The News Review:
- Sports Briefing
- Sun Belt funding study to assist in UN recovery – College Sports
- Coronation of Prince is an inevitable end to story of changed world
- Minister defends £750m sport fund
- A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
Sports Briefing
New York Times – Jul 28, 2006
3 overall pick led Texas to the national title in January and was second in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He agreed to a five-year deal with an option for a sixth year with $25. 7 million guaranteed.
Sun Belt funding study to assist in UN recovery – College Sports
ESPN – Jul 28, 2006
attachButton(document. getElementById(“espnstlink”)); Associated PressNEW RLEANS — Athletics at the University of New rleans — hit hard by Hurricane Katrina — will be getting help from a Sun Belt Conference-funded strategic plan intended to help the school restore the department to full Division I standards by 2010 when its NCAA waiver expires. “You always have a concern for family members and we have a family member that’s hurting” Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said of the study which will cost an estimated $40000. “That’s the whole purpose of being in a conference together. “The plan is being formulated by Carr Sports Associates of Gainesville Fla. a consulting firm headed by former Florida and Houston athletic director Bill Carr.
Coronation of Prince is an inevitable end to story of changed world
Times nline – Jul 28, 2006
And the story of South Africa’s emergence from apartheid was told on the back pages of newspapers. The tale of the death of apartheid is all about the power of sport. Many social historians fail to put sport into their works for fear that sport would trivialise their work. But the social history of South Africa is a sports story through and through. Throughout the sporting boycott sporting people whinged that businesses didn’t boycott South Africa so why should sport? The answer is that sport is more important than business… The tale of the death of apartheid is all about the power of sport. Many social historians fail to put sport into their works for fear that sport would trivialise their work. But the social history of South Africa is a sports story through and through. Throughout the sporting boycott sporting people whinged that businesses didn’t boycott South Africa so why should sport? The answer is that sport is more important than business. Sport was the ground on which the battle against apartheid was fought; more than once during the bad years I wrote that sport should be proud.
Minister defends £750m sport fund
BBC News – Jul 28, 2006
It came after criticism from the Lib Dems that only two-thirds of projects under the New pportunities Fund scheme would be in place by this summer. But Sports Minister Richard Caborn told BBC News the “vast majority” of the money had been committed in 2004. The huge “investment” in more than 2200 projects had taken time he said. Speaking to Radio 4′s Today programme Lib Dem spokesman on culture media and sport Don Foster said that although most of the £750m had been allocated almost half of the money had still not been spent.
A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
ESPN – Jul 28, 2006
Sabathia in the Tigers’ 4-1 victory at Cleveland to notch his 13th win of the season and grab a share of the major league lead in that category. Since 1900 the only pitcher to lead the majors in victories (either tied or outright) in his rookie season was Grover Alexander (28-13) who did it for the Phillies in 1911. Alexander (in his debut season) led the NL in wins and tied Jack Coombs (28-12) of the Philadelphia A’s for the most in the majors.
