The News Review:
- Five Years of Sports Talk (and He’s Really a Prosecutor)
- Renton approves sports-fee increase
- Soccer: Is Beckham’s charisma enough to lift his sport’s fortu…
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
- Sprint to the finish: Bush views sports as metaphor for life
- Is ‘greatest road trip in sports’ being watched?
Five Years of Sports Talk (and He’s Really a Prosecutor)
New York Times – Jul 15, 2007
But about three years ago he realized that another number was starting to add up. In May 2004 the 100th episode of “Beyond the Game” his weekly sports talk show was shown on White Plains Cable Television’s Channel 76 featuring an interview with the Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Wolff. “Sports is all about numbers” Mr.
Renton approves sports-fee increase
Seattle Times – Jul 15, 2007
Renton’s fees will be higher than Bellevue and Seattle school districts. High-school sports feesRenton School District $75 to play one sport $150 to play two or three sports and $225 for families with children. Kent School District No fees but students must buy a $35 Associated Student Body (ASB) card before joining the team Auburn School District No fees but students must buy a $35 ASB card before joining the team Enumclaw School District $25 a sport Tahoma School District No fees but students must buy a $30 ASB card before joining a team. Seattle School District $50 for one sport and $75 for two or three.
Soccer: Is Beckham’s charisma enough to lift his sport’s fortu…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Jul 15, 2007
Hollywood actors have publicity machines behind them and their careers can be carefully managed to ensure the persona that brought them fame never fades. Athletes also get help but ultimately they have to perform and all the managing in the world won’t return the luster after a series of strikeouts in the World Series dropped catches in the Super Bowl or missed shots at the buzzer. Think about it: How many people would like to be like Mike if Jordan never made a game-winning shot?Sports marketing expert David Carter says Beckham and the Galaxy who are paying him a Major League Soccer-record $5. 5 million this season are taking a risk. “What if he gets hurt? What if he does not help impact the Galaxy’s winning percentage?” he asks. Still Carter believes Beckham likely will deliver enough of a boost that his team will fill stadiums around the country and its star player’s image will sell plenty of T-shirts shorts and shoes. UCLA sociologist David Halle a native of England who has followed Beckham’s career believes Americans will be attracted by the dignity and humility with which he says Beckham carries himself.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Jul 15, 2007
Burghardt finished the 196. 5-kilmometer journey from Bourg d’Oisans to Saint Etienne in four hours 30 minutes and 21 seconds. Spaniard Carlos Barredo who joined Burghardt in an all-day breakaway took second. Frenchman Roman Feillu was third finishing in a group 3 minutes 33 seconds behind Burghardt.
Sprint to the finish: Bush views sports as metaphor for life
San Diego Union Tribune – Jul 15, 2007
It just sounds like one sometimes. In the Bush White House sports are a metaphor for life. Better keep up if you want to play.
Is ‘greatest road trip in sports’ being watched?
USA Today – Jul 15, 2007
” But is the US Open Series living up to the billing?Entering its fourth year the playoff-like regional package of men’s and women’s events pegged to the U. Open is no longer in its infancy.
