The key to any good sports website

http://espn.go.com/

The key to any good sports website (besides the information) is layout, layout, and layout. The average sports fan when he loads up ESPN is immediately witnessing a crispy high definition layout of the the days top sports stories. The top 4 stories (or the ones ESPN thinks are most important) are presented slide by slide with a picture and quick description of the story, clicking the picture takes you to the full article. On the side you have the title of the some other top news stories along with the option of having "my headlines". Overall the sites is very crisp, neatly laid out, almost in a sort of "digital newspaper" type layout. The font is easy to read and appropriate colors. The depth/background is a light red with the the top holding the scoreboard of various sports teams and below links to different segments of the website. The emphasis is put on the main story slides they immediately draw attention both due to its size (taking up the most) also the fact they hold usually high def image of the story in particular. The other headlines on the side are less striking and are there for the reader to see after he sees the main headlines. Like I said earlier the alignment is great and neatly laid out, you can tell emphasis was put on making this site both attractive and user friendly, the alignment is almost makes it appear like a digital newspaper. Overall, one of the better designs on the net.