The News Review:
- Local sports talkers split on the firing of Imus.
- Convicted sports agent faces decades in prison
- Print edition Sports
- Wen Abe attend opening ceremony of Sino-Japan Culture and Sports…
- Arena football: Is it America’s fifth major sport?
- Gabby Logan: A woman inside sport
Local sports talkers split on the firing of Imus.
Free with registration – Philadelphia Inquirer – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 13, 2007
(13-APR-07) Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia PA). 13–The controversy involving Don Imus who was fired yesterday by CBS Radio after last week’s degrading comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team has caused co.
Convicted sports agent faces decades in prison
ESPN – Apr 13, 2007
com news servicesKEY WEST Fla. — A sports agent was convicted Thursday of smuggling potential major league-caliber baseball players out of Cuba and harboring them in the United States for profit. Gustavo “Gus” Dominguez a co-founder of California-based Total Sports International Inc. was charged in ctober in what was thought to be the first indictment accusing a prominent sports agent of smuggling big-league baseball prospects out of Cuba.
Print edition Sports
USA Today – Apr 13, 2007
9 million contract last Friday and he ended a 26-game playoff goal slump Thursday night. It is unclear which gave him a greater since of enrichment. “It’s a relief (to score)” Datsyuk said noting he was saying it for the third time. “Probably I should go to the middle of the room and shout it for everyone to hear.
Wen Abe attend opening ceremony of Sino-Japan Culture and Sports…
央è§åé – Apr 13, 2007
He said the two peoples should learn about the culture of the other. The China-Japan Culture and Sports Exchange Year marks the 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. Wen and Abe later joined about 1000 representatives from all walks of life from both countries at a performance by Chinese folk artists. Premier Wen arrived in Japan Wednesday for a three-day official visit. He’s expected to leave for Kyoto on Friday.
Arena football: Is it America’s fifth major sport?
USA Today – Apr 13, 2007
The football — a wheat-colored thing marked by a ribbon of blue — caroms off a receiver’s hands and flies into the Wachovia Center stands. A Philadelphia Soul fan — he’s a Soooul Maaan! — holds a white plastic cup in his left hand; he reaches out with his right arm and hugs the ball into his chest. He loses not a drop of his drink. The overhead speakers thump as his friends give him a high-five.
Gabby Logan: A woman inside sport
BBC News – Apr 13, 2007
It will bring you in-depth interviews and features from a wide range of sports and a bit of fun on your Monday night or Sunday morning. The show launches on Monday 30 April at 2305 BST on BBC NE. There will also be an updated second edition for BBC TW on Sunday mornings at 1130 BST. In addition the programme will also be on our global channel BBC World and available as a video podcast. Host Gabby Logan shares her hopes for what the show can do for sport and what she can do for the show.
