Which sports sections are using the web best?

Good call on naming some small-to-mid papers.

The Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake, Ill., does a phenomenal job on preps with McHenryCountySports.com

 

Was actually thinking bigger picture. Because right now, you go to most of those sites ones in the morning, and there's no need to return for the remainder of the day. You'll spend the rest of the day trolling the major sites or blogs.

Don't people think at some point, you want to make your paper's website's a destination? Something you come back to 3-4-5 times a day?

 

Can you give me an example of a news story - not a feature - ESPN or SI has held for a few days to a week?

And online, you don't need to put the entire story on the web - maybe a few grafs with an explanation that a fuller version will appear in tomorrow's paper/web.

 

Yes, but you're quoting a best-case scenario there. I know of plenty of papers that put the entire story -- and ALL of them -- up on the Web before the print product hits the doorstep.

So, like play asked, how does that not have an adverse affect on the newspaper?

 

Interesting read here. It's not specifically sports but this is the content of an online chat today with the Globe & Mail's online editor and how the relationship between their website and the paper.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070307.wliveframe0307/BNStory/specialComment/home

 

First, I was talking about "breaking" news stories during the day. Second, Rick Reilly's column is not news; it is a feature. Third, I think people in the newspaper business better realize it is not just about the paper anymore ... online + print are partners in the same company and the way news is delivered has changed and is continually changing. And no matter how each paper does it, I agree with what the online editor of the Globe & Mail said:

"And regardless of how and when we break stories, I continue to believe that some readers want their news on printed paper and some want it on a screen. We will continue to deliver both for a good long time."

 

The Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina does a pretty good job too for a paper its size.