News & Sports

Get News Streamed to Your Desktop
Instead of surfing for your news, have it come to you, with the free Desktop News ticker. Download the program, choose from a number of channels - including ABC News, CNN, ESPN.com, InfoWorld, and Salon - and Desktop News will stream headlines to you. Click a headline in the ticker to open the full story in your browser.
www.desktopnews.com

Read Global News in One Place
If you want an overview of international news, Google aggregates articles from more than 4000 sources worldwide (including TV and radio Web sites) and organizes them on a clean page, under subject headings.
news.google.com

Read or Subscribe to a Magazine
Tired of trying to find the magazine you want on a crowded newsstand? Then Magazineboy.com in the site for you. Lists of more than 1600 magazines in a wide range of interests are organized in categories and subcategorizes. Links take you to the magazine's Web site or to deals on subscriptions.
www.magazineboy.com

Follow Basketball Scores on Your Desktop
Don't let work get in the way of play - download ESPN's free Bottom line sports ticker to get current scores and breaking sports news on your PC. Click a news headline or score to get in-depth coverage or statistics behind the scores. espn.go.com/bottom line

Get Sports Scores on Your Palm
If you're as anxious as the next sports fan to know when Brett Favre throws another touchdown pass or when the Lakers win another game, ESPN's download for wireless Web - enabled Palms will put you in Th. action with dynamic scoreboards that tell you a game's current standing.
espn.go.com/wireless/s/palm

Read Sports Pages From Out of Town
SportsPages.com aggregates links to hundred of sports sections and columnists around the country. Follow our-of-state teams or sign up for the Daily Link ($12 a month) to receive e-mail containing the best sports journalism of the day, including profiles and exclusives from reporters' notebooks.
www.sportspages.com

Sign Up for Sporting Events
Registering for marathons and bike races can be time-consuming and difficult if they're out-or-town events. Active.com lets you search and register for myriad sporting events - from turkey trots to triathlon's. What's more, the site's Training Bible link lets you plan and track your training progress online.
www.active.com

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