Courant Sports Section

[jibsey]

Why do I subscribe? To get tidbits and crumbs thrown at me from time to time on our basketball team. Got a notice for digital renewal and I decided to call and cancel. They told me that I was covered for the next year and it was almost free which frankly is about what it’s worth.
It’s off season I get it but sheesh their coverage is crap, maybe 1 article a week and often something that appeared elsewhere days before! Is The Athletic or New Haven paper better?

 

[HooperScooper]

Why do I subscribe? To get tidbits and crumbs thrown at me from time to time on our basketball team. Got a notice for digital renewal and I decided to call and cancel. They told me that I was covered for the next year and it was almost free which frankly is about what it’s worth.
It’s off season I get it but sheesh their coverage is crap, maybe 1 article a week and often something that appeared elsewhere days before! Is The Athletic or New Haven paper better?

I read both and I'd say Hearst Media (New Haven Register) does a much better job covering UConn than the Courant.

My parents still get the Hartford Courant delivered to their house. I was over their house recently and picked up the Courant and there's nothing in there any more. It was very light. Looked like mostly AP articles. Besides their UConn coverage is there anything else in there worth reading?

 

[jibsey]

As the season gets going they will increase but how many writers are assigned? I understand that they are covering limited scope with the number of players and coaches but even during season I thought they could do more. If I cared as much about other sports it might be better.

 

[Richmondhsky]

I read both and I'd say Hearst Media (New Haven Register) does a much better job covering UConn than the Courant.

My parents they still get the Hartford Courant delivered to their house. I was over their house recently and picked up the Courant and there's nothing in there any more. It was very light. Looked like mostly AP articles. Besides their UConn coverage is there anything else in there worth reading?

The AP generated content are prevalent in print media. I get a digital paper from The Richmond Dispatch (similar to the Courant) daily. Interesting enough, they send me emailed articles during the day which removes the need for reading the paper / digital the next day.

It does a decent job of covering local College sports as well as high school sports (The Htfd Times did this well back in the day). It costs me $10 per month…I threaten cancellation every six months or when I get fed up with the lack of coverage…they reduce to $4.95.

Dying media…it’s accelerated the demise of small dailies in the past ten years…it’ll will slowly die IMHO.

 

[LBird33]

Waterbury republican isn’t too bad sports wise but also limited

 

[HooperScooper]

Waterbury republican isn’t too bad sports wise but also limited

It's owned by Hearst Media also. Same sports articles as New Haven Register, Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate, Middletown Press, Journal Inquirer, etc.

https://www.ctinsider.com/waterbury/article/hearst-connecticut-waterbury-republican-purchase-20147806.php

 

[Deepster]

They still deliver newspapers?! LOL. 😂

 

[Hunt for 7]

In another thread I talked about being a fill in for my friend when he could not do his afternoon paper route. I just remember before starting to deliver I would sit on the ground next to my bike and read the sports section. The afternoon edition had all the player quotes from the night before so it always made me feel like I was the first on the block to know something important about one of our local teams.

That was roughly 45 years ago I wonder what it will be like 45 years from today. Everyone will have a chip implanted in their head and can connect to any website they want by thinking about it and then the content is fed to the them in their preferred method.

And people will live to be 150 years old.

 

[Hunt for 7]

It's owned by Hearst Media also. Same sports articles as New Haven Register, Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate, Middletown Press, Journal Inquirer, etc.

https://www.ctinsider.com/waterbury/article/hearst-connecticut-waterbury-republican-purchase-20147806.php

Click on this link and you can get CT Insider for $0.25 for three months.

 

[woodchuck68]

Lot of truth in this show.... sadly.

The Paper Google Search

In my work life, I've had a front seat in newspapers 3 decade ride to irrelevance and soon.... extinction.

 

[JohnFSilver]

I read both and I'd say Hearst Media (New Haven Register) does a much better job covering UConn than the Courant.

My parents still get the Hartford Courant delivered to their house. I was over their house recently and picked up the Courant and there's nothing in there any more. It was very light. Looked like mostly AP articles. Besides their UConn coverage is there anything else in there worth reading?

Everyone is diminished these days. They have 4 sports writers at the courant, down from about 20+ staff members just 15 years ago.

Hearst has consolidated the entire state by buying the JI, Waterbury recently. They have their writers cover it. Athletic doesn’t have UConn writers anymore. Changed their model when NY Times bought them.

Road games for football, not even sure if any writers are there. Right now local media in all regions is trying to figure out how to attract the audience.

Is it Substack, podcasts, free website, paid website, message boards such as this, Apps.

How much are you willing to pay for premium content. Like, if you want horde like coverage (fierce competition brings about tremendous content) you gotta be willing to pay for it. A - lot.

 

[Lafayette]

I don't even check courant.com - boneyard has news days ahead of them. They do get some special access but the days of reporters getting exclusives are draining with the competition being anyone with a camera and a youtube account.

 

[HooperScooper]

I don't even check courant.com - boneyard has news days ahead of them. They do get some special access but the days of reporters getting exclusives are draining with the competition being anyone with a camera and a youtube account.

Mike Anthony is the best at getting the exclusives. Sometimes Dom Amore of the Courant but not as much.

 

[boog204]

It adds nothing to the thread, but I really miss the days of newspapers. I have such a good memory associated with reading the Sunday CT newspapers for recruiting info and everything UConn. Peter Abraham was amazing, and you'd get all these names and tidbits, and then you'd cross-reference with Bob Gibbons or Tom K or whatever publication. We obviously get even more info now, and at times, instantaneously, but it's just not the same. Perhaps I'm yelling at clouds, but so many things were better before the interwebs. I'll take my midday nap now and take my pill.