Friday 22 March 2013

Top 5 sports websites

There are literally thousands of places on the web to get your sports news information. If you want the latest, up to the second note, leaders or in-depth analysis, there are a myriad of choices for you. While some sites only offer one or two of these things, there are several that offer all of these and more. My Top 5 are below:

5th Yahoo! Sports (sports.yahoo.com) - this site is all substance and no flash. The focus in the same way as five years ago. This is not necessarily a bad thing, it just does not knock your socks off. All the information you need is easily accessible and up to date. Columnists are not as well known as the best places, but they are caught.

4th FOX Sports (msn.foxsports.com) - A few years ago this site was a mess. He is anti-Yahoo! - All flash and no substance. In recent years, the reduced flash and increased substance. Gamecasts live at the top of the page are extremely innovative. For example, for a baseball game you not only see the point, but also an overview of the diamond and are runners on base. If you are interested in a specific game you can roll your mouse over it and get more information. If FOX keeps innovative stuff, they will not be number 4 for long.

3rd is little diferent sports website. ( matchincome.com ) This website tells about the salaries of the sports person like soccer players , cricketers, Hockey and much more.

2nd CBS Sportsline (cbs.sportsline.com) - all is well with Sportline - they are often the first to break the news, gamecasts are innovative and effective, and for what it's worth the fantasy sports are the best on the web. Well, they are good at everything except the leader and analyzes, and they are terrible at it. Tony Mejia, Dennis Dodd, Pete Prisco, and Greg Doyle are the worst group of sports writers on the web. Where are the leaders of their on-air personalities like Jim Nantz and Billy Packer? ESPN and Fox reach their on air personalities to write, maybe CBS should consider it. Read the comments on the bottom of an article by one of the authors mentioned above and you will realize that I am not the only one who thinks they are horrible.

First ESPN (www.espn.com) - they are consistently ahead in every important aspects. They are the world leader in sports and they show no signs of giving up the crown on the web. I congratulate them on their best personalities - John Clayton, Steven A. Smith, Barry Melrose, and Peter Gammons - to write consistently good articles. The only downside is that too much information is hidden in the 'Insider', ESPN's paid service. It's frustrating to read a headline, click, and then realize that you can not read the story because you have to pay for it.

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