Besides being an attractive, well designed site, the SportsZone bolsters current sports news with detailed statistics, such as rankings, game recaps, scores, and schedules for upcoming events. But the feature that truly sets this online sporting news database apart is its frequent updates. Even while a game is being played, check the scoreboard sections of SportsZone for the current score. Reload the page for an updated score. For the casual stock market watcher or the serious investor, a number of sites offer free 15-minute delayed stock quotes.
Access is by ticker symbol, and there is a ticker symbol look-up feature.
Data reported include the usual data and the date and time of the last update. Other stock quote sites can be found on Yahoo. To see the file, Adobe's free Acrobat viewer must be installed first. The basic conversion of the fax version of the Times to PDF format seems to work well, and its eight pages of news pack in more information than the brief Yahoo headlines. However, the time required for downloading the PDF file, the necessity of downloading and installing Acrobat, and the need to learn how to maneuver within Acrobat combine to create a strong disincentive to reading this resource when compared to the relative ease of pulling up HTML information on other sites.