The Washington Post reports that a a slew of new sites from newspapers, television stations and web start-ups are creating a mini-boom in local sports coverage online.
Among the sites is DigitalSports, an Internet upstart based in Columbia that hopes to wring profits from youth, club and high school sports.
DigitalSports’s content comes from a mix of journalists who have left big media companies, including The Washington Post, and novices, as well as coaches, players and parents. Its full-fledged multimedia model has been deployed in a handful of places, including the Washington area. In most places around the country, its sites are just a compilation of stats and schedules provided by coaches, or nothing at all.
Some pages are much more polished than others; the site still shows signs of being a work in progress. The most mature features include a carousel of rotating content — including videos, photos, blogs, headlines and resource centers, with information about training and other topics.
