BamaOnLine.com - About BamaOnLine.com

"I'd like to be remembered for winning... If it's worth playing,
it's worth paying the price to win." -- Paul "Bear" Bryant

ABOUT BOL:

BamaOnLine.com (BOL) was established on June 6th, 1996 as the first team site of the Rivals.com network (formerly known as AllianceSports.com). Today, more than ten years later, BamaOnLine.com has grown to more than 10,000 active subscribers and is the largest subscription team site on the Rivals.com network, which boasts more than 200,000 active members and 12.0 million unique users.

BOL is a fully-credentialed online media publication covering the daily beat for Alabama football and basketball and is widely regarded as the definitive source on Crimson Tide football and basketball recruiting.

BOL STAFF:

Tim Watts
Managing Director and Senior Recruiting Analyst
Watts oversees the day-to-day management of BamaOnLine.com along with working as the publication's senior football and basketball recruiting editor. In addition to his responsibilities with BOL, Watts serves as a national basketball and football recruiting analyst for Rivals.com. Watts resides in Alabaster, Ala. [contact]

Travis Reier, aka TR
Senior Analyst
Reier joined the BOL staff as senior writer in July 2003 and continues to serve as the team's lead analyst on Alabama Crimson Tide football. A 15-year veteran of both electronic and print media, Reier is considered one of the foremost experts on Alabama sports. In addition to his responsibilities with BOL, Reier has co-hosted The Game, a sports-talk show dedicated solely to college athletics for the past seven years. Reier is a native of Jacksonville, Florida and resides in Tuscaloosa. [contact]

Shannon Terry, "aka Lucky" --BOL Staff
Founder
The founder of Rivals.com, Shannon Terry previously served as the company's chief executive, overseeing the corporate strategy, new product development and day-to-day management of the leading internet site in college sports, high school sports and college recruiting. In July 2007, Rivals.com was acquired by Yahoo!, the largest site on the internet with more than 150 million daily visitors.

Through his influence and vision, Terry not only led the rapid growth of Rivals.com -- culminating with its acquisition by Yahoo! -- but also played a central role in building and elevating the recruiting industry into a successful business segment and mainstream sports topic. As a result, Rivals.com became the defacto source for team and individual player ranking and information in multiple sports.

Prior to Terry's departure from Rivals.com in April 2009, the site grew to more than 225,000 active subscribers and 12 million unique visitors per month via a national network of 300 college, high school and recruiting reporters generating in excess of 500 content items per day. In January 2009, Rivals.com ascended to the No. 5 slot among sports sites, according to comScore traffic measurement reports -- more than mainstream stalwarts such as CBSSports.com and SI.com. Additionally, under Terry's leadership, Rivals.com achieved more than 50% annual growth revenue since the company's inception in 2001.

Terry was named to the SportsBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 in 2006 and 2007, and the SportsBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame in 2008. Terry was also named to the trade publication's 20 Most Influential People in Online Sports (ranked No. 11 & No. 14, respectively) list in 2007 and 2008.

A 1992 graduate of Lipscomb University, Terry also was co-Captain of the University's basketball team where his senior class posted more total wins during its 4 years than any class in the history of college basketball (145). Terry is a native of Woodville, Alabama and now resides in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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