The News Review:
- Syria Meet Underlines Growing Number of Arab Women in Sports Journalis…
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
- Gerbe lifts Eagles into Beanpot title game against Harvard – College…
- Hart, Singh share PGA lead | Sports | PE.com | Southern California…
- SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > College Sports — No. 14 Indiana…
- Motor Sports Notes: Sources: Stewart allegedly hit Kurt Busch at…
Syria Meet Underlines Growing Number of Arab Women in Sports Journalis…
Arab News – Feb 10, 2008
The four-day event presented by sponsor ART Sports Channel for the Arab Sports Confederation attracted 38 participants from 13 Arab countries namely Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and host Syria. By their sheer numbers the gathering of lady sports scribes in the Arab world reflected the growing interest in the specialized field of sports journalism. Held over nine sessions, the meeting which ended on Tuesday made a number of recommendations aimed at, among others, encouraging more women to take up sports and spreading awareness on the role the journalists play in sports and how they could improve themselves. Prominent personalities in Arab sports and the field of journalism spoke as resource persons during the meeting… The four-day event presented by sponsor ART Sports Channel for the Arab Sports Confederation attracted 38 participants from 13 Arab countries namely Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and host Syria. By their sheer numbers the gathering of lady sports scribes in the Arab world reflected the growing interest in the specialized field of sports journalism. Held over nine sessions, the meeting which ended on Tuesday made a number of recommendations aimed at, among others, encouraging more women to take up sports and spreading awareness on the role the journalists play in sports and how they could improve themselves. Prominent personalities in Arab sports and the field of journalism spoke as resource persons during the meeting. The mediawomen who came for the not-to-be-missed event included first-timers.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Feb 10, 2008
Egypt won consecutive titles for the third time, adding to its crowns in 1957,
1959, 1986, 1988 and 2006. Coach Hassan Shehata became just the second manager
to guide a team to back-to-back championships twice. Egypt also defeated Cameroon in the first match of the group stage on Jan. 22,
but the rematch of the earlier 4-2 final was a defensive struggle.
Gerbe lifts Eagles into Beanpot title game against Harvard – College…
ESPN – Feb 10, 2008
And that’s what we’ll expect in the Beanpot [championship]. It’s not going to be a blowout, it’s going to be a close one, we all know that. With the kind of season he’s having, who’s going to argue with Nathan David (Hobey?) Gerbe? David Albright is the senior deputy editor for college sports at ESPN. He can be reached at david.
Hart, Singh share PGA lead | Sports | PE.com | Southern California…
Press-Enterprise – Feb 10, 2008
Now he gets to go head-to-head with Vijay Singh, a past champion at Pebble Beach and formerly No. Considering the fears Hart faced last year at home, don’t expect that to rattle him in the least. Hart skipped the final six months of last season when doctors discovered a softball-sized tumor in his wife’s lung, and he invariably feared the worst while tending to their preschool triplets.
SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > College Sports — No. 14 Indiana…
San Diego Union Tribune – Feb 10, 2008
White and Eric Gordon finally got Indiana a signature win. White scored 21 points and had 13 rebounds and Gordon hit a number of big shots to lead the 14th-ranked Hoosiers past Ohio State 59-53 on Sunday.
Motor Sports Notes: Sources: Stewart allegedly hit Kurt Busch at…
Sacramento Bee – Feb 10, 2008
10, 2008| Page 3C DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A meeting at the NASCAR hauler Friday night after an on-track incident between drivers Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch ended abruptly when Stewart allegedly struck Busch and left, said four sources with knowledge of the incident. The altercation was the reason NASCAR vice president Jim Hunter told media outside the hauler another conversation with the drivers would be held Saturday morning, the sources said. Stewart was seen exiting the rear entrance of the NASCAR hauler not long after both drivers arrived. Busch remained far longer, sources said.
