The News Review:
- My School Sport: Heptathlete Jessica Ennis
- Play! Recreational sports calendar
- Sports: | vikings, game, yards : Gazette.com
- Who is your choice for Israeli Sports Personality of 2007?
- Yahoo and ESPN use riches to lure sportswriters
My School Sport: Heptathlete Jessica Ennis
Telegraph.co.uk – Dec 25, 2007
We had great support from the teachers. How did your career develop at school? I was introduced to athletics by my parents when I was 10. I went to a Start: Track event at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield. I really enjoyed athletics from the start.
Play! Recreational sports calendar
News amp; Observer – Dec 25, 2007
comp –> Comment on this story Find a team, join a league or sharpen your skills. The free Play! Recreational Sports Calendar for youth and adult recreational sports is published each Tuesday in the Sports Section of the print edition of The News Observer. Among the sports you’ll find included in the lengthy list that follows are baseball, basketball, cheerleading, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, rugby, running, soccer, softball and wrestling, plus the offerings of area parks and recreation department programs and commercial multi-sport facilities. You can find more recreational sports news and announcements at.
Sports: | vikings, game, yards : Gazette.com
Colorado Springs Gazette – Dec 25, 2007
19, 2003Series against Denver: Vikings lead 7-4Last game recap: The Redskinsrsquo; 25-point lead mdash; and their effective defense against star RB Adrian Peterson mdash; proved too much to overcome. The Vikings now find themselves in danger of missing the playoffs. Offense: Pro Bowl rookie Peterson has been inconsistent. After his record-breaking 296 rushing yards Nov. 4, he missed two games because of injury.
Who is your choice for Israeli Sports Personality of 2007?
Jerusalem Post – Dec 25, 2007
25, 2007Jeremy Last , THE JERUSALEM POST It has been another superb year for Israeli sports stars playing both in Israel and abroad. From soccer to swimming, basketball to track and field, Israel’s superstars have continued to make great strides, illustrating the high caliber of athletes this country can produce. As the year comes to an end, we are asking you, the readers, to choose which sportsman or woman deserves to be named The Jerusalem Post Israeli Sports Personality of the Year for 2007. We have put together a short-list of nominations that recognizes the contributions of individuals from across the sporting spectrum. While some of the better known personalities have become famous playing basketball, tennis and soccer, the list also includes sailors and a long distance runner.
Yahoo and ESPN use riches to lure sportswriters
International Herald Tribune – Dec 25, 2007
ESPN and Yahoo Sports are on a furious hiring binge, offering reporters and columnists more than they ever imagined they could make in journalism. ESPN, in particular, has gone after the biggest stars at newspapers and magazines, signing them for double and triple what they were earning – $150,000 to $350,000 a year for several writers, and far more for a select handful. Some print publications, notably Sports Illustrated, have selectively tried to keep up with the lucrative ESPN and Yahoo offers, to retain some of their writers or attract new ones. But for the most part, newspapers, though they are being forced to raise some salaries, cannot keep up. Several say they are suffering through the worst talent drain their editors can recall. “My counteroffer usually comes down to asking them what kind of cake they want at their goodbye party,” said Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, assistant managing editor for sports at The Washington Post, which has lost three writers to ESPN in the last year and a half. “The numbers they throw around are out of reach… ESPN and Yahoo Sports are on a furious hiring binge, offering reporters and columnists more than they ever imagined they could make in journalism. ESPN, in particular, has gone after the biggest stars at newspapers and magazines, signing them for double and triple what they were earning – $150,000 to $350,000 a year for several writers, and far more for a select handful. Some print publications, notably Sports Illustrated, have selectively tried to keep up with the lucrative ESPN and Yahoo offers, to retain some of their writers or attract new ones. But for the most part, newspapers, though they are being forced to raise some salaries, cannot keep up. Several say they are suffering through the worst talent drain their editors can recall. “My counteroffer usually comes down to asking them what kind of cake they want at their goodbye party,” said Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, assistant managing editor for sports at The Washington Post, which has lost three writers to ESPN in the last year and a half. “The numbers they throw around are out of reach.
