NFL.COM POSTS BIGGEST GAIN OF SPORTS WEB SITES
NFL.com, the NFL's internet site, experienced a 57 percent gain in visitors
between August and December of last year -- the biggest increase of the top five sports
web sites. The top five sports web sites in terms of unique visitors, as monitored
by Media Matrix:
| SITE | AUGUST '98 |
RANK |
DECEMBER '98 |
RANK |
% +/- |
| ESPN.com | 3.339 mil | 1 | 3.949 mil | 1 | +18.3% |
| CBS SportsLine | 2.829 mil | 2 | 2.532 mil | 2 | -10.5% |
| NFL.com | 1.487 mil | 3 | 2.347 mil | 3 | +57.8% |
| CNNSI.com | 1.750 mil | 4 | 1.957 mil | 4 | +11.6% |
| WWF.com | 849,000 | 5 | 1.073 mil | 5 | +26.4% |