Cup Coverage

Tonight is Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.  A quickie look at cover stories on major US sports sites at 1pm eastern:

ESPN - lead story: Stanley Cup.  On ESPN.  Seriously.
Sportsline - lead story: French Open. Stanley Cup is “second lead”, right below it.
Fox Sports - lead story: MLB Early award winners. Stanley Cup is fourth among the secondary leads.
Sports Illustrated - lead story: MLB Mock Draft.  No Stanley Cup story linked from the main page, although the poll is your choice for Cup winner.
Yahoo! Sports - lead story: Michelle Wie.  Stanley Cup is 5th on the headlines list.
USA Today - lead photo: Michelle Wie.  Stanley Cup is the lead headline.

Update 5pm: Ch-ch-changes

Sportsline - Cup now lead story.
Fox Sports - World Cup lead, no secondary lead.  Yup, nuffin’.
SI - Wie lead, still no Cup story.
USA Today - Cup headline replaced with NBA coaches headline.

Update 715pm: 15 minutes until the puck drops.  Looking around again for any changes.

ESPN - Wie just moved to lead, Cup story secondary on right.
Sportsline - Another Cup lead.  Nice job.
SI - Wie still leading, Cup story now secondary.
Yahoo! - Wie leading, NHL now a secondary link in the main area.

Update 925pm: Half-way through the second period now with the Oilers up 1-0. What sites are watching?

ESPN - Game secondary story.
Sportsline - Game still lead story, action shot already up.
Fox Sports - Game has become lead story.
SI - Game secondary story.
Yahoo! - Game has become lead story.
USA Today - Game has become lead story.

Posted by David M Singer on Jun 05, 2006 at 02:05 PM
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