The News Review:
- German public sports financing in jeopardy after cycling scandal
- Sports Hernia Repair Surgery Plus Innovative Rehab Program Helps…
- Equal rights in sports
- Chinese sports association rips Yao for reporting late
- Print edition Sports
German public sports financing in jeopardy after cycling scandal
International Herald Tribune – Jul 19, 2007
A day after two public broadcasters pulled the plug on live television coverage of the Tour de France over the latest scandal corporate sponsors of cycling teams in Germany said they were re-evaluating their commitment to the sport. But those qualms did not deter the largest private German broadcaster ProSiebenSat. 1 which quickly bought the television rights and started its own live coverage of cycling's signature event Thursday afternoon. The aftershocks about the doping results were particularly profound in Germany because the 26-year-old T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitz represented a younger generation of cyclists that team sponsors organizers and broadcasters hoped would make a clean break with a past tainted by drug use.
Sports Hernia Repair Surgery Plus Innovative Rehab Program Helps…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Jul 19, 2007
New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that surgical repair of sports hernias using tension-free mesh coupled with an innovative rehabilitation program successfully returned athletes to competition in 93 percent of cases. See also: Health & MedicineSports MedicineObesityToday’s HealthcarePain ControlFibromyalgiaFitness Reference.
Equal rights in sports
ESPN – Jul 19, 2007
There’s a Jordan bracket there’s Ali Babe has one and then there’s Billie Jean King. In looking at the icons named for each bracket I thought of how cool it was for them to include BJK have a bracket named after her in recognition of her contribution to women in sports and sports in general. Then it hit me: Of the four athletes who have brackets King was the least dominant in her sport. So why’d they choose her? Then it hit me again: If this thing is based on dominance (not that ESPN ever said it was) Jordan Ruth and Ali are not as dominant in their sports as the three top women athletes have been in theirs.
Chinese sports association rips Yao for reporting late
USA Today – Jul 19, 2007
The Houston Rockets’ star was faulted for taking too much time off to recover from his last NBA season. The government’s All-China Sports Federation also said he spent too much time planning his wedding and making appearances for the Special Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. “No matter how lofty public welfare activities are they can’t be allowed to take first place in a player’s life” the China Sports Daily a federation-owned newspaper said in an article Tuesday. “No matter how sweet personal life is it can’t be compared to the exultation of capturing glory for one’s nation” the article said.
Print edition Sports
USA Today – Jul 19, 2007
The Cubs won 12-1 on Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants for their 17th victory in 22 games. “Everybody thinks we’re going to the World Series now” says Tom Gramatis who owns four roof-top apartments on Sheffield Avenue. “We need Milwaukee to start losing but people are acting like the playoffs are a done deal.
