| There are literally thousands of places on the web | | | | ESPN's rumors. |
| to get your sports news information. Whether | | | | 2. CBS SportsLine (cbs.sportsline.com) - everything |
| you want the latest headlines, up to the second | | | | is great about SportsLine - they are often the |
| scores, editorials, or in depth analysis, there are a | | | | first to break news, gamecasts are innovative |
| myriad of choices for you. While some sites only | | | | and effective, and for what it's worth the fantasy |
| offer one or two of those things, there are | | | | sports are the best on the web. Well, they are |
| several that offer all of those and more. My Top | | | | great at everything except editorials and analysis, |
| 5 are below: | | | | and they are horrible at that. Tony Mejia, Dennis |
| 5. Yahoo! Sports (sports.yahoo.com) - this site is | | | | Dodd, Pete Prisco, and Greg Doyle are the worst |
| all substance and no flash. It looks essentially the | | | | group of sports writers on the web. Where are |
| same as it did five years ago. That's not | | | | the editorials from their on-air personalities like Jim |
| necessarily a bad thing, it just doesn't knock your | | | | Nantz and Billy Packer? ESPN and FOX manage to |
| socks off. Any information that you need is | | | | get their on-air personalities to write, maybe CBS |
| readily available and up to date. Columnists aren't | | | | should consider it. Read the comments at the |
| as well known as the top sites, but they are solid. | | | | bottom of any article by any of the |
| 4. FOX Sports (msn.foxsports.com) - a few years | | | | aforementioned writers and you'll realize that I'm |
| ago this site was a mess. It was the anti-Yahoo! - | | | | not the only one that thinks they are horrible. |
| all flash and no substance. In the past few years | | | | 1. ESPN ( - they are consistently ahead of the |
| they've toned down the flash and increased the | | | | curve in every one of the important aspects. |
| substance. The live gamecasts at the top of the | | | | They are the worldwide leader in sports and they |
| page are extremely innovative. For example, for | | | | show no signs of giving up that crown on the |
| a baseball game you not only see the score, but | | | | web. I commend them for getting their best |
| also an overview of the diamond and what | | | | personalities - John Clayton, Steven A. Smith, |
| runners are on base. If you are interested in a | | | | Barry Melrose, and Peter Gammons - to write |
| specific game you can roll your mouse over it and | | | | consistently good articles. The only downside is |
| get more details. If FOX keeps innovating like | | | | that too much information is hidden in the 'Insider', |
| that, they won't be number 4 for long. | | | | ESPN's paid service. It's frustrating to read a |
| 3. Sports Illustrated (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) - | | | | headline, click, and then realize that you can't read |
| this site excels in two things - editorials and | | | | the story because you have to pay for it. |
| rumors. They have THE best writers (they are | | | | Disagree? Rate and review sports web sites at |
| Sports Illustrated after all) and they do an | | | | Adam McFarland owns the Network - a network |
| excellent job of providing tons of content. Peter | | | | of sports sites including collectibles, movies, books, |
| King's Monday Morning Quarterback column is | | | | video games, and more. |
| absolutely priceless. They also compile a 'Truth | | | | recently won honorable mention in the Microsoft |
| and Rumors' section for each of the major | | | | Start Something Amazing Awards and was |
| sports. It's essentially a compilation of all of the | | | | featured in the February 2006 issue of Tuff Stuff |
| rumors from local newspapers across the | | | | Magazine. |
| country. The best part about it is it's free, unlike | | | | |