There are thousands of places on the internet to get your sports reports info. Whether you would like the most recent press releases, up to the second scores, editorials, or in depth research, there are an abundance of choices for you. While some sites only offer 1 or 2 of those things, there are many that offer all those and more. My Top 5 are below:
Yahoo! Sports (sports.yahoo.com) - this site is all substance and no flash. It's essentially the same as it did five years back. That is not necessarily a bad thing, it just does not knock your socks off. Any information you will need is generally available and up to date. Newshounds aren't as well known as the top sites, but they're solid.
FOX Sports (msn.foxsports.com) - a couple of years gone this site was a mess. It was actually the anti-Yahoo! - all flash and no substance. In the past few years they've toned down the flash and increased the substance. The live game casts at the very top of the page are intensely innovative. For example, for a baseball game you not only see the score, but also an outline of the diamond and what runners are on base. If you are interested in a specific game you can roll your mouse over it and get more details. If FOX keeps pioneering like that, they will not be number 4 for long.
Sports Illustrated (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) - this site excels in 2 things - editorials and rumors. They have THE best writers (they're Sports Illustrated after all) and they do a brilliant job of providing tons of content. Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback column is totally priceless. They also compile a 'Truth and Rumors ' section for each of the major sports. It's fundamentally a compilation of all of the rumours from local newspapers across the nation. The best part about it is it is free, unlike ESPN's rumors.
CBS SportsLine (cbs.sportsline.com) - everything is great about SportsLine - they are regularly the first to break reports, game casts are cutting edge and effective, and for what it's worth the fantasy sports are the best online. Well, they're great at everything except editorials and research, and they're horrible at that. Tony Mejia, Dennis Dodd, Pete Prisco, and Greg Doyle are the worst group of sports writers online. Where are the editorials from their on-air characters like Jim Nantz and Billy Packer? ESPN and FOX manage somehow to get their on-air personalities to write, maybe CBS should think about it. Read the comments at the bottom of any article by any of the already mentioned writers and you'll understand that I'm not the only one that thinks they're horrid. 1. ESPN (www.espn.com) - they're habitually at the edge of the envelope in each one of the important aspects. They are the international leader in sports and they show no evidence of giving up that crown on the internet. I suggest them for getting their best personalities - John Clayton, Steven A. Smith, Barry Melrose, and Peter Gammons - to draft consistently good articles. The sole drawback is that too much information is concealed in the 'Insider ', ESPN's paid service. It's annoying to read a headline, click, and then notice that you cannot read the story because you've got to pay for it.
Yahoo! Sports (sports.yahoo.com) - this site is all substance and no flash. It's essentially the same as it did five years back. That is not necessarily a bad thing, it just does not knock your socks off. Any information you will need is generally available and up to date. Newshounds aren't as well known as the top sites, but they're solid.
FOX Sports (msn.foxsports.com) - a couple of years gone this site was a mess. It was actually the anti-Yahoo! - all flash and no substance. In the past few years they've toned down the flash and increased the substance. The live game casts at the very top of the page are intensely innovative. For example, for a baseball game you not only see the score, but also an outline of the diamond and what runners are on base. If you are interested in a specific game you can roll your mouse over it and get more details. If FOX keeps pioneering like that, they will not be number 4 for long.
Sports Illustrated (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) - this site excels in 2 things - editorials and rumors. They have THE best writers (they're Sports Illustrated after all) and they do a brilliant job of providing tons of content. Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback column is totally priceless. They also compile a 'Truth and Rumors ' section for each of the major sports. It's fundamentally a compilation of all of the rumours from local newspapers across the nation. The best part about it is it is free, unlike ESPN's rumors.
CBS SportsLine (cbs.sportsline.com) - everything is great about SportsLine - they are regularly the first to break reports, game casts are cutting edge and effective, and for what it's worth the fantasy sports are the best online. Well, they're great at everything except editorials and research, and they're horrible at that. Tony Mejia, Dennis Dodd, Pete Prisco, and Greg Doyle are the worst group of sports writers online. Where are the editorials from their on-air characters like Jim Nantz and Billy Packer? ESPN and FOX manage somehow to get their on-air personalities to write, maybe CBS should think about it. Read the comments at the bottom of any article by any of the already mentioned writers and you'll understand that I'm not the only one that thinks they're horrid. 1. ESPN (www.espn.com) - they're habitually at the edge of the envelope in each one of the important aspects. They are the international leader in sports and they show no evidence of giving up that crown on the internet. I suggest them for getting their best personalities - John Clayton, Steven A. Smith, Barry Melrose, and Peter Gammons - to draft consistently good articles. The sole drawback is that too much information is concealed in the 'Insider ', ESPN's paid service. It's annoying to read a headline, click, and then notice that you cannot read the story because you've got to pay for it.
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