Grondar

Hiya everyone.

I subscribe to a bunch of muilti-sport magazines (ESPN, SI, etc.), but am considering adding a NFL-specific magazine as well.

I'd really appreciate feedback/opinions/reviews of all or any of the following NFL-specific magazines:

• Pro Football Weekly
• Football News
• Football Digest

Those are the three magazines I am famililiar with, but have been unable to get a copy of.

First off, to those that have read or subscribe to any (or all) of the above magazines: What are your thoughts? Do you like them, or do you dislike them? Why? Do you recomment one over another? Why?

Secondly, the list above contains the NFL-specific magazines I was able to find. I am not considering The Sporting News, ESPN Magazine, and others to be NFL-specific, because they aren't. However, there may be other NFL-specific magazines out there that I am missing.. If there are, please post them here, as well as what you think of them.

Basically, I want to add a NFL-specific magazine subscription, and the bookstores around here don't have many (if any) sport-specific magazines.. So I was hoping to find advice and recommendations here.

Any feedback (positive, but also negative), would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and take care.

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Strange Famous

I read First Down, because its the only published in the UK. I would guess the one's youve listed are prolly all better!

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SuperJay

It really depends on what you are looking for in a magazine.

Pro Football Weekly is great if you want team previews and lots of stats.

I like Football News better because it gives you feature stories, columns, statistics, scores, schedules, and analysis. It has an better overall package and the fact that there are more stories and columns makes it great.

Football Digests is very similar and they do great player and coatch interviews. They have a good stats section and a department called Rising Star, I believe, where they tell you who is going to be hot in the new season.

I also read ESPD: The Magazine, it is great. It has information on match-ups, players profiles, columns and more. If you have any intrest in other sports it is a great suplimentary read, because they cover more than just football. If you can afford it I suggest picking this one up as well.

Remeber, some magazies can be read online, or at least some of the key stories, so have a look and you might be able to save yourself some money.

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Grondar

Great info, thanks!

I have a follow-up question or two...

Looking at the subscription rates of the above magazines, Pro Football Weekly stands out as being noticeably more expepensive ($50 for 20 issues on the insert I saw), and I am wondering if it is "worth" the extra money, over say, Football Digest or Football News?

Also, is there any issue relating to delivery time? For instance, football is played on a Sunday, so the "Action" happens all on one day, and I'm wondering if this results in "old" information, or if the magazines are able to stay decently recent in terms of games, match-ups, etc.?

Thanks again!

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