The News Review:
- First-ever NCAA women’s rugby match increases sport’s exposure…
- OJ sports dealer in critical condition at LA hospital
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
- The Sports Network – International Soccer (Women’s World Cup)
- … volleyball player charged with suffocating newborn baby -…
- SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports — Phils 7 Cards 4 (14)
First-ever NCAA women’s rugby match increases sport’s exposure…
ESPN – Sep 18, 2007
– Jamaris DelValle had never heard of rugby before she started playing three years ago in Jupiter Fla. Like most Americans the teen knew little about the sport’s rules traditions or strategies. Still she was drawn to a sport where she has the opportunity to hit someone in a game just like the boys do over on the football field… Instead coaches and administrators are more interested in convincing athletic directors that rugby can be a success at the NCAA level. “This game was about exposure getting people in the stands watching” said Becky Carlson the NCAA’s emerging sports program manager for USA Rugby. “This game gives some evidence that the sport is growing. History is being made and it’s a nice element to have the ball signed and sent to the NCAA Hall of Champions but this game is really about exposure. Without this game you just have club teams competing out there. ” Women’s rugby is one of seven sports on the NCAA’s list of emerging sports a program created in the early 1990s to increase the number of athletic opportunities for young women. Like the other sports on the current list rugby must attract 40 teams within 10 years to earn championship status or be dropped from consideration.
OJ sports dealer in critical condition at LA hospital
San Francisco Chronicle – Sep 18, 2007
tmpl –>(09-18) 13:36 PDT Los Angeles (AP) — A man who claims O. Simpson barged into a Las Vegas hotel room “commando style” and stole sports memorabilia is in critical condition at a hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Sep 18, 2007
NASCAR Nextel Cup Dodge Dealers 400 – Dover International Speedway – Dover DE After Clint Bowyer grabbed his first career “Cup” win in dominating fashion at the New Hampshire International Speedway the series heads 350 miles south to Dover DE for round No. 2 of the 10-race “Chase for the Nextel Cup. The win jumped the second-year driver from 12th place to fourth in the “Chase” standings behind only four-time champion Nextel Cup Jeff Gordon defending series champion Jimmie Johnson and two-time Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart. That’s pretty heady company for the 28-year-old Emporia KS native.
The Sports Network – International Soccer (Women’s World Cup)
Sports Network – Sep 18, 2007
North Korea (Tuesday September 18 2007) From The Sports Network Final Score: Sweden 2 North Korea 1 Tianjin China (Sports Network) – Sweden came up short in its bid for a fifth consecutive appearance in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup beating North Korea 2-1 on Tuesday but failing to achieve the three-goal win that was necessary to advance. Charlotta Schelin was dangerous throughout the match for Sweden and she put the team ahead after only four minutes. However a long-range shot from Un Suk Ri in the 22nd minute pulled the teams level heading into halftime. Schelin added her second goal of the game in the 54th minute but Sweden could not get any closer allowing North Korea to proceed past the group stage for the first time in its three World Cup appearances. The North Koreans will now play Group A winners Germany on Saturday while the United States who won Group B with a 1-0 win over Nigeria on Tuesday will meet Group A runners-up England on Saturday.
… volleyball player charged with suffocating newborn baby -…
ESPN – Sep 18, 2007
Rhodes first told police the baby was in a trash bin accordingto the criminal complaint. Later she told them the baby could befound on the floor of her apartment bathroom. Rhodes passed a sports physical that cleared her to playvolleyball two days before she gave birth police said. Rhodes toldinvestigators the doctor asked her if she was pregnant and sheresponded that “she didn’t think so. ” A day later Aug. 11 King asked Rhodes to get a pregnancy testRhodes told police. On the day of the birth Aug.
SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports — Phils 7 Cards 4 (14)
San Diego Union Tribune – Sep 18, 2007
September 18 2007ST. LOUIS – The Philadelphia Phillies kept their playoff charge going with a wild win on a long night. Pinch-hitter Rod Barajas singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the 14th inning and Jayson Werth added a two-run triple to help Philadelphia beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 and move within 1½ games of first-place New York in the NL East.
