The News Review:
- Immobile sales hurt ESPN: Sports network shuts its phone service.
- A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
- James Madison to drop teams for Title IX compliance – College Sports
Immobile sales hurt ESPN: Sports network shuts its phone service.
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 29, 2006
(29-SEP-06) Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL). 29–ESPN’s bid to flood the airwaves the Web and wireless gadgets with sports took a blow Thursday when the cable giant said it is pulling the plug on its mobile phone.
A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
ESPN – Sep 29, 2006
(The Astros had a six-pitcher no-hitter at Yankee Stadium in 2003. ) Cabrera was the 21st pitcher to throw a complete-game one-hitter against the Yankees since Wilhelm’s 1958 no-hitter. • In the past 25 years only one other pitcher took a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Yankees.
James Madison to drop teams for Title IX compliance – College Sports
ESPN – Sep 29, 2006
– James Madison University’s Board of Visitors voted Friday to drop 10 of its athletic teams in order to bring the school into compliance with the federal law demanding equity in male and female sports. The school will eliminate seven men’s varsity teams and three women’s varsity teams on July 1 to bring it into Title IX compliance the school said in a release. The school will have 18 teams after the plan is implemented. Under the plan total participation in athletics will move to 61 percent female and 39 percent male which matches current student enrollment figures. The school had about 15800 students enrolled in 2004-05.
