I agree. The way the site is currently designed, my eyes want to read the headlines in rows (the columns stretch too far down for me to read down the column in

I agree. The way the site is currently designed, my eyes want to read the headlines in rows (the columns stretch too far down for me to read down the column instead), but all headlines except for those at the top are not aligned vertically, making traversal through the page an awkward affair. You're either going to want to ensure that there's row-based alignment for headlines, or use discrete sections that each cover a particular category of sports news. E.g. how Google News has separate column sections for World, U.S., Elections, Business, etc.