The News Review:
- LA Times sports writer reveals he’s transsexual
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
- SportAccord discusses lympics and China´s sports development
- NCAA Eyes Ban on ‘Texting’ Sports Recruits
LA Times sports writer reveals he’s transsexual
ESPN – Apr 26, 2007
Times sports writer reveals he’s transsexual Associated PressLS ANGELES — A veteran sports writer for the Los Angeles Times said in his column Thursday that he is a transsexual. Mike Penner told readers of his struggle to embrace his gender and said when he returns from vacation in a few weeks he will be known as Christine Daniels. He did not say whether he was having surgery or why he’s changing his last name. “I am a transsexual sports writer” Penner wrote. “It has taken more than 40 years a million tears and hundreds of hours of soul-wrenching therapy for me to work up the courage to type those words.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Apr 26, 2007
But he forgot to add that sometimes they don’t throw caution flags when they should which also changes race results. Talking on his weekly radio show the two-time Nextel Cup Series champion said “I don’t know that they’ve run a fair race all year. Stewart went on to compare NASCAR to the phoney world of wrestling. “I guess NASCAR thinks ‘Hey wrestling worked and it was for the most part staged so I guess it’s going to work in racing too.
SportAccord discusses lympics and China´s sports development
央è§åé – Apr 26, 2007
com 04-26-2007 11:12. Two of the issues under discussion are the lympics and China’s sports development. The vice president of the Beijing lympic organizing committee Wang Wei delivered a keynote speech at the SportAccord convention which opened on Wednesday. His speech featured Beijing’s achievements and transformations in preparing for the lympics. He especially highlighted China’s sports development.
NCAA Eyes Ban on ‘Texting’ Sports Recruits
NPR – Apr 26, 2007
But they have found a loophole. They send athletes countless text messages. Thursday the NCAA’s board of directors votes on a proposal to ban the practice of "texting.
