| There are literally thousands of places
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| | (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) - this site
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| on the web to get your sports news
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| | excels in two things - editorials and
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| information. Whether you want the latest
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| | rumors. They have THE best writers (they
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| headlines, up to the second scores,
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| | are Sports Illustrated after all) and
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| editorials, or in depth analysis, there
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| | they do an excellent job of providing
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| are a myriad of choices for you. While
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| | tons of content. Peter King's Monday
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| some sites only offer one or two of those
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| | Morning Quarterback column is absolutely
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| things, there are several that offer all
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| | priceless. They also compile a 'Truth and
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| of those and more. My Top 5 are below:
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| | Rumors' section for each of the major
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| 5. Yahoo! Sports (sports.yahoo.com) -
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| | sports. It's essentially a compilation of
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| this site is all substance and no flash.
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| | all of the rumors from local newspapers
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| It looks essentially the same as it did
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| | across the country. The best part about
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| five years ago. That's not necessarily a
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| | it is it's free, unlike ESPN's rumors.
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| bad thing, it just doesn't knock your
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| | 2. CBS SportsLine (cbs.sportsline.com) -
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| socks off. Any information that you need
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| | everything is great about SportsLine -
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| is readily available and up to date.
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| | they are often the first to break news,
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| Columnists aren't as well known as the
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| | gamecasts are innovative and effective,
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| top sites, but they are solid.
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| | and for what it's worth the fantasy
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| 4. FOX Sports (msn.foxsports.com) - a few
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| | sports are the best on the web. Well,
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| years ago this site was a mess. It was
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| | they are great at everything except
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| the anti-Yahoo! - all flash and no
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| | editorials and analysis, and they are
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| substance. In the past few years they've
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| | horrible at that. Tony Mejia, Dennis
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| toned down the flash and increased the
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| | Dodd, Pete Prisco, and Greg Doyle are the
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| substance. The live gamecasts at the top
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| | worst group of sports writers on the web.
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| of the page are extremely innovative. For
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| | Where are the editorials from their
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| example, for a baseball game you not only
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| | on-air personalities like Jim Nantz and
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| see the score, but also an overview of
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| | Billy Packer? ESPN and FOX manage to get
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| the diamond and what runners are on base.
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| | their on-air personalities to write,
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| If you are interested in a specific game
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| | maybe CBS should consider it. Read the
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| you can roll your mouse over it and get
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| | comments at the bottom of any article by
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| more details. If FOX keeps innovating
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| | any of the aforementioned writers and
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| like that, they won't be number 4 for
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| | you'll realize that I'm not the only one
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| long.
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| | that thinks they are horrible.
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| 3. Sports Illustrated
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