• News 13.07.2007

    The News Review:

    - Print edition Sports
    - Brown backs child sport campaign
    - The Chicago Tribune Teddy Greenstein Sports Media And Colleges…
    - NFL’s failure to win foreign fans not likely to last – Jul. 13…
    - ABOUT OPEN MIKE
    - BRIEF: GIVE ME FIVE: Tribune sports media reporter Teddy Greenstein…

    Print edition Sports
    USA Today – Jul 13, 2007
    Two different reports suggest two different trends when it comes to whether increasing opportunities for women in sports have hurt men’s opportunities. And within hours of the release of the Government Accountability Office report Thursday advocates on both sides of the issue weighed in lining up behind the numbers they argued were correct. Representative George Miller D-Calif. chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee agreed with the GAO report which relied on aggregate data provided by the NCAA (the NCAA does not provide raw data on individual schools).

    Brown backs child sport campaign
    BBC News – Jul 13, 2007
    Building on an earlier drive he wants all school children to get the chance to do five hours of sport a week. Teenagers aged 16-19 at further education colleges or out of education employment or training should be offered three hours a week. Currently children under 16 are required to do two hours a week within the national curriculum. But since 2004 the government has been encouraging schools to offer pupils an extra three hours of sport on top of this.

    The Chicago Tribune Teddy Greenstein Sports Media And Colleges…
    Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 13, 2007
    The Chicago Tribune Teddy Greenstein Sports Media And Colleges column: NASCAR broadcaster blazing a trail home. (13-JUL-07) Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL).

    NFL’s failure to win foreign fans not likely to last – Jul. 13…
    cnn.com – Jul 13, 2007
    Sports leagues even the NFL are struggling with declining viewership in their home markets due to a plethora of new entertainment options available to fans. Selling games to overseas audiences is where there is the greatest potential is for incremental revenue growth. Anyone who doubts that sports are moving beyond borders and traditional fan bases should try to avoid watching news of soccer star… Sports leagues even the NFL are struggling with declining viewership in their home markets due to a plethora of new entertainment options available to fans. Selling games to overseas audiences is where there is the greatest potential is for incremental revenue growth. Anyone who doubts that sports are moving beyond borders and traditional fan bases should try to avoid watching news of soccer star.

    ABOUT OPEN MIKE
    MSNBC – Jul 13, 2007
    But he?s not going to make soccer a major professional sport in the United States. The person has yet to be born who can do that. I say this with no malice towards soccer which most of the world considers to be God?s chosen sport. It?s not even an opinion. It?s a truth that has been demonstrated time and again for more than 30 years… It?s not even an opinion. It?s a truth that has been demonstrated time and again for more than 30 years. Sports viewing habits have proved to be nearly impossible to change. Just as the NFL couldn?t sell American football in Europe nobody is going to sell soccer in the United States. This isn?t to say Beckham won?t help the MLS and U. soccer; he can?t avoid helping a sport that draws an average of.

    BRIEF: GIVE ME FIVE: Tribune sports media reporter Teddy Greenstein…
    Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 13, 2007
    (13-JUL-07) Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL). Houston at Cubs Friday-Sunday check listings: You have to love Big Z getting back-to-back starts. Can he also go Saturday? 2. White Sox at Baltimore Friday-Sunday ch.

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