I mentioned yesterday that I was already sick of all the hype surrounding LeBron James‘ free-agency. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 15 hours, you already know he chose to leave Cleveland for the Miami Heat.
Here’s how the story was covered today by Cleveland’s Plain Dealer (click for a larger view):
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And it’s a hoot, too.
Spain plays Germany today in the World Cup semifinal. The winner will take on the Netherlands, famous for wearing orange.
Here is the front page of today’s die Welt of Berlin:
The headline on that cryptic lead art reads:
By pressing the finals
A closer look:
Now, that’s clever.
So, have you seen today’s Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill.?
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Daily Herald news editor Neil Holdway writes:
As part of our ongoing coverage of LeBron James‘ possible move to the Chicago Bulls, we put basic and fun facts about James on our front page, including an actual-size image of his shoe.
The design work was done by our news/art graphics editor, Tim Broderick.
…with a photoillustrating assist from intern Kelly Mantz of Illinois State University.
Hey, at least it wasn’t printed with scratch-and-sniff ink!
Fun stuff! Download a full-sized PDF version here.
Average daily circulation for the Daily Herald is 111,539.