Going deep

For my sports reporting course this week, we were told to look at a variety of features and packages that newspapers have done over the years. Many of them were interesting to look at, but the one I found most captivating was this chart the New York Times did about the path to baseball's all-time home run record. Not only did the chart show the top 21 HR hitters of all time and track them through their age, but the piece also added little notes alongside various players and stats that were relevant. I would enjoy seeing more charts like this for all types of sports, such as the ages that the NFL's top running backs earned most of their yards, or tracking how outside air temperature affect some of the baseball's best pitchers.


UPDATE: Here are the links I promised yesterday

A beautiful piece about the late, great Walter Payton

My top 10 list this week about Michael, Kobe and LeBron

Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin humiliates himself and his
school, and my Gators will make him pay for it

This should be fun (though the corporate sponsorship might ruin it)