Inside the Daily Tar Heel’s commemorative Dean Smith edition
Legendary basketball coach Dean Smith died Saturday night. He was 83. The independent student paper at the University of North Carolina, the Daily Tar Heel, published a 10-page special commemorative...
View ArticleBehind that gorgeous portrait afront Monday’s Greensboro News & Record
Tuesday, I showed you the 10-page special section published Monday by the Daily Tar Heel — the independent student newspaper at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill — honoring basketball...
View ArticleA sampling of Super Bowl pages from the Boston Globe
Joe Moore, sports designer at the Boston Globe, shared a selection of pages from before and after the recent Super Bowl. I can’t remember who won that game. Some guy in a shark costume, I think. But,...
View ArticleBehind the Washington Post’s fun NCAA emoji page
The Bracket Monday page that seemed to create the most buzz yesterday — and deservedly so — was this one masterminded by Dan Worthington of the Washington Post. Click that for a much larger look. Dan...
View ArticleHow to celebrate a 15th seed in the Big Dance
Hayden Goethe, assistant sports editor of the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, writes to share: We put together an eight-page special section honoring the North Dakota State men’s basketball team’s Summit...
View ArticleAn interesting angle to hoops, smack in the middle of Big Dance season
Looks like Ian Lawson — lead sports designer of the Omaha World Herald — has been up to more cool stuff lately. He tells us: We were in the middle of our coverage of the Omaha rounds of the NCAA...
View ArticleHere’s your annual peek at the Toledo Free Press’ Opening Day edition
I know spring is finally here when my pal James A. Molnar of the Toledo Free Press sends me his Opening Day pages. The 115,000-distribution free weekly tabloid goes all-out every year to celebrate the...
View ArticleThree huge centerpiece-worthy games. One front page. What’s a sports designer...
Tuesday was an uncommonly interesting sports day for the folks in Washington, D.C. — both the NBA Wizards and the NHL Capitols pulled off big playoff wins and the baseball Nationals came back for a...
View ArticleA stunning multiple-cover gimmick this week by Sports Illustrated
This week, Sports Illustrated celebrates the big World Cup win by the U.S. Women’s National Team with a cover photo. A cover photo not just of superstar goalkeeper Hope Solo… …and not just of Houston...
View ArticleBig football wins merit big A1 poster front treatment
Among the great college football action this holiday weekend were wins by the nation’s two major undefeated teams: The University of Iowa and Clemson University. These victories were each celebrated in...
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