How did your paper play the David Beckham signing

[Mr. X]

The subject line pretty much says it all.

Was it played on A1? Your sports cover? Inside? Did you have anything staff written? Did any columnists weigh in on it? If so, what did they write?

I work parttime for a weekly and fulltime for a daily news organization I cannot fully describe without being "outed," so all I can say is that the weekly won't be doing anything on it and I was among two people who wrote a 1,200-word-plus story on the signing.

 

[MileHigh]

Page 4, 8 inches in a one-column hole.

 

[WSKY]

We don't ever have anything on MLS, but apparently this was big enough to grace the front page of sports. My guess, we'll still not have anything on MLS anytime soon.

 

[friend of a friend]

Page 4, 8 inches in a one-column hole.

Wow

 

[sportschick]

We ran story and art on page 2 where we put the big national news of the day.

 

[buckweaver]

Blowout refer on A1. Blowout centerpiece on sports front. 8)

 

[friend of a friend]

Not sure how we did. I'm still waiting for the paper to be delivered.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Tease from the front, it ran on the inside, a 7.5" main story, a 12.5" column/analysis thing (both wire) and a small photo.

 

[fishwrapper]

Page 4, 8 inches in a one-column hole.

Wow

Jeez, you guys really went all out...

I'm guessing if he were coming to playing for the local Jefferson High Prep-sters it would have been cover of news and sports.

 

[IGotQuestions]

A sports cover column and small graphic. $250 million lavished by the MLS on a guy past his prime is big news, at least to our readers and our strong soccer base here.

 

[accguy]

bottom of the sports cover. probably 15 inch wire story.

 

[JayFarrar]

my metro had the wire story on the bottom of page 7 or 9. It was last inside page before you hit the agate. I just don't remember if it was an 8 or 10 page section.
But the story and photo had the look of something filling space.

 

[Clever username]

bottom of the sports cover. probably 15 inch wire story.

Same.

I enjoyed the ESPN poll asking how much people really care. 60 percent didn't care at all.

 

[friend of a friend]

This is interesting. On the thread yesterday, some were comparing this (crazily) to the Gretzky trade to L.A.

And now we see several papers didn't even think it was worthy of the sports cover.

I despise soccer, but I still think it should have been on the front of most papers. For those that didn't put it on the front, were you all local or did you have other wire stuff out there?

 

[sportschick]

We were all local on the cover, and we did a picture tease at the top of the page to Becks.

 

[hockeybeat]

News, us, features and business all had full page stories.

 

[shockey]

was posh spice at the presser? any pics??

 

[friend of a friend]

was posh spice at the presser? any pics??

I may be in the minority, but who gives a ****?

 

[Songbird]

Sporty Spice was my favorite. Hot.

 

[Editude]

Multi-section coverage here as well.