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PENNSYLVANIA SPORTS PAGES Local Sports Coverage Rubric Rating Rating system: 5 (the best), 1 (lacks
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Name of Newspaper |
Local sports volume | Special Reporting | pahoops contributor | archives on line |
microfilm at state library |
Overall Rating | |
| Allentown Morning Call | 5 Excellent!! | 5 | 5 | 0-There is a charge | 5 | Five star | |
| Altoona Mirror | 5 | 5 Top Shots by Buck DeFrank | 5 | 0 | 5 | Five star | |
| Beaver County Times | 4 | 3 athlete of the week | 0 | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Butler Eagle, forget it | 0 need subscription | 0 | 0 | 5 | forget it | ||
| Bradford Era poor | 2 one lead story | 0 | 0 | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Carlisle Sentinel | 5 | 5 excellent local coverage | 5 | 5 | Five Star | ||
| Center Daily Times | 5 | 4 Specialty Stories | 4 (7 days) | 5 | four star | ||
| Chambersburg Public Opinion | 5 | 0 | 5 (five years) | 5 | four star | ||
| Chester County Press | 0-need subscription | 0 | 0 | Nothing there | |||
| Clearfield www.gantdaily.com | new | ||||||
| Chester Daily Local News | |||||||
| Connellsville Daily Courier | 2 | 0 | 4 (7days) | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Delaware Co Times | under | consideration | pending | ||||
| Delco Sports | |||||||
| DuBois Courier Express | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Easton Express Times | 5 | 0 | 5 (14 days) | 5 | four star | ||
| Erie Times News | 5 | 0 | 0- $2.95 per story. Previous to 1996 are NOT on the Web. | 5 | Three Star | ||
| Harrisburg Patriot News | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | only publishes three days a week. improving local basketball coverage | |
| Hazelton Standard Speaker | 5 | 0 | 0 fee | 5 | Three Star | ||
| Honesdale-Wayne Independent | 2 One lead story | 0 | 5 (14 days) | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Indiana Gazette | 3 | 0 | 5 (14 days) | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Johnstown Tribune Democrat | 5 (free registration) | 0 | 5 | 5 (entire season) | 5 | four star | |
| The Kennett Paper | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 (five years) | 5 | four star | |
| Lancaster Intelligencer Journal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | four star | ||
| Lebanon Daily News | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | four star | ||
| Meadville Times | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | forget it | ||
| Milton Daily Item | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | four star | ||
| Montgomery News Online | 0 local sports?? | 0 | 0 | don't know | we will check again | ||
| Norristown Times Herald | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Three Star | ||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | 5 | 3 prep columns | 5 | 5 | four star | ||
| Philly burbs | 5 five area coverage | 5-athlete of the week | 5 | by area | four star | ||
| Phoenixville Phoenix | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Three Star | ||
| Pittsburgh Post Gazette | 5 | 5-Athlete of the Week | 5 | 5 | Five Star | ||
| Pittsburgh Tribune Review | 5 | 5-Athlete of the Week | 5 | 5 | Five Star | ||
| Pottstown Mercury | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Three Star | ||
| Reading Eagle | 5 | 0 | 0-1-day usage - $8.95 | 5 | Three star | ||
| Sayre Evening News-forget it | need subscription | 0 | 0-1 Day Archive Access Costs/$5.00 | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Scranton Citizens Voice | being evaluated | 5-100 Top Athletes | being evaluated | being evaluated | |||
| Scranton Times Tribune | 5 | 5-100 Top Athletes | 5 excellent | 5 | Five Star | ||
| Sharon Herald | 5 | 2-looks into history | 5 | 0 | 5 | four star | |
| Sunbury Daily Item | 4 | 0 | 4 past six days | 5 | Two Star | ||
| Washingtom Observer Reporter | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 30 days | 5 | four star | |
| Waynesboro Record Herald | 5 | 0 | 5 fourteen days | 5 | Three Star | ||
| Wilkes Barre Times Leader | 5 | 5 Dave Konopki columns | 5 | 1 $2.95 fee to view | 5 | Five star | |
| Williamsport Gazette | 3 | 0 | 5 now 14 days | 5 | 5 | Three Star | |
| York Daily Record | 5 | 3 Dooley article | 1 need subscription | 5 | 5 | Three Star |
Note: Newspapers which want to be rated and listed please email me at
wgaffey@pa.net-Newspapers which would like
to have their rating reviewed to reflect improvements or who take exception to
our rating please contact us and we will review your site.
Weekly
Perry County Times,
http://www.perrycountytimes.com very good sports coverage
Blairsville Dispatch,
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/blairsvilledispatch/
Additional Pennsylvania Listings http://www.usnpl.com/panews.html
Another Pennsylvania List http://newslink.org/panews.html
Newspapers in the U.S. http://www.newspapers.com/usa_news.htm
Pottsville Republican, good local sports, but will not let you return to your site.
Delaware
Cape Gazette, Lewes , DE USA,
http://www.capegazette.com
Newark Post http://www.ncbl.com/post/
Sussex County Sports http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/
Maryland
Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/
New York
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin http://www.pressconnects.com/
Daily Star Oneonta, http://www.thedailystar.com/
Utica Observer Dispatch http://www.uticaod.com/static/sports/2005_basketball/index.htm
New Jersey
Star Ledger http://www.starledger.com/
