ESPN's home page, and its main pages of ever sport use a grid system to organize the content. The grids work to contain links to stories, advertisements, videos and poll questions. None of the visuals overlap out of the grids. This is probably because there are so many visuals, the reader would become confused if images were allowed to overlap the grid. The grid aids the reader because it provides a visual hierarchy to the page. The most important, or breaking stories often appear in the large grid in the upper left corner. Smaller stories are displayed in the grid in the upper right corner, and weekly columns and polls appear in the same spot everyday, so that the reader is not searching all over the page for them. The grid does engage the reader and even allows the reader the option of inputting their favorite teams, placing their stories into home grid. With so much information being displayed on the page the structure of the grid is necessary. The grid does create tension because it holds so much information. However this tension is positive because the strict adherence to the grid and the visual hierarchy it provides displays the information in a way that does not overwhelm the reader.
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