4-6 on each. All other sports people share edit, slot duties. Most are career copy editors. Some writers don't give us due respect. Only 1 has left sports desk, to become editor of a weekly section, in last six years.
Extra pages are okay.
Our sports desk gets virtually all copy raw. It's much more intense work than newsside counterparts. Stories are not assigned, so workload is not always equitable. Some copy editors do much more than others.