The News Review:
- Weekend Sports In Brief
- Dubai Sports City reveals strategic development plan for 2008
- The Sports Network Announces Expansion Plans For 2008
- QUIRK TAKES A roundup of vaguely related sports news
Weekend Sports In Brief
International Herald Tribune – Dec 31, 2007
Their opponents, Seattle and Tampa Bay, eased their way into the playoffs. So the wild-card round in the NFC next week may be a test of whether it's better to have momentum or be rested going into the playoffs. In the AFC, Jacksonville will be at Pittsburgh coming off losses in which each team played less than its best. Tennessee's 16-10 win in Indianapolis, where the Colts rested most of their stars for much of the game, sent them to San Diego as the second wild-card team over Cleveland.
Dubai Sports City reveals strategic development plan for 2008
Al-Bawaba – Dec 31, 2007
An international cricket event is scheduled for the grand opening, which will provide the Middle East with one of the most advanced cricket stadiums ever built. The hockey stadium will also be completed in 2008 and plans are well advanced to stage an international tournament. A third signature district within Dubai Sports City, due to open in 2008, will be the Academies campus. The famous Manchester United Soccer Schools will move to a permanent home in the Academies campus in 2008, as are the ICC Global Cricket Academy, WorldHockey Academy, the Butch Harmon School of Golf and David Lloyd Tennis Academy. The Bradenton Preparatory Academy, an American college preparatory school that will offer a flexible curriculum to develop sporting talent, will also open its doors to students in 2008. Working in coordination, the academies will provide integrated infrastructure for training across a range of core sports. Dubai Sports City’s sponsorship program is also set to be extended in 2008, beginning with its support along with National Bonds for the Mohammed Bin Rashid International Football Championship, which will kick off in Dubai on January 5, 2007.
The Sports Network Announces Expansion Plans For 2008
Sports Network – Dec 31, 2007
“As our client base has increased domestically and internationally,” stated Ken Zajac, Sales Director for TSN, “it has, for obvious reasons, become incumbent upon us to magnify and enhance our efforts on a global basis regarding everything from content to technology. After more than a decade of being the leader in the industry our focus is in maintaining that position as we enter 2008 and, to that end, through relationships established over the years, we will now have affiliate offices in Los Angeles, London, Stockholm, New Delhi, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro with others to be announced as we head into the first quarter of the new year. “Further,” he continued, “our depth of coverage is not only going to be escalated but it will be augmented by technology that allows for facile conversion and transition from use of any other existing service seamlessly over a short period of time. ”
“The technology employed in this effort,” added Bruce Michaels, Director of Technology for The Sports Network, “is a combination of the efforts of our own staff and that of XML Team, our long time exclusive partner and, easily, the most advanced organization in the nation when it comes to XML and SportsML.
QUIRK TAKES A roundup of vaguely related sports news
Washington Post – Dec 31, 2007
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