Women are "flocking to sports on the Web," according to
David Sweet of the WALL STREET JOURNAL, who writes that last
July, 22% of U.S. adult women who used the Web visited
sports sites, and by December, that number had "jumped" to
29%. With that data, Sweet wrote that sports news sites are
"responding to the influx of women Web-goers." CBS
SportsLine "created a women's section" last year which
covers tennis, basketball and other sports. Sports
Illustrated for Women Editor Sandy Bailey "estimates" that
30% of the content on the new magazine's Web site at
siforwomen.com "will be original." Bailey: "The difference
between it and other sports sites is it will be more
interactive. We really want to build up a dialogue."
ESPN.com "hasn't introduced a separate section" geared
towards women, but ESPN Internet Ventures Senior
VP/Programming & Production Geoff Reiss adds that the site
"will move more aggressively" in the coverage of women's
sports. Reiss: "I've been opposed to creating a women's
sports section per se because it smacks of being ghettoized
and patronizing" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 3/11).
ONLINE NOTES: The Sharks have joined with HearMe.com to
offer a live Internet audio chat series at www.HearMe.com.
Fans will get the chance to visit and talk with Sharks
personalities and win Sharks-related prizes (Sharks)....The
WCHL Condors will broadcast its game Saturday live over the
Internet at www.centennialgarden.com (Condors).....BRILL'S
CONTENT lists the top sports Web sites of '99, and among
those listed are CNNSI.com, CBS SportsLine, ESPN.com,
Golfonline, NASCAR online, NFL.com, The Sporting News and
Total Baseball Online (BRILL'S CONTENT, 4/99).
