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Yahoo! Sports Passes ESPN as Most Popular U.S. Website in Sept.

Written by Maury Brown

Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:29

Showing that you don’t need television (ESPN, FOX) or a legendary magazine (Sports Illustrated) to create a wildly popular sports web presence, Yahoo! Sports inched past ESPN in September to rank as the top U.S. sports website according to Nielsen Online.

Coming in a distant third was FOX Sports on MSN at 16,023,000 unique visits, followed by the NFL Internet Network and CBS Sports.

All told, a total of audience 77.5 million unique visitors hit U.S. sports-related websites last month.

Below is a break down of the top U.S. sports websites as tracked by Nielsen Online.

RANK	WEBSITE	UNIQUE AUDIENCE (in 000s)
1	Yahoo! Sports	26,003
2	ESPN	22,834
3	FOX Sports on MSN	16,023
4	NFL Internet Network	15,037
5	CBS Sports	13,278

Source: Nielsen Online, NetView (September 1, 2008 - September 30, 2008)

Maury Brown is the Founder and President of the Business of Sports Network, which includes The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Football, The Biz of Basketball and The Biz of Hockey. He is contributor to Baseball Prospectus, and is available as a freelance writer.

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