

It's always a challenge for the sports folks on days of tragedy. Spain has several sports dailies. Here's how three of them handled Thursday's events.

El Mundo Deportivo went with a black reverse, some news photos and a photo of the beloved hometown F.C. Barcelona team taking a moment of silence.

AS put a black band, a news photo, an F.C.B. moment-of-silence photo and the beginning of an essay on the cover.

Marca does a fine job. They changed the signature red M to black with a single tear. They added a news photo and four moment-of-silence photos and some well chosen words. The main hed: "We cried together, we will win together." The simple, poetic top decks say (pardon my rudimentary Spanish):
Very nice.
Today there is only a place for revulsion.
Today we must remember the victims.
Today the message is of freedom and life.
Today sport will remain in the background.
Hey,
Kudos for posting all of these fronts. It's weird to see them all as tabs compared with all of the US coverage of 9/11 in broadsheets.
Posted by: steve at March 12, 2004 9:11 PM