ESPN.com
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ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc.. Since being launched in 1995, the website has numerous sections including: Page 2, SportsNation, ESPN 360, ESPN Motion, My ESPN, ESPN Sports Travel, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Insider, ESPN Fantasy Sports and ESPNU.com. ESPN.com also has partnerships with MLB.tv, NBA,com, WNBA.com, NHL.com, Baseball America, Golf Digest, Scouts Inc., Jayski.com, USGA.org andMasters.org.
It also has sections devoted to certain sports including: the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, IRL, College, Golf and Soccer. Each section contains pages devoted to: GameCast, Scores, Teams, Schedules, Standings, Players, Transactions, News Wires, Injures and Columists pages.
ESPN.com's main competitors are FOXSports.com, CBSSportsLine.com, NBCSports.com, SI.com and SportingNews.com, but to date ESPN.com is the most used sports website on the internet.
Some of the most notable ESPN.com columists are Peter Gammons, Tim Kurkjian, Chris Mortensen, John Clayton, Andy Katz, Bill Simmons, Gene Wojciechowski, Scoop Jackson, Pat Forde, Dan Shanoff, and Jim Caple.
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[edit] Awards
[edit] 2005
- April: Finalist in two categories for the Espy awards
- May: People's Voice Awards for Best Sports Service
[edit] 2003
- November: Online News Association's Online Journalism Award for General Excellence
- June: Webby Award and People's Voice
Webby Award (top-ranked sports site)
- May: EPpy Award for best internet sports service
- February: Media Magazine Best of the Net Award - ESPN.com ranked #1 in the Men's and Sports Category
[edit] 2002
- December: Time Magazine rates ESPN.com the best sports site on the web
- July: ESPN.com Honored With Prestigious 2002 Webby Award
- June: GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article for the May 2001 article "Sports World Still a Struggle for Gays," penned by Bill Konigsberg
[edit] 2001
- July: People's Voice Webby Award for sports, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
[edit] 2000
- May: Webby Award and People's Voice Webby Award, (top-ranked sports site), International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
- April: Creative Excellence Award, International Web Page Awards
- April: "Best Overall Quality," (Sports), Brill's Content
- March: Only fantasy games included in "Yahoo! Internet Life's Top 40 Free Games On The Net"
- February: "Forbes Favorite," (Top-ranked sports site), Forbes
- January: "Best Sports Hub," Yahoo! Internet Life's 100 Best Sites For 2000
[edit] Columists
[edit] Current
- Mary Buckheit: (Page 2, 2006-present)
- Jim Caple: (Page 2, -present) Off Base
- John Clayton: (NFL, 1995-present)
- Greg Easterbrook: (Page 2, 2002-present) Tuesday Morning Quarterback
- David Fleming: (Page 2, 2002-present)
- Pat Forde: (ESPN.com, -present)
- D.J. Gallo: (Page 2, 2004-present)
- Patrick Hruby: (Page 2, -present)
- Scoop Jackson: (Page 2, 2005-present)
- Bomani Jones: (Page 2, 2004-present)
- Tim Keown: (Page 2, 1999-present)
- Mel Kiper Jr.: (NFL and college football, 1995-present)
- Chuck Klosterman: (Page 2, 2006-present)
- Paul Lukas: (Page 2, 2004-present) Uni Watch
- Chris Mortensen: (NFL, 1995-present)
- Eric Neel: (Page 2, -present)
- Len Pasquarelli: (NFL, 2001-present)
- Bill Simmons: (Page 2, 2001-present) The Sports Guy
- Michael Smith: (NFL, 2004-present)
- Kurt Snibbe: (Page 2, -present)
- George Soloman: (ESPN.com, 2005-present) Ombudsman
- Gene Wojciechowski: (ESPN.com, 1995-present)
[edit] Former
- Dan Shanoff: (Page 2, 2003-2006) The Daily Quickie
- Hunter S. Thompson: (Page 2, 2000-2005)
- Jason Whitlock: (Page 2, -2006)
- Ralph Wiley: (Page 2, 2000-2004)
