Kings, Ducks will get no print coverage for road games

[Adelpiero]

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Vacation: LA Times Cuts Back Coverage

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Last season, the New York Times stopped covering the Rangers on the road for much of the season.

For those of us who earn our living covering hockey, this was a dangerous precedent. Well, the LA Times is about to follow suit. Here is something pulled off a website this morning and it checks out. It's accurate.

I am seeking comment from a lot of people on this. But I am throwing this out to you, our readers, to comment. How would you feel if the Chicago Trib didn't cover the Hawks on the road? Or the Detroit papers stopped covering the Red Wings?

Are any of you aware that the Sun newspaper chain has already decided that when the Leafs or Oilers, Senators, Canucks, Flames or Canadiens travel to another Canadian city that is served by a newspaper owned by the Sun, THAT city will cover the team? In other words, when the Maple Leafs travel to Ottawa, the Ottawa Sun _ not the Toronto Sun _ will provide coverage of the Leafs. This decision, I am told by a high-ranking employee at the Sun, goes into effect this season unless the chain's individual papers can beat it back which I doubt is going to happen.

How do you, the fans feel about this? Why is it that hockey always gets the shaft? Do you think papers would do this in their NBA or NFl coverage?

I will follow up on this with all of you later as more info comes in ...

Here's the story:

Times cuts back on hockey L.A. Times beat writers will no longer routinely cover road trips of the Kings and Ducks, Sports Editor Randy Harvey tells LA Observed. Hockey columnist Helene Elliott will become a general columnist and drop her weekly report on the National Hockey League. "In that role, however, I'm sure she will still often write about hockey," Harvey emails. Pucks have always been less popular than balls within the Times staff, but this marks a pretty sharp swerve in the road. Beat writers might still go along when news or a feature angle warrants, but this makes the Times more like the smaller papers around town. Fox Sports' Ben Maller first reported the change on his blog, and it's apparently drawing howls on the Canadian sports talk circuit. At the fan board LetsGoKings.com, one commenter quipped "The LA Times covered hockey?" but another figured it out: "It's simple. The Kings need to win. LA is always behind a winner. The LAT will cover the Kings if they win and win a lot, and make it deep in the playoffs (not going to happen)." -- From L.A. Observed.com

[Shoalzie]

Who reads newspapers anyways? Isn't that what the internet is for?

[Cross Traffic]

Can't remember the last time I read a Times internet article for the Kings. LA Daily News does a much better job covering the team. Even the basic Yahoo recaps are good enough for me.