{"id":90874,"date":"2005-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2005\/08\/22\/topics-covered\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:12:36","slug":"topics-covered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2005\/08\/22\/topics-covered\/","title":{"rendered":"Topics Covered"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id=\"topics-covered\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topics Covered <\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!-- #EndEditable --> <!-- #BeginEditable \"body\" --> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the schedule dominates front-page sports coverage, what are the schedules followed the most closely? The big three sports \u2013 baseball, basketball and football. Two of every three stories on the front of the sports page were focused on these games. Of the big three, basketball led the way as the topic of 29% of all stories. Baseball was next with 20% of the stories. Football stories garnered 16% of the coverage.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To a certain extent those numbers may be explainable. Basketball season is lengthy (82 games and seven months) and basketball teams were the most common pro sports franchise in the cities we covered \u2013 eight of the 16 cities had pro teams. Major League Baseball with 162 games and its close to game-a-day, six-month schedule, had teams in seven of the cities. The National Football League has franchises in fewer cities, six, and the NFL\u2019s shorter schedule \u2013 16 games and five months \u2013 may have led to fewer stories. <\/p>\n\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"89%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Sports Story Topic <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Large Circ. <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Medium Circ. <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Small Circ. <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Basketball<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">32%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">32%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">22%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">29%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Baseball<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">19%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">19%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">24%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">20%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Football<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">12%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">18%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">15%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">16%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Golf<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">6%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">5%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">5%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">5%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hockey<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">5%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">6%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">3%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">5%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Olympics<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">7%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">3%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">2%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">4%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Auto Racing <\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">*<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">2%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">3%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">2%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Other Sports <\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">4%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">7%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">17%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">9%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sports Issues <\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">6%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">3%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">3%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">3%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Other Topics <\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">9%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">5%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">6%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">7%<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the big three sports, the smaller sports battle pretty fiercely for that remaining space on the front of sports. The National Hockey League had franchises in only five of the cities and didn\u2019t play games in the fall of 2004, and hockey only got 5% of the coverage. Golf also received 5%. Auto racing, which is popular but has no \u201chome town\u201d since the venue moves from city to city, received only 2% of the stories. The Summer Olympics is Athens was the topic of 4% of the stories. Other sports got 9% of the coverage. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which topic area was the hardest to find? \u201cSports issues\u201d coverage, such as those on the impact of Title IX or doping or crime and athletes, was limited to just 3% of stories overall. Even among the biggest newspapers where bigger staffs and national readerships would seem to argue for different kinds of coverage, issues only made up 6% of all the sports stories. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topics Covered If the schedule dominates front-page sports coverage, what are the schedules followed the most closely? The big three sports \u2013 baseball, basketball and football. Two of every three stories on the front of the sports page were focused on these games. 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