Super Bowl XLV

Ben Howard shares pages from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The cover illustration is by Dan Marsula. The inside page tracking every win in each team's history is by Ben.

Extra pages with cover illustration by Stacy Innerst.

Gone. and Gone.

We have all seen the LeBron cover from the Plain Dealer.
But another Plain Dealer cover I came across used the word "Gone." to describe the exit of another former Cleveland athlete — Brady Quinn. Not quite the same impact (although that day made my authentic Quinn Browns jersey completely unwearable ... ugh).

Steelers win, Jets lose

Ben Howard with page from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Also, the Star-Ledger cover, with Chris Faytok photo. Ronnie Richard shares his page from the Dallas Morning News with an assist from John Hancock on the graphic at the bottom of the page. I'm sure with the Super Bowl being in Dallas, we'll be seeing much from them in the future. Luke Knox and the Boston Globe also share their page.

Championship week primer

Michael Sansone of the Chicago Tribune was nice enough to share some work with SDO. These pages are a lead-up to the NFC title game. There is also a Seahawks pages from last week. My favorite is the time line from the double truck. Tons of information presented cleanly. Very smart.
Ben Howard shares the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette preview cover by Daniel Marsula and Steve Ziants.
The Ledger pages were done by me ... Had fun doing the Rex photo illo. Great main on cover from beat writer Jenny Vrentas.
I ate and slept FGs all week. Page tracked every field goal in Heinz Field history. Tracked misses and makes in frozen weather and winds more than 15 mph.

Chicaco vs. Green Boy

Ouch. This one hurts.

NYT Jets pages

Wayne Kamidoi sends pages from the New York Times by himself and Lee Yarosh. The Quarterbacks graphic was done by Joe Ward. The Rex (Patton) Ryan illustration was done by Sam Manchester.

Steelers vs. Ravens

Ben Howard, from the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette shares some sharp work from the win over the Ravens. And that photo on gamer cover captures the best playof the game.

Seahawks vs. Bears

Hey, at least the Seahawks tried.

Rich Boudet and the Seattle Times show us how with some of their coverage.

Jets vs. Patriots

Luke Knox, of Boston Globe fame, sends us a page from their Patriots/Jets pregame coverage. Also, a Star-Ledger cover from preview section. Globe and Ledger postgame covers as well.

Star Wars

The New York Post covers their 16-page section with this Jedi-Themed display.

and thanks to the sportsdesigner.com archives, I dug up this gem from Newsday ...

NFL Divisional Round

If you are in a city that is home to an NFL team still in the playoffs. SDO wants your preview package design and your game recap pages.
send to: drw101@gmail.com
JPEG format for quicker posting, please.

Today's Puzzle

Can you solve the jumble?

This was the Newark Star-Ledger sports cover today.

Share your thoughts here after solving.

HOKE HIRED

Lead sports designer Ryan Ford from the Detroit Free Press was kind enough to send in our first pages.Five pages were done to highlight the hire. Here's a sampling.

A Modest Beginning

This isn't the original sportsdesigner.com.

I could never match their level of success. At best, it's a small twig that has broken off a larger branch that has fallen off a much larger tree.
After seeing a thread on sportsjournalists.com asking for a site to view sports design, I figured a simple blog to access and share the content that we help create is more than a useful too.

So, please send your fronts. This won't be like flickr where everything from everywhere gets posted. But don't hesitate to send. My goal is to try to post the best of the best/preview sections/special sections, etc.
Send mail to: drw101@gmail.com

you can also follow me and site updates at twitter.com/danworthington
This will either take off, or crash and freaking burn.
Here's a page from me to get us started. It's from after the Jets playoff victory over the Colts. Like it? Hate it? Like the site? Hate the idea?

Feel free to let me know. I'll slowly be adding and taking comments from those interested. Now please, I need your work. Send in JPEGs if you can for now.

Keep file size small. And I'll get up as much work as I can.

Dan Worthington, Assistant Sports Editor, Newark Star-Ledger