows up on your TV every Sunday and Monday (and occasional Thursday) throughout the season, you'll like the links at http://www.ffllinks.com/ . This site contains over 20,000 fantosy football-related...
February 21, 2003USGA Unveils Database of Amateur Golf Tournaments
The United States Golf Association has launched a database of over 3000 amateur tournaments. It's available at http://www.usga.org/DATG/index.asp . You can search by types of tournaments (boys', girls', men's, women's, the disabled, etc.) location (by state in the US,...
Continue reading "USGA Unveils Database of Amateur Golf Tournaments" » February 04, 2003Sports Illustrated Covers
Almost fifty years' worth of Sports Illustrated Covers are available online at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/covers/ . There are several ways to search this collection but the easiest way is a simple keyword search. Wondering how many times Pete Rose made the...
June 04, 2002Beach Volleyball Database
Feeling left out by all the World Cup hoopla because you're not into soccer? Fear not and check out the Beach Volleyball Database at http://www.bvbinfo.com/ , your source for all things beach volleyball (men's and women's.) The front page provides...
January 31, 2002Lots and Lots and Lots and Lots of Soccer
MEGASOCCER.com (http://megasoccer.com/) has tons of soccer stuff -- soccer information on 45 countries, over 80 leagues, and over 1000 teams. The site is divided into five sections. There's a soccer search engine that searches soccer pages across the Web. Searching...
Continue reading "Lots and Lots and Lots and Lots of Soccer" » Fishing Search Engine
The hoo engine of the day is FishHoo! at http://www.fishhoo.com/. This searchable subject index contains almost 3500 links on the subject of fishing, from Bait Shops to Women and Fishing. Sites have ratings and variable annotations -- if you like...
December 26, 2001NCAA Tourney Statistics
If you're into college sports, check out SportsStats at http://www.sportsstats.com/. This site doesn't give you win-loss statistics, but instead provides scores from tournament games. On the front page you'll need to pick a sport (twelve are provided, both men's and...
October 02, 2001Bowling Search Engine
Who wouldn't want to bowl a turkey (three strikes in a row, not bowling the frozen bird)? MBC On-Line Bowling search, at http://www.bowlsearch.com/ , provides a database of over 650 bowling sites. Categories include indexes, personal home pages of bowlers,...
April 26, 2001En Garde! (Fencing Search Engine)
Even if you don't know the difference between a foil and an epee, http://www.fencing.net/search/has plenty of information if you're interested in fencing. This searchable subject index has almost 700 links relevant to fencing, including surprising categories (wheelchair fencing, software). Annotation...
January 18, 2001Set 'Em Up, Knock 'Em Down (Bowling Search Engine)
I've covered other sports search engines in the past, so I'm pleased to cover one involved with the gentle art of bowling. The Bowling Zone ( http://www.bowlingzone.com/ ) is a searchable subject index with over 1150 links related to bowling....
Continue reading "Set 'Em Up, Knock 'Em Down (Bowling Search Engine)" » August 10, 1998Fantasy Sports Search Engine
Yes, there are search engines for just about anything. Check out http://www.usfantasy411.com/ , a search engine for fantasy sports fans....
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