Hello everybody. What better day than New Year’s Day to tell you all about the changes to Soccer By Ives and changes for yours truly. If you are reading this then you have found your way to the new version of Soccer By Ives. The changes go well beyond the design and web address of the site you’ve come to know as SBI.
I am leaving the Herald News after 10 years at the paper in order to devote myself to launching and running a soccer news website that readers from all over the country, and American soccer fans all over the world, can come to for the best mix of news and analysis around. My plan is to make SBI a one-stop shop for all your soccer news needs. Curious about European transfers? Wondering who the next coaching hire will be? Dying to know about a rumored trade? Interested in hearing other people’s opinions on the big news of the day? You will find all of these elements on SBI.
The new SBI will also broaden its focus to provide more news from around the country. My New Jersey roots will always assure that there will be a strong New York/New Jersey component to the site, but you can rest assured that there will be more news and insight on all the teams in Major League Soccer. Breaking news in other markets was already an element of SBI, but now I will make a concerted effort to cater to fans throughout the nation.
This new venture may sound like a risky one to some, but the growth of the original SBI, and the support of its readers, gave me the confidence and desire to give this a chance. There is a strong and growing army of soccer fans in this country who are hungry for information and analysis about the sport they love, but who struggle to find that in the mainstream American media. My goal is to have SBI help fill that void.
The site will officially go live on January 2 so make sure to bookmark the new web address and check back in soon for the latest from the world of soccer.
Please feel free to share your thoughts on the new site, and anything else, below in the comments section.
Ives,
Congratulations on the new endeavor!
Been reading for the past two years, and am very happy to see you branching out for a larger audience.
Good luck and look forward to your news and insight.
Congrats on the site Ives!! Checked your old blog once or twice a day, and this new site promises to have me coming back several times a day. Looking good.
Wishing you good luck in 2008!
Keep up the good work.
Hey the site looks great, no wonder you were doing all those reader roll calls haha, I think it would be awesome if you put some league tables on the sides of your columns where the ads usually are, Still haven’t found a place I can look at many at one time, just an idea, anyways good luck with the venture y prospero año.
Ives,
Your a true pioneer. Good luck with the sight and helping the sport grow in the US.
The site looks great. You are leader in soccer reporting. Best of luck with the new diggs.
The site looks great. You are leader in soccer reporting. Best of luck with the new diggs.
best of luck in your new endeavor.
I look forward to a big 2008 from SBI. Congrats, Ives.
Good luck Ives!!! Looking forward to the new blog.
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to having even more scoops.
Congrats Ives. Keep up the good work.
Go Seattle ________. (Yet to be named)
We still don’t like you in Columbus! Good luck!
Good luck Ives!
Just might want to adjust the font type. Reads very thin on higher resolutions.
Awesome job Ives. Keep up the amazing work.
Good on you, Ives. Best wishes for a healthy, happy & successful 2008.
I don’t write too often, but I checked your old site several times a day & plan to continue to do so with this one.
Be good,
-gb
good luck ives! looks great so far
Like I wrote on the old site….WOW. This is a big move. But good luck, man. Here’s to wishing you the best with the new site. Looking forward to the new venture (and more advertisers).
The site looks good. I’ll be here every day as usual.
Congratulations and good luck!
Congratulations!
Congrats Ives. Good luck. Please don’t forget RBNY. Many of us have come to depend on your insight and analysis. With all due respect to Michael Lewis and Jack Bell, they don’t hold a candle to you. I hope this change doesn’t mean you will de-empasize Metro!
Thanks!
Mark
Nice job.
I miss the red and orange though.
-Mike
Good luck Ives. Who said you were risk-averse?
good luck ives–will you still be writing articles for espn?
Happy New Year, Ives! I love the new site, the new look and the new feel. Once again, awesom work!!
Good luck with the new site.
Congrats Ives! Having the guts to go off on your own is the hardest part of the process. I’m sure you will be successful- and fulfilled- now that you have made the decision to do that. Looking forward to seeing everything you do with the site.
Good luck with the new SBI amigo!
Congrats Ives! Having the guts to go off on your own is the hardest part of the process. I’m sure you will be successful- and fulfilled- now that you have made the decision to do that. Looking forward to seeing everything you do with the site.
Ives, not happy with losing the Soccer Blog award to Goff, has stepped it up a notch!
Best of luck, Ives. I’ve updated my RSS aggregator and changed the link on the BFD blogroll.
Congratulations! SBI.net has been and will continue to be my first stop for soccer news. Maybe Alexi Lalas should stop by here for management help!
Way to get stuck in Ives! I see you are sponsored by my favorite store. You should do well!
Go ‘Quakes.
Great move Ives! Now I know why you’ve kept pushing for those SBI reader rollcalls. Gotta do your research first right!
Congrats Ives on the new site!! I wish you the very best!!
After reading your articles in Herald News for so long, I don’t know what paper will replace it as for Metro news, your articles were the best source for team analysis and news. But at least I’ll have SBI.net.
Ives,
Congratulations and best of luck with the website. Definitely let us know how we can help support the site.
Bold move. Please let us know how we can support your sponsors. This SBI has been my most frequently visited soccer site; how soccerbyives.net will be.
Best of luck Ives!! Keep up the good work!
Ives,
Congrats and good luck. I think this is a great move.
So any more news on the Anelka front? How much money will Chelski spend? I think 80 million pounds by the end of the month.
Good luck Ives, I know I’ll be checking it a few times each day.
Good luck Ives, I know I’ll be checking it a few times each day.
Congratulations Ives. Best of luck to you!
Congrats!
Congratulations on your new venture Ives!
One thing that you could do that I haven’t seen done on other blogs is that when you update your site with a new site, change the color of the background and font every time you update so you can immediately see if there’s new content. If that’s too time consuming for you or annoying for your readers, just do it when you’ve got a great breaking story. Regardless, I’d advise changing background and font color to make it more reader-friendly than the typical black on white.
Ives, Thanks for keeping us all up to date! Good Luck with your new site and the continued growth of the SBI Mafia!
Congrats and best of luck with this venture.
Congrats, Ives. I’ve been a regular reader for some time now, and will continue to follow your excellent reporting and insight in the new venture!
Congrats, Ives! Good luck!
Best of luck with your new venture. Be sure to CHANGE the “gray” font color with the white background (your hot links on the left side of the page)… too hard to read. At least for us old folks! 🙂
Sometimes walls need to be refreshed ;o) Happy 2008!
Way to go Ives. Taking the soccer world by storm. Can’t wait for 2008! NM