The National (sports newspaper)

The National

Type	Daily sports newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Publisher	Peter O. Price
Editor-in-chief	Frank Deford
Founded	January 31, 1990
Ceased publication	June 13, 1991
Headquarters	New York, New York

The National Sports Daily, or The National, was a sports newspaper in the United States which debuted January 31, 1990 and folded on June 13, 1991.^[1] The newspaper was published daily (Sundays through Fridays) and had a tabloid format.

Overview

Foundation

The founder and main financial backer was Mexican media businessman Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, and its editor-in-chief was sports journalist Frank Deford.

Azcárraga had seen the success of all-sports newspapers in Mexico and many European countries (for example, La Gazzetta dello Sport in Milan, Italy or L'Équipe in France) and thought that such a paper would work in the U.S.

Notable columnists

Among the columnists that appeared on its pages were ESPN NFL analyst Chris Mortensen, ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel, Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News, The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer, the Chicago Tribune's Steve Rosenbloom, Dave Kindred, San Francisco Chronicle's Scott Ostler, Cleveland Plain Dealer's Bud Shaw, ESPN's Tom Friend, PTI's Tony Kornheiser, and Around the Horn panelist and ESPN contributor Jay Mariotti, Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald, Leigh Montville of the Boston Globe, Tom Keegan of the Lawrence Journal World and Norman Chad.

Distribution network and early cover subjects

The National used The Wall Street Journal's printing and distribution network to publish separate editions in each time zone. The newspaper also was a pioneer in using color print similar to USA Today. The first issue's cover subjects were National Basketball Association superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Patrick Ewing, representing the three markets that the paper was available in: Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.

References

1. ^ Jones, Alex S. "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; The National Sports Daily Closes With Today's Issue," The New York Times, Thursday, June 13, 1991.

External links

• The National Sports Daily 1991 advertising promo
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