The News Review:
- King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
- How some sports stars would handle the Spelling Bee
- RUNDUP Sports Direct’s chairman David Richardson quits
- ‘Gracie’ rises above sports-movie formula
- NCAA to allow Duke players to reclaim lost season – College Sports
- Name tradition to live on with sports.
- Balsillie given rights for Hamilton sports complex – NHL
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
salon.com – May 31, 2007
Whatever "it" is. Plus: Spurs march on.
How some sports stars would handle the Spelling Bee
ESPN – May 31, 2007
comThe Scripps National Spelling Bee concludes tonight in Washington D. and I’m scared stiff. Not about the egghead kids in the semis and the finals (you spend your childhood memorizing a Webster’s you deserve what you get) but about which one of the little geeks I’m going to draw in the office pool. The general rule of spelling bee office pools is this: Hope for a home-schooled eighth grader preferably a girl who wears glasses a retainer and has a Southern accent.
RUNDUP Sports Direct’s chairman David Richardson quits
Forbes – May 31, 2007
Richardson a former finance director of Whitbread PLC quit with immediate effect after deciding he could not work with Sports Direct’s executives — Mike Ashley the group’s founder 57 pct shareholder and deputy executive chairman chief executive Dave Forsey and finance director Bob Mellors. ‘The chairman believes that he has been unable to establish a strong working relationship with the executive team and as a result believes that it would be in the best interests of the company and the board that he steps aside now that a complement of advisers has been appointed’ the company said. It has appointed Simon Bentley a former chairman and chief executive of Blacks Leisure Group PLC as acting chairman while it searches for a permanent appointment. Sports Direct owns a 29.
‘Gracie’ rises above sports-movie formula
San Diego Union Tribune – May 31, 2007
CNTENT>'Gracie” seems a formula sports inspiration movie except it isn't. It scores a goal right through the net of cliche.
NCAA to allow Duke players to reclaim lost season – College Sports
ESPN – May 31, 2007
– The NCAA has granted Duke’s request for an extra year of eligibility for its men’s lacrosse players following rape allegations that led to the cancellation of much of last season. The decision affects 33 players who were not seniors during the 2006 season and it grants them a fifth year of eligibility regardless of whether they play at Duke or another school. The announcement Wednesday came just two days after the Blue Devils lost to Johns Hopkins by a goal in the NCAA championship game for the second time in three seasons. “These individuals were involved in an unusual circumstance that we believe warrants providing them the opportunity to complete their four years of competition” said Jennifer Strawley NCAA director of student-athlete reinstatement and membership services.
Name tradition to live on with sports.
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 31, 2007
(31-MAY-07) Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL). Though they will attend separate schools students within the Austin building will still compete as Austin.
Balsillie given rights for Hamilton sports complex – NHL
ESPN – May 31, 2007
Two days after NHL commissioner Gary Bettman scoffed at the likelihood of the. At a City of Hamilton council meeting Wednesday night Canadian mega-millionaire Jim Balsillie whose company helped develop the BlackBerry reactivated an agreement with the city for exclusive rights to the city’s main arena Copps Coliseum.
