The News Review:
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
- Unleash national sports movement: Manmohan Singh
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
- Kupets leads Georgia women to NCAA gymnastics title – College Sports
- HeraldTribune.com – Sports – Sports news stories about Sarasota…
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Apr 28, 2007
Sure the training footage of scar sparring with Shane Mosley and Floyd working out at all hours of the day and night was interesting but color me far more compelled by seeing the effects of a career in the sport on De La Hoya trainer Freddie Roach and Mayweather’s dueling handlers — his uncle Roger and father Floyd Sr. Roach’s disclosure that he suffers from Parkinson’s Syndrome the same cognitive issue that has hounded Muhammad Ali since his last bout in 1981 was a chilling reminder that very few participants — even those on Roach’s ESPN- friendly level or world champions and top contenders like the Mayweathers — exit as healthily as they entered. That the affliction struck Roach a face-first tough guy who consistently took a lot of punches to deliver a few of his own isn’t much of a surprise. But to see and hear the markedly slower and muddled speech patterns of the Mayweathers who were a combined 88-19-1 while employing much more style in the ring is harder to figure.
Unleash national sports movement: Manmohan Singh
Times of India – Apr 28, 2007
He alsosaid that sports and games should be made compulsory in schools and colleges. “I do believe we need a new social compact involving allstakeholders to launch a nationwide movement of youth in sports” he said afteropening the newly built lympic Bhavan of the Indian lympic Association (IA)here. “I would like the Indian lympic Association to work closelywith the government at the centre and in the states and unleash a new wave ofsports consciousness and sports development” the Prime Minister said in thepresence of International lympic Council (IA) president JacquesRogge. Manmohan Singh said that more involvement of youth was theneed of the hour.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Apr 28, 2007
The top-seeded Nadal fresh off his title last week at the Monte Carlo Masters cruised past fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5 6-1. The two-time French pen champion Nadal topped world No. 1 superstar Roger Federer in last week’s marquee finale at Monte Carlo and is the reigning two-time Barcelona champ having beaten Tommy Robredo in last year’s all- Spanish final here at Barcelona Tennis Club. Nadal will go for his third Barcelona title on Sunday against 12th-seeded Argentine Guillermo Canas who outlasted fellow countryman and 15th-seed Agustin Calleri 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (5-7) 6-2.
Kupets leads Georgia women to NCAA gymnastics title – College Sports
ESPN – Apr 28, 2007
The “Gym Dogs” were unofficially crowned with plastic fedoras that had “Hat Trick” written on the band after they clinched their third straight national title Friday night at the NCAA championships. Georgia needed the last two rotations to pull ahead of host Utah which was tied with the Gym Dogs for the lead with two to go. Georgia took over with a stellar floor exercise capped by Courtney Kupets’ 9. Katie Heenan also had a 9.
HeraldTribune.com – Sports – Sports news stories about Sarasota…
Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Apr 28, 2007
com | Southwest Florida’s Information Leader. — Before he was allowed in the racetrack NASCAR made sure Tony Stewart knew the rules.
