Yahoo ! Sports Yahoo ! Sports is a sports news website launched by Yahoo ! on December 8 , 1997 . It receives a majority of its information from STATS , Inc . , employs various writers , and has team pages for teams in almost every North American sport . ( Before the launch of Yahoo ! Sports , certain elements of the site were known as Yahoo ! Scoreboard . ) Sports covered . The United States edition of Yahoo ! Sports covers many sports , including NFL , MLB , NBA , NHL , College Football , College Basketball , NASCAR , golf , tennis , FIFA World Cup , Arena Football , Boxing , CFL , Cycling , IndyCar , Major League Soccer , Motor sports , Olympics , NCAA Baseball , NCAA Hockey , NCAA Women ' s Basketball , WNBA , World Cup , Track & Field , Cricket ( UK ) , Figure Skating , Rugby ( UK ) , Swimming , Mixed Martial Arts , and Horse Racing . Yahoo ! Sports also previously covered the now defunct ABL and WUSA . Writers . Yahoo ! Sports employs a deep bench of award - winning reporters , which as of December 2012 includes Pat Forde , Adrian Wojnarowski , Dan Wetzel , Greg Wyshynski , Jason Cole , and Jeff Passan among others . Yahoo ! and NBC Sports Group . On December 9 , 2012 , Yahoo ! and the NBC Sports Group announced a content and promotional deal combining Yahoo ! Sports ’ original reporting expertise , coverage of big events , Rivals ’ college content and popular fantasy sports products with NBC Sports Group ’ s growing digital assets , and significant television promotion and integration . While Yahoo ! Sports and the NBC Sports Group will continue to maintain separate sites and editorial control of their respective newsrooms and digital properties , they will collaborate on premium sports news and events coverage both online and on the air . Yahoo ! Sports ’ popular products will also be included in the NBC Sports Group ’ s digital assets . Key features of the alliance include : Editorial Depth : The combined talent roster of Yahoo ! Sports and NBC Sports features a deep bench of award - winning reporters and commentators , such as NBC ’ s Bob Costas and Mike Florio ; Yahoo ! Sports ’ Dan Wetzel and Adrian Wojnarowski . Yahoo ! Sports ’ renowned investigative reporting will be featured on NBC TV , giving fans multiple - platform delivery . Original Video Programming Concepts : Yahoo ! Sports and NBC Sports will work together to develop original made - for - web video programs that will appear on both Yahoo ! Sports and NBCSports . com featuring fan favorites from among the award - winning editorial teams ’ rosters , including : NBC Sports host and Emmy Award - winning commentator Bob Costas : video sports news interviews and editorials Football Night in America ’ s Tony Dungy & Rodney Harrison : video segments during NFL season Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk on NBCSports . com : daily , weekday NFL web show , Pro Football Talk Live Rivals on Recruiting : weekly college recruiting show with Rivals and NBC Sports talent . Live Streaming : Yahoo ! Sports will link to and promote the NBC Sports Live Extra video player . Fans will be able to watch live streams of some of NBC ’ s biggest events , starting with Sunday Night Football and NHL Game of the Week . Live content from NBC Sports Network will continue to be distributed through NBC Sports Live Extra on a TV Everywhere basis . Fantasy Sports : Yahoo ! Sports , the leading fantasy platform , will become the exclusive fantasy game provider of NBC Sports ’ Rotoworld , the premiere fantasy news and information site . This will include Yahoo ! Sports ’ fantasy experiences for football , baseball , hockey , soccer , College Bowl Pick ’ em and Tourney Pick ’ em . Rivals . com : The college sports destination will power recruiting and college sporting news for NBCSports . com and the NBC Sports Regional Networks . NBC Sports Regional Networks : The authentic , local sports properties will serve as Yahoo ! Sports ’ preferred content provider in relevant markets , and integrate Yahoo ! Sports ’ team pages , fantasy experts and sports talent . NBC ’ s Alli Sports : Providing youth - focused , action - sports video and other content to Yahoo ! Sports . Yahoo ! fantasy football website crash . On Sunday , November 11 , 2012 Yahoo ! Fantasy sports experienced an outage . By Monday , November 12 the problem had been identified and service was re - established . The following letter from Ken Fuchs , Head of Yahoo ! Sports – including an FAQ for consumers - was issued to users on Wednesday , November 14 . See below : Dear Yahoo ! Fantasy Users , As I mentioned in my earlier email , Yahoo ! works hard to provide great experiences for our users every day . For you , we understand that Fantasy is a core part of your daily routine during this time of year . On Sunday we experienced technical issues which caused the Fantasy experience to be inaccessible . We ' re sorry . Our entire team worked tirelessly to re - establish the service - however , we had a significant outage . We know this created inconvenience and frustration for millions of our fans , and we feel we owe you an explanation . So what happened ? At Yahoo ! , we have giant machines called " filers " that process a lot of the real - time data and stats for us and for you . We do millions of calculations every hour for our games , and normally our machines can handle this with no problem . Recently , we discovered a hardware issue in one of the filers that caused the other one to overload . We replaced some hardware , re - configured the setup , and did some testing . However this Sunday - at approximately 12 : 15 p . m . Eastern - the new configuration failed . This created an overload on storage capacity and took the Fantasy part of our site down . We had dozens of engineers from various teams working together to try to determine the cause and fix it . One option was to fall back on another data center , but that would have meant shutting the game down and losing scoring data . We wanted to avoid that at all costs . Ultimately , we were able to move our mobile apps to a back - up data center , free up storage to get the PC version of the game working , and get the mobile apps up in a " read - only " state - meaning you could see scores and data , but you still couldn ' t set lineups and interact . We spent Sunday night and most of Monday looking at dozens of potential causes . Monday afternoon , we stress - tested our system . Everything seemed to be in working order , so we turned on all our mobile app functions in time for Monday Night Football . Everything performed as expected and continues to do so . We ' ll have all hands on deck this coming Sunday to closely monitor performance and ensure we can respond quickly in case of any abnormal activity . We know many of you have questions about your leagues and games , so we ' ve also set up a FAQ here that will explain how we are going to handle various scenarios . Finally , we know we failed you this weekend , and there ' s no way to fix that . As a token of our appreciation for your patience and continued support , we wanted to give something back . First , we ' re offering a complimentary football weekly Scouting Report for the remainder of the year . Hopefully this will help you down the stretch . The report includes weekly expert analysis , rankings and news to help you make smart decisions . Second , we are offering all our users a 20 % discount for the rest the year at the Yahoo ! Sports Store . For any updates , we will keep you informed on @ YahooSports and facebook . com / yahoosports . We won ' t stop working to provide you with new and improved features that help you enjoy your Sundays . Thanks again for playing and for your patience . Best , Ken Fuchs Head of Yahoo ! Sports The Street published a story about this incident , telling readers that the twitter account of Marissa Mayer , Yahoo ! ' s new CEO , was flooded with complaints and that Yahoo ! responded by emailing an apology to its users .