• News 12.10.2007

    The News Review:

    - With Readers the Sports Pages Can’t Win
    - Football players suspended for hazing of freshman – High School Sports…
    - Honda shows off hybrid sports car at Tokyo show
    - MoU signed with UK Sport

    With Readers the Sports Pages Can’t Win
    Washington Post – Oct 12, 2007
    They rejoiced at the arrival of the Nationals but that meant a huge added expense at The Post. Baseball is more costly to cover than any other sport because there are so many games and the travel costs are so high. To cover the Nationals Sports gave up minor-league baseball. Do it with stringers one reader begged.

    Football players suspended for hazing of freshman – High School Sports…
    ESPN – Oct 12, 2007
    – Four football players from Homer High School havebeen suspended for holding a freshman down and stripping him at theteam’s field house while another student took pictures with a cellphone. The freshman was suspended for bringing a clip of ammunition toschool although he didn’t bring a gun. Claiborne Schools Superintendent Wayne King declined comment onthe incident saying privacy guidelines prohibit him fromdiscussing what happened but The Times of Shreveport and KTBS-TVwere shown suspension letters which briefly described the incidentthis week. School system officials consider the incident hazing but thefather of one suspended student told KTBS-TV it was horseplay anda football team ritual that got out of hand. The freshman’s mother said she is satisfied with the school’saction but declined further comment.

    Honda shows off hybrid sports car at Tokyo show
    Augusta Chronicle – Augusta Chronicle (subscription) – Oct 12, 2007
    The company hopes to send the message that hybrids don’t have to sacrifice style to be good for the environment. stands by "Lexus IS F" at the Fuji Speedway Formula One racing course in Oyama west of Tokyo during its unveiling media event Thursday Oct.

    MoU signed with UK Sport
    Hindu – Oct 12, 2007
    The partnership will enable both parties to share best practices methods and expertise. The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar by British High Commissioner Richard Stagg and Secretary Sports S.

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