As a fan of multiple sports leagues and teams, I keep up with the different leagues and teams with a multitude of sports media outlets. Two outlets that I constantly find myself using are Bleacher Report and ESPN. ESPN being the larger and more well-known sports media source has different way to how they approach what their front page segments are or what sports they put the majority of their resources to report about. Bleacher Report being a smaller and newer company, they do not have the same approach to what they report and how they report about it. During this essay, I would like to discuss the similarities and differences that Bleacher Report and ESPN have when it comes to how they deliver their reports rhetorically. A good way to look at how ESPN and Bleacher Report approach their reporting is to look at the history of both, and see how they got the situations they are in. ESPN has not become the most prominent sports reporting …show more content…
Getting its start in 2007, Bleacher Report has progressed into a reliable sports website that has articles that cover multiple sports around the world. Being a sports media outlet that only uses online services through the website or the app for smartphones, they do not reach as large of an audience as ESPN. Something that Bleacher Report takes pride in is how they can help you keep up with your team better than anyone else. They have streams for leagues of every sport and of every team in those leagues. The feed streams articles written by Bleacher Report staff and articles from other websites. ESPN does offer articles for multiple teams, but not the same amount that Bleacher Report does. Bleacher Report has an audience of sports fans that wants more than surface level news. They want in-depth articles about their favorite teams and sports. This offers the attention to smaller market teams or sports that hardcore sports fans