Trade Rumors: Covering NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL
The Trade Rumors Network of websites goes well beyond Hoops Rumors. Please check out our other sites:
- NFL coverage at Pro Football Rumors. Follow @pfrumors on Twitter.
- NHL coverage at Pro Hockey Rumors. Follow @prohockeyrumors on Twitter.
- MLB coverage at MLB Trade Rumors. Follow @mlbtraderumors on Twitter.
- Download the Trade Rumors app for free here. The iOS version now includes hockey, while the Android version will by the end of October. Please note: Trade Rumors can be customized so that you only see the sports, teams, and players you care about.
- Depth chart and roster information across NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL at Roster Resource.
- Hoops Rumors social media includes Twitter and Facebook.
The Ad Experience On Hoops Rumors
Based on survey feedback and emails we’ve received, many of you are experiencing ads on our mobile site that automatically redirect your browser. Sometimes it goes to the app store, sometimes to other sites, but it’s always incredibly annoying. I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with it. At Hoops Rumors, we loathe these ads. We don’t make money from them; they are the result of shady ad networks violating their terms. You can read more about the issue here; it is something even Google and Apple have been unable to stop.
I don’t say that as an excuse, but just an explanation. We’ve worked to remove these redirect ads for years, but it’s been a game of Whac-A-Mole. This month I am putting additional resources toward the problem. I am also hopeful that eventually, browsers will be able to stop redirects, as was Apple’s intention for Safari in iOS 8.
In the meantime, there are a couple of options you might consider. The first is to download our free app, Trade Rumors, and use that instead of the mobile website. The app has fewer ads than our mobile site does, and has never had any redirect issues. It’s also a well-reviewed app that offers custom notifications and a sleek reading experience on mobile devices.
Another option is to sign up for Google Contributor. This paid service covers any website that shows Google ads (including all of the Trade Rumors sites) and reduces the number of ads you’ll see. Google Contributor automatically uses your monthly fee to attempt to outbid a website’s advertisers. When your bid wins, you don’t see an ad. You’ll instead see an empty space where the ad was, or pictures of cats if you prefer. While Contributor can be used across millions of websites that you can potentially visit, I personally use it exclusively to reduce the number of ads shown on my five favorite baseball websites. It removes thousands of ads per month for me on those sites, and any portion of my fee that I don’t use each month is refunded by Google. I consider Google Contributor a win-win, as I give a few bucks per month to my favorite websites and see fewer ads.
Finally, if you have experience with the web debugging proxy application Charles, you could try catching a redirect in the wild. It’s way more fun than catching Pokémon. If anyone is able to record a Charles session of a mobile redirect happening on Hoops Rumors, please send it to me at mlbtrhelp@gmail.com and I’ll make sure that offending ad is eliminated.
We’ll continue to do everything we can to root out the bad ad networks. Thanks for your patience and understanding in this matter.
ProHockeyRumors.com Launches
NHL rumors will never be the same! We’re proud to announce the launch of Pro Hockey Rumors, extending our coverage into a fourth sport. Our team has been writing for over a week now, so there is plenty to read. We’ve launched the site just in time for the NHL’s free agency period, and we hope you’ll enjoy our coverage of all the latest news and rumors. Bookmark Pro Hockey Rumors today!
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Seeking Writers For New Hockey Rumors Website
Our family of websites includes Hoops Rumors, MLB Trade Rumors, and Pro Football Rumors. Later this year, we plan to start covering NHL transaction-related news with a brand new website. We are now taking applicants for part-time writers at our upcoming hockey rumors site. The position pays hourly, and we will be hiring multiple people. The criteria:
- Availability to work at least 10 hours per week covering NHL news.
- Exceptional knowledge of all 30 NHL teams, with no discernible bias. Knowledge of transaction-related concepts.
- A high school degree is required, and further education is preferred. Please include your highest completed level of education in your application.
- Writing experience is necessary, and online writing experience is preferred.
- Attention to detail and ability to follow the MLBTR/Hoops Rumors/PFR style and tone.
- Ability to analyze articles and craft intelligent, well-written posts summing up the news quickly and concisely.
- Ability to use Twitter, TweetDeck, and an RSS feed reader such as Feedly. In general, you must be able to multitask.
- Experience with social media, especially Twitter.
- If you’re interested, email prohockeyrumorshelp@gmail.com and explain how you stand out and qualify in a couple of short paragraphs. Please attach your resume to the email. We often receive several hundred applications, so unfortunately we will not be able to reply to each one.
Download The Trade Rumors App Today
If you enjoy this website on your smartphone or tablet, you’ve got to download our free Trade Rumors app!
Trade Rumors, available for iOS and Android, is the best way to consume our content on a mobile device. Here’s what it delivers, all for free:
- All the articles from Hoops Rumors, MLB Trade Rumors, and Pro Football Rumors, in an easy-to-navigate, eye-catching format. Swipe through stories to quickly consume all the news and rumors from our three sites. Not into all three sports? No problem – any sport can be easily removed.
- Customize what you see. You can create feeds for any team or player across any of our sites.
- Notifications! For any team or player, you can set up push notifications to ensure you always get breaking news instantly. Notifications can also be set up at the sport level.
- Commenting! You can now read and contribute comments on the app seamlessly.
- Customer service! If you find a bug, we’ll fix it. If you have a feature request, we’ll consider it. The app is continually evolving and improving.
- Did I mention Trade Rumors is a FREE app? What do you have to lose? Download now!
Give Us Your Scorecard
Our team works hard to bring you the rumors that you crave. We are thankful to you and all of our loyal readers. We want make sure that we are doing everything we can to keep you coming back. Rate this site to let us know what you like and what we could improve. It only takes 4-6 minutes. Thanks!
New Desktop Design For Hoops Rumors
If you came to Hoops Rumors on a desktop computer today, you’ve had a chance to see our new design. The changes are mostly aesthetic, as our look from 2012 had gotten a bit stale. But we did add the headline scroller up top as well as easier navigation to our other two sites, MLB Trade Rumors and Pro Football Rumors. As always, we’re committed to further improvements and value your feedback.
I’d love to hear what you think about the new design in the comments section of this post. And remember: it’s easy to comment at Hoops Rumors now; you do not need to register.
Recent Reviews For The Trade Rumors App
136 five-star reviews don’t lie. Check out a sampling of the App Store reviews for our Trade Rumors app on iOS, all from within the last two weeks:
Stop thinking about it and download it already. It’s as awesome as the site. – Skin E. G., Feb. 18
This app is great to keep up with a specific team or league. The info is usually spot on and is delivered quickly before anyone else. – Joemx14, Feb. 13
Love the ability to see just my teams and players that I want to follow. Great app. – digitalturtle, Feb. 12
This is THE go-to app for sports transactions. The real-time information and analysis is second to none. – Robert Martinez, Feb. 8
Did we mention the Trade Rumors app is free and now allows you to set up notifications and feeds at the sport, team, and/or player level? Download Trade Rumors for iOS or Android today! Please note that if you would like Hoops Rumors as your primary feed, just tap the gears icon on iOS or the pencil icon on Android to change the order, as well as add and remove sports and teams.
Trade Rumors App Now Has Notifications
The world’s best app for staying up-to-date on NBA, MLB, and NFL trades and free agency just got better. I’m happy to announce that our free Trade Rumors app, available for iOS and Android, now has notifications! You can set up notifications at the sport, team, or even player level, and receive a notification as soon as a new article is posted on that topic.
We’ve also rolled out an improved, more intuitive layout to the app, with each feed represented by a vertical column on the home screen. Switch between your feeds by swiping left on the home screen. Vertical columns allow for easier one-hand scrolling.
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But wait, there’s more! Other features of the Trade Rumors app:
- Customize your home screen. The app has feeds for Hoops Rumors, MLB Trade Rumors, and Pro Football Rumors by default, but if you’re more of a one or two-sport person, you can easily remove and reorder feeds. You can also add a feed for any of the 92 MLB, NFL, or NBA teams, as well as the thousands of players in the archives of our three sites. Please note that the default ordering puts MLB Trade Rumors on your home screen, but you can easily go into Settings to reorder and add or remove feeds.
- We’ve also allowed for filtering of all stories versus top stories, for what is shown on the home screen as well as for notifications. This allows you to limit yourself to just the most important news for a feed, if you prefer.
- Article sharing options are plentiful: choose Facebook, Twitter, email, and text message.
- Once you’ve clicked an article in a feed, you can swipe to read the next article in that feed.
- Did we mention the Trade Rumors app is completely free? Download today for iOS and Android.
Wondering what’s next for the always-improving Trade Rumors app? We intend to add comments, but must first switch to a native commenting system on the three websites.
Introducing The Trade Rumors App
After many months of hard work, we’re very excited to bring you the new Trade Rumors app for iOS and Android devices!
The Trade Rumors app brings together content from our three sites: MLB Trade Rumors, Hoops Rumors, and Pro Football Rumors. You can easily scroll left to right and click on the image of the article you want to read. You can also filter your feeds to show only the top stories within that category, if you prefer.
Once you’re within a feed, you can swipe to read older or newer articles without going back to the home screen. Each article can be easily shared via Twitter, Facebook, email, or text message.
The Trade Rumors app is highly customizable. You can add feeds for any of the 92 MLB, NBA, and NFL teams, as well as for any of the thousands of players in our archives, by using the settings icon up top for iOS and the pencil icon up top for Android. You can create a multi-sport experience tailored to your specific interests, or you can limit your app entirely to one sport by removing the others.
Best of all? The Trade Rumors app is free! Download it for iOS or Android and leave a review!