What website do you trust to handle every stat, every story, every day? ESPN, “The World’s Leader in Sports” not only covers all sports, all day on your television, but also displays all of its information on its website.
On the home page of the website, ESPN displays the current headlines, as well as a picture to go along with a top story. There is a bar toward the top of the website for the most popular sports such as football, basketball, baseball, and hockey, that link to their individual pages. The individual sections for each sport have their own headlines within their sections.
Not only can you read and watch videos off of the ESPN website, but you can also share them with your friends using a Facebook button. You also have the option to create a profile their so that you can customize what you read and what news comes to you. You have the ability to customize your own scoreboard for teams you follow, and keep up with articles of teams and players as you surf the site. You have access to all of your stats and personalized content no matter what page you are on.
Another useful feature that the ESPN website has is a fantasy section for fantasy leagues pertaining to several sports. The fantasy section keeps fans even more interested into many games. Many people participate in fantasy leagues across the country.
Besides the main site, there are links for specific branches of ESPN, such as in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. These sections are used for fans of certain regions where teams of different sports are from. It’s yet another way fans can keep track of all their different teams in one place.
With a website with high-trafficking, there’s always the chance that there’s a lot of information and “mess” on the website and it may be hard to sort and shuffle through all the text and video content. Frequent visitors may be okay with the layout, especially if they visit daily. However, it is fair to say that a newcomer may have a hard time navigating through the site. There is certainly a lot going on on the front page such as flashy videos, ads, and synchronized headlines coming in. Because of this, it’s possible that fans may need to read other news before getting to the information they wanted to see in the first place.
