The News Review:
- Qureshi Gives Pakistan A New Sport to Ponder
- Axel Springer to take over Polish sports newspaper Przeglad Sportowy
- Sports briefs
- Inquirer’s Lyon is one of 13 tapped for Hall.(sports columnist…
- GIVE ME 5: Tribune sports media reporter Teddy Greenstein tells you…
- Spartans’ effort one of the special moments in school sports
- Letters to the Sports Editor
Qureshi Gives Pakistan A New Sport to Ponder
Washington Post – Jun 29, 2007
correction {margin-top:8px;padding-top:10px;margin-bottom:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #CCCCCC;padding-bottom:10px;font-family:arialsans-serif;font-size:11px;color:#333333;}. correction strong {color:#CC0000;text-transform:uppercase;}Qureshi Gives Pakistan A New Sport to PonderBy Liz ClarkeWashington Post Staff WriterFriday June 29 2007; E03WIMBLEDON England June 28 — For four years Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi tried to qualify for Wimbledon and each time he fell short. Few in Pakistan followed his pursuit. Qureshi wasn’t a cricket player after all. And even though grass was his favorite surface he had only started playing tennis at 14 so his ambition of earning a spot in the 128-player draw seemed farfetched. But Qureshi added a new tack to his training regimen in January each day writing the phrase "I want to qualify for Wimbledon" after reading that Billie Jean King had advised Martina Navratilova to do just that decades ago.
Axel Springer to take over Polish sports newspaper Przeglad Sportowy
Forbes – Jun 29, 2007
The German media house said with the takeover it will also assume control of Przeglad’s popular publications Tempo Skarb Kibica and the online sports website Sports. A contract for the sale is to be signed shortly the company said. Przeglad Sportowy had circulation of around 72000 copies in 2006.
Sports briefs
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Jun 29, 2007
htm –>Sports briefsFriday June 29 2007From wire and local dispatchesWoman suing ESPNA woman who worked on the set of the ESPN talk show “Cold Pizza” is suing the sports network saying she was fired after complaining about sexual harassment by the show’s host and a regular panelist. In the suit makeup artist Rita Ragone said she was pinched and fondled by sports commentator Woody Paige and subjected to crude sexual comments by ESPN host Jay Crawford at the show’s studio in Manhattan. Ragone said Paige once grabbed her backside so forcefully she was “propelled forward and into the air. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in New York claims the harassment began almost immediately after Ragone was hired by a video production company in 2005 to do hair and makeup on the “Cold Pizza” set. College footballCheyney University a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference was placed on three years’ probation by the NCAA for a series of major violations in the Division II school’s football program.
Inquirer’s Lyon is one of 13 tapped for Hall.(sports columnist…
Free with registration – Philadelphia Inquirer – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 29, 2007
(29-JUN-07) Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia PA). 29–Standing in the back of Citizens Bank Park’s media room Bill Lyon took a moment to reflect. The Inquirer’s retired sports columnist glanced at the names of former New.
GIVE ME 5: Tribune sports media reporter Teddy Greenstein tells you…
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 29, 2007
Brewers at Cubs Friday-Sunday check listings. I always said if you gave Gorman Thomas and Cecil Cooper enough time the Brewers would turn things around.
Spartans’ effort one of the special moments in school sports
Providence Journal – Jun 29, 2007
But the wonderful thing about high school sports is that while the numbers are basically the same every year each year produces special moments. So here’s a look some of those special accomplishments I remember from the 2006-07 school season. {Zsqf} The Scituate girls team could have continued playing in the lower ranks of the R.
Letters to the Sports Editor
Telegraph.co.uk – Jun 29, 2007
This led to a bizarre scenario at Canterbury where just 5. 1 overs were bowled by Essex before rain intervened at 3.
