ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. Since launching in 1995 as ESPNet.SportsZone.com, the website has developed numerous sections including: Page 2, SportsNation, ESPN 360, ESPN Motion, My ESPN, ESPN Sports Travel, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Insider, ESPN Fantasy Sports and ESPNU.com. ESPN.com also has partnerships with MLB.tv, NBA.com, WNBA.com, NHL.com, Baseball America, Golf Digest, Scout.com, Jayski.com, USGA.org and Masters.org.

It also has sections devoted to certain sports including: the NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, IRL, College, Golf and Soccer. Each section contains pages devoted to: GameCast, Scores, Teams, Schedules, Standings, Players, Transactions, News Wires, Injures and Columnists pages.

ESPN.com's primary competitors are FOXSports.com, CBS SportsLine.com, NBCSports.com, SI.com and SportingNews.com, but to date ESPN.com is the most used sports website on the internet.

Some notable ESPN.com columnists are Peter Gammons, Tim Kurkjian, Chris Mortensen, John Clayton, Andy Katz, Bill Simmons, Gene Wojciechowski, Scoop Jackson, Pat Forde, and Jim Caple.

One criticism of the site is that many of the columns require a subscription to ESPN Insider, when they had previously been free. The columns from writers such as Gammons and Rob Neyer were made subscription-only, as were archived Bill Simmons columns.

Awards

2005

• April: Finalist in two categories for the ESPY awards
• May: People's Voice Awards for Best Sports Service

2003

• November: Online News Association's Online Journalism Award for General Excellence
• June: Webby Award and People's Voice

Webby Award (top-ranked sports site)

• May: EPpy Award for best internet sports service
• February: Media Magazine Best of the Net Award - ESPN.com ranked #1 in the Men's and Sports Category

2002

• December: Time Magazine rates ESPN.com the best sports site on the web
• July: ESPN.com Honored With Prestigious 2002 Webby Award
• June: GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article for the May 2001 article "Sports World Still a Struggle for Gays," penned by Bill Konigsberg

2001

• July: People's Voice Webby Award for sports, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

2000

• May: Webby Award and People's Voice Webby Award, (top-ranked sports site), International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
• April: Creative Excellence Award, International Web Page Awards
• April: "Best Overall Quality," (Sports), Brill's Content
• March: Only fantasy games included in "Yahoo! Internet Life's Top 40 Free Games On The Net"
• February: "Forbes Favorite," (Top-ranked sports site), Forbes
• January: "Best Sports Hub," Yahoo! Internet Life's 100 Best Sites For 2000

Columists

Current

• Mary Buckheit: (Page 2, 2006-present)
• Jim Caple: (Page 2, -present) Off Base
• John Clayton: (NFL, 1995-present)
• Greg Easterbrook: (Page 2, 2002-present) Tuesday Morning Quarterback
• David Fleming: (Page 2, 2002-present)
• Pat Forde: (ESPN.com, -present)
• DJ Gallo: (Page 2, 2004-present)
• LZ Granderson: (Page 2, -present)
• Jemele Hill: (Page 2, 2006-present)
• Patrick Hruby: (Page 2, -present)
• Scoop Jackson: (Page 2, 2005-present)
• Bomani Jones: (Page 2, 2004-present)
• Tim Keown: (Page 2, 1999-present)
• Mel Kiper Jr.: (NFL and college football, 1995-present)
• Chuck Klosterman: (Page 2, 2006-present)
• Paul Lukas: (Page 2, 2004-present) Uni Watch
• Chris Mortensen: (NFL, 1995-present)
• Eric Neel: (Page 2, -present)
• Rob Neyer: (Baseball, 1996-present)
• Len Pasquarelli: (NFL, 2001-present)
• Bill Simmons: (Page 2, 2001-present) The Sports Guy
• Michael Smith: (NFL, 2004-present)
• Kurt Snibbe: (Page 2, -present)
• Wright Thompson: (Page 2, 2006-present)
• Gene Wojciechowski: (ESPN.com, 1995-present)

Former

• Dan Shanoff: (Page 2, 2003-2006) The Daily Quickie
• George Solomon: (ESPN.com, 2005-2007) Ombudsman
• Hunter S. Thompson: (Page 2, 2000-2005)
• Jason Whitlock: (Page 2, -2006)
• Ralph Wiley: (Page 2, 2000-2004)

See also

• Page2
• Page3
• ESPN360

External links

• ESPN.com
• ESPN.mobi mobile version of ESPN.com

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