Star‘s football blowout a little less blown out

Yesterday’s Kansas City Star did not land on doorsteps with the authoritative thud of Sunday papers from late Augusts past. The Star‘s multi-sectioned football preview weighs in this year at 6.2 ounces, a slimmer size than 2007’s 9.2-ounce colossus.

The reduction surely says more about business of running the Star than it does about the passion for football. Newspaper revenues are off by almost a third from this time last year.

Missed the 46-page section? Here’s a recap: