BEST OF THE WEB
 The Sports Network |
For up-to-date scores and coverage of breaking sports news, there's no better site on the Web than The Sports Network. Major league football, baseball, basketball, and hockey are covered, of course, but golf, motor racing, boxing, soccer, and college sports receive considerable attention, too. Minor league hockey and basketball are now included, and the site is gearing up for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The Sports Network is light on graphics but full of solid information.
This site's best feature is its Live Scoreboards, located right on the home page. The scoreboards are continuously updated and are amazingly current, following the live action with only a couple of minutes delay. Many scores are accompanied by a "log" which summarizes important plays and missed opportunities while the contest is in progress. At the conclusion of a game, a wrap-up is available within minutes. On a busy sports day, it's fun to return to the site often to check the winners, losers, and games in progress.
You'll also want to follow the news updates for your favorite sports and teams. News items are added almost around the clock, and there is a page of news items for every team in every major team sport. If that weren't enough, The Sports Network's handsome design and fast response make it a joy to use.
 NBC Golf Tour |
Millions of us are fascinated by the game of golf. If you've ever played the game, you can appreciate the accomplishments of the sports top professionals. NBC's Golf Tour Web site is comprehensive collection of golf resources, focusing on results and news from the professional game, but including plenty of information for mere mortals as well.
Golf Tour offers results and schedules for pro tours around the world, including the Nike and FUTURES tours, where the PGA and LPGA stars of tomorrow pay their dues and develop their skills. Want to know more about your favorite pro? The site holds biographies and photos of every player on the PGA, LPGA and Seniors tours. If you play golf when you travel, you'll love the Course Locator, which provides detailed info and ratings for thousands of courses in all 50 states. The site has an extensive shopping area as well, where you can purchase anything from a sand wedge to a straw hat (you, too, can look like The Shark).
Navigating around the site is easy, with clear menus and links on every page. The graphics range from gorgeous to minimal, but always seem appropriate to their section of the site. You'll spend hours exploring this site -- it's the next best thing to being on the course.
 NBA.com |
The National Basketball Association has pulled out all the stops to create one of the flashiest and most entertaining Web sites anywhere. The mood and style of NBA.com perfectly mirror the league's high flying, in-your-face attitude.
There's a lot of multimedia action at this site. The NBA Theater, for instance, holds plenty of QuickTime and AVI video action clips and audio highlights in both WAV and RealAudio formats. Scorecards for every game on the NBA schedule can be printed out, letting you keep score while watching TV games.
Every team in the league has its own extensive suite of pages at NBA.com. Player biographies, team news, standings, results, and multimedia highlights are all available. A photo and career statistics are provided for every player in the NBA. Reflecting the NBA's ambitions to further internationalize the sport, there's coverage of European roundball, with some material in French and Spanish. What better place to spread the word than on the World Wide Web?
Even if basketball isn't your favorite sport, you'll get a kick out of this site. And that's precisely what the NBA intended.
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| 4. CNN Sports News |
Sports was only a small part of CNN's extensive Web site, but
now with the advent of CNNSI� this is a comprehensive sports site, covering all the current sports news and scores. Lot of audio and video, it's all there! This site
may be moving up towards the top real soon.
| 4.(tie) GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages |
If it's happening in the great outdoors, GORP will tell you about it. The emphasis here is on physical activity: hiking, travel, climbing, biking, etc., anywhere in the world. Hundreds of links! Just visiting this site will exhaust the couch potatoes among us.
| 4.(tie) The Racer Archive |
An outstanding motor racing site, The Racer Archive covers Formula 1, Indy Car, and NASCAR. This large and beautiful site includes schedules and results (both current and past) for all three racing series, maps of circuits, great pictures, histories, humor, and links to other racing sites.
| 7. SpeedNet |
Brought to you by the Indianapolis Star newspaper, SpeedNet's strength is current racing news. The coverage leans toward the American racing scene, but a significant amount of international news is included. The paper's columnists offer their opinions, which are uniformly interesting.
| 7.(tie) FASTBALL |
When baseball is in its off-season, FASTBALL really shines. The site features a news and discussion area for every major league baseball team. Fans can read the latest happenings, then leave comments for others to read.
| 9. Skilton's Baseball Links |
This is THE site for baseball links. It features links to more than 500 other baseball sites, intelligently organized into a dozen categories. Links are added and updated daily, so true fans will want to visit often.
| 9.(tie) ESPNET SportsZone |
This rich and deep site is marred by difficult access, especially on weekends. But once you get in, you'll find current scores and lots of news and features. Some areas of the site are off limits unless you become a paid subscriber.
| 11. ATP Tour Home Page |
Follow the top men's tennis tour at this good looking site. It features excellent biographies and photos of the tour's players. The current ATP rankings are available, along with information on ATP-sponsored resorts and tennis camps.
| 11.(tie) Sports Access |
On offshoot of Sports Illustrated magazine, Sports Access offers frequently updated news and relatively current scores. The main attraction here is the enormous depth provided by Sports Illustrated's corps of reporters.
| 11.(tie) United States Golf Association |
This is the golf site for the rest of us. It's full of practical goodies for ordinary players. Features discussions about the rules of golf, the USGA handicapping system, and USGA tournaments, including the U.S. Open.
| 11.(tie) 1996 Centennial Olympic Games |
The Centennial Olympic games begin in Atlanta on July 19, but the festivities are already underway. If you dodge the many offers of Olympic paraphernalia for sale, the site is fascinating, and includes video and audio clips.
| 15. Soccernet |
If Manchester United and Arsenal mean as much to you as the Cowboys and 49ers, you need this site, a good looking one provided by London's Daily Mail newspaper. The spotlight is on English soccer, but major international news is covered as well.
| 15.(tie) The Tennis Server Home Page |
Ignore the sales pitches and head for this site's strong points, such as columnist David Higdon, tips from a teaching pro, and extensive background info on the game. Features the complete rules of tennis online, plus schedules, results, and player pictures.
| 15.(tie) iGOLF - The Player's Exchange |
A combination of feature stories and news, along with tournament results, gives iGOLF a nice balance. It's the best-looking golf site on the Web, too. The site's Image Gallery offers great pictures from golf's major tournaments.
| 15.(tie) Gymn Forum |
Gymnastics has worldwide appeal, and this site is the Web's central repository for information on the subject. Includes news, extensive coverage of world-class events, plus links to related Web pages.
| 19. 31st Ryder Cup Official Web Site |
IBM created this site for the PGA of America to provide net surfers with in-depth information on golf's gut-wrenching biennial USA-European showdown. Nice graphics and hole-by-hole results of all matches from the latest Cup competition.
| 19.(tie) The Sailing Site |
This site provides news and features for both cruisers and racers. Includes results of ocean races, stories about the seagoing adventures (and tragedies) encountered by those who cruise the world's oceans, and links to other seafaring Web sites.
| 19.(tie) American Racing Scene |
Nice looking site with stories on recent races in the Indy Car and NASCAR series, plus current point standings. The highlight is the great photography by the site's own two-man photo team. Click on the small thumbnails to see full-size renditions of the pictures.
| 19.(tie) GolfNet Europe |
Although this site emphasizes golf from the European perspective, it will interest anyone who follows the game. Features worldwide tournament results, tips from former Ryder Cup player John Garner, and a directory of more than 3,000 European golf courses.
| 23. Florida Suncoast Outdoors Online |
If you're an outdoor enthusiast planning a visit to West Central Florida or the Keys, this site is a superb resource. Nice graphics lead you to solid information on fishing, boating, diving, and the region's wildlife. It's a dream site for the local chamber of commerce, and fun to browse.
| 23.(tie) SportsLine USA |
Heavy coverage of college sports and less popular pro sports highlights SportsLine. Although the major professional leagues receive their due, sports like boxing, soccer, and Canadian football are well reported. A paid subscription is required to view some material.
| 23.(tie) National Hockey League Players' Assn. |
This is a fun site with many interesting activities. Play hockey trivia, view player pictures and biographies, listen to RealAudio interviews, even learn the salary of every player in the league. Infinitely better than the NHL's "official" site.
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