You can't miss... front pages from select newspapers covering the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Game

So last night the University of North Carolina Tar Heels destroyed Michigan State in the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Game en route to their fifth NCAA title. Being the sports junkie, I couldn't resist posting this link to Charles Apple's blog on VisualEditors, which highlights A1 design choices for select newspapers in Michigan and North Carolina for this morning's edition. 

My favorite is The Sanford Herald, a small North Carolina newspaper with a circulation of just under 11,000. They decided to go with the poster treatment, and an interview with the Herald's editor, Billy Liggett, who designed the page in question, reveals that he created this page, minus the picture, seven hours before tip-off. It was sent to the printer 45 minutes before the game had ended. Luckily for them, Liggett says, the game was won by the Tar Heels. He says he did this poster format in order to give his readers a "keep-sake front." 

I know in the newspaper world the use of poster fronts is sometimes overdone, but in this case I think it fits. It's not gaudy or overdone, but actually quite classy.