 Hamsher shut down Firedoglake on August 1, 2015, citing health reasons, and announced that all posts would be archived at the Shadowproof website.In December 2004, Hamsher founded the blog "Firedoglake", naming it after her favorite activity at the time, sitting by the fire with her dog while watching Los Angeles Lakers games.Then published on "Blogger.com", "Firedoglake" won a 2005 Koufax Award for "Best Series" for its detailed coverage of the Plame affair, while being in close contention for "Best New Blog" and "Best Group Blog".