comScore statistics show that the average number of unique visitors to the ESPN Chicago site for May, June and July (555,000) was more than the averages for the sports sites of the Chicago Tribune (424,000) or Chicago Sun-Times (256,000)
This could get interesting. I figured these local portals would just collect relevant content from across the ESPN empire—it seems they do, to a point—but they’re actually getting into things like high school coverage.