The News Review:
- ESPN.com wins awards for best sports TV-affiliated site
- Sports world is incubator for larger race discussions to come -…
- FX Sports MySpace & NFL to create online destination for SB…
- Hibbett Sports quarterly profit falls 11%; backs outlook
- Perfect Georgia tops Illinois for NCAA men’s tennis title -…
- Postseason success means tough travel for Rainbow Wahine – College…
- Focus on sports in schools
ESPN.com wins awards for best sports TV-affiliated site
ESPN – May 24, 2007
com wins awards for best sports TV-affiliated site ESPN. com news services MIAMI — ESPN was the only multiple winner in awards for the best media Web sites claiming the top spots in sports and television categories. More than 450 entries were submitted in 33 categories of the 12th annual EPpy Awards announced Thursday by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines. com which is owned by The Walt Disney Co.
Sports world is incubator for larger race discussions to come -…
ESPN – May 24, 2007
I announce that up front for the folks who cringe whenever that word is mentioned. Feel free to cyberflee. Click the escape hatch now and we’ll carry on without you.
FX Sports MySpace & NFL to create online destination for SB…
FXSports.com – May 24, 2007
In addition to the game’s unmatched viewership marketers have benefited from unmatched 99. 6% commercial audience retention giving them a virtually captive audience with unparalleled attentiveness. It is the championship event for advertisers big and small and it’s just now gotten better. FX Sports MySpace and the NFL today announced a partnership to provide Super Bowl advertisers the first-ever game-promoted online component to a network Super Bowl buy.
Hibbett Sports quarterly profit falls 11%; backs outlook
MarketWatch – May 24, 2007
late Thursday reported first-quarter net earnings of $10. 2 million or 32 cents a share down 11% from $11. 5 million or 35 cents a share in the year-ago period. The Birmingham Ala. -based sporting goods retailer said revenue rose to $133.
Perfect Georgia tops Illinois for NCAA men’s tennis title -…
ESPN – May 24, 2007
addVariable(“adminver” “3564912″); so. write(“player”);State of Georgia Sweeps NCAA Tennis Team Championships ATHENS Ga. — Georgia claimed its fifth NCAA men’s tennischampionship with a 4-0 victory over Illinois on Tuesday andfinished the first perfect season since 2003. Playing in front of a near-capacity crowd at its home stadiumtop-seeded Georgia (32-0) dominated. Illinois (23-9) managed to wina couple of sets in singles. Senior Matic merzel clinched the title at No. 4 singles withhis 7-6 (5) 6-1 win over Ruben Gonzalez.
Postseason success means tough travel for Rainbow Wahine – College…
ESPN – May 24, 2007
“After games and stuff we don’t need to spend a real long time discussing anything because we all know what journey we’re on. ” Coolen seems like the perfect fit for the program both on the field where he has developed a balanced team composed mostly of kids from Hawaii with a smattering of Australians and Californians and off the field where he’s essentially team travel guide. A native of Brockton Mass. who was a three-sport star at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and still pronounces Hawaiian words with a hint of a Beantown accent Coolen loves the road. “I enjoy traveling” the coach admitted. “It’s something when I was younger I always envied those people who went to the airport all the time and took flights and had that type of lifestyle. When I worked at the Div.
Focus on sports in schools
Hindu – May 24, 2007
expected to announce new policy by May-end NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government is expected to come out with a sports policy by this month end that would focus on promoting sports in about 18 different disciplines in schools. The idea behind the policy is to encourage the participation of children in sports to increase the country’s medal prospects in various international sporting events. The policy was finalised at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and attended among others by Delhi Sports Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Wednesday. As per it all the sports disciplines that exist in the Commonwealth Games would be promoted in the schools. According to sources the school children will be divided into the primary secondary and higher secondary levels and it participation in various disciplines would be encouraged.
