sideways

The head sports designer and I have been talking about doing a page like this almost since the start of the season. We had been really waiting for the right time and place for it to really work. This was a big game for the Seahawks. It was a tough decision because there were two huge plays in the game --- a 91 yard punt return for a touchdown and the game-winning field goal kick. We decided that the punt return should be the sports cover---a great shot of the guy running solo in front of a very annoyed St. Louis Rams bench. Josh Brown, the Seahawks kicker, has had three winning field goal kicks this season and we felt it was appropriate to really show how much the team really relies on him and his foot. Our photographer gave us this nice picture of "the kick" and we were able to run it the full length of the paper, sideways. So, with the help of my boss and the sports designers, we were able to make a fun, different page of a very important play.