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Friday, December 22, 2006

Sports Illustrated: leader in international sports.

So Sports Illustrated claims that they're...
...the league leader in original in-depth coverage of professional, local, college and international sports.
I find it easy to believe the first three claims (pro, local, college), but the 'international' call is perhaps a step too far. I've been counting international stories that have come through on the SI feed over the last month, and the grand total is ... 12. Compared to literally hundreds of US-based stories. No Ashes coverage, not a peep about Shane Warne's retirement and European football only makes it into the mix thanks to David Beckham being ordered to miss Tom Cruise's wedding. For interests sake, here's the non-American stories that were deemed worthy enough for SI coverage...