Sporting News Today, the free modern-day digital newspaper for avid sports fans, will begin publishing on Wednesday. The electronic sports newspaper will be delivered digitally every morning — seven days a week, 365 days a year — to the e-mail addresses of registered users who sign up at www.sportingnewstoday.com.

“Sporting News essentially invented sports journalism when the magazine was launched in 1886,” said publisher Ed Baker. “With Sporting News Today, we’re doing it again 122 years later. We’re literally reinventing the way die-hard sports fans get their news.”

Sporting News Today will deliver coast-to-coast sports coverage from a newsroom of more than 200 sports reporters and contributors, making it the largest sports newsroom in the country.

“The goal of Sporting News Today is to provide timely and fresh sports content each morning and to deliver it directly to a subscriber’s digital mailbox,” said Editor-in-Chief Jeff D’Alessio. “This isn’t a sports web site, rather it’s more like reading the morning sports section of the world’s best newspaper, only with more comprehensive information and in an electronic format.”

In addition to the news of the day, Sporting News Today will feature:

• Custom diaries written by current Division 1 college football players, including Heisman Trophy hopeful Chase Daniel (University of Missouri). Daniel is part of a group of 22 college football players recruited specifically to write diary columns in-season for Sporting News Today. Topics will include game preparation, as well as what it’s like to be a student-athlete today.

• The debut of “My Profile” with Terry Francona, manager of the Boston Red Sox. Terry shares interesting factoids about his first job, superstitions that sometimes influence his approach towards the game, the kind of music he likes to listen to, and other on- and off-the-field insights.

• A Q&A with University of Florida QB Tim Tebow.

• An up-close look at Team USA basketball camp from Las Vegas as it prepares for the Olympics.

• Reports on every NFL team as it starts training camp.

Sporting News Today will also feature search capabilities (including archival searches), live links, video & audio, reader/fan interaction and rich media for advertisers. To register for Sporting News Today visit www.sportingnewstoday.com.

“Die-hard sports fans are going to love Sporting News Today,” Baker said. “It marries our ‘See a Different Game’ insight and philosophy with outstanding, cutting-edge technology.”

About Sporting News:

Sporting News, a division of American City Business Journals, Inc., is a multi-media sports company catering to passionate sports fans. Its content is available through a weekly publication, Sporting News magazine; a daily digital newspaper, Sporting News Today; a national radio network, Sporting News Radio; and a leading community-based website, SportingNews.com. Sporting News also is a leading publisher of sports yearbooks, and is engaged in various wireless and iTV initiatives. Founded in 1886, Sporting News is the nation’s first weekly sports publication.

Source: Sporting News Today