The News Review:
- MOTOR SPORTS NASCAR: ‘Lets play two’ today
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
- … Hampshire claims Hockey East title, eyes two more championshi…
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
- Fostering Integration Through Sport in Germany
- Shelton: We’ve plunged into a ‘sorry’ state in sports
- Politics of sport
MOTOR SPORTS NASCAR: ‘Lets play two’ today
San Francisco Chronicle – Feb 24, 2008
tmpl –>Steady rain Saturday night forced the postponement of the NASCAR Nationwide Series Stater Bros. 300 race until today, following the Sprint Cup series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana (San Bernardino County).
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Feb 24, 2008
The fourth-seeded Sharapova needed three sets, but still pulled out a 6-1,
2-6, 6-0 triumph to run her match record this year to 14-0. She ripped through
seven matches at the Australian Open without a losing a set last month and was
perfect in her two Fed Cup wins against Israel before this week’s five-match
spree. “Hopefully I can keep playing at this level and stay healthy, and continue to
keep winning,” said Sharapova. “I really just take it one match at a time.
… Hampshire claims Hockey East title, eyes two more championshi…
ESPN – Feb 24, 2008
“The [regular-season] championship is done, it’s over, and we have to continue to play good hockey and keep this going hopefully. One championship down, two more still in play — meaning the final list of accomplishments for the 2007-08 Wall of Champions team photo has yet to be written. David Albright is the senior deputy editor for college sports at ESPN. He can be reached at david.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Feb 24, 2008
The top-seeded Roddick struggled in the first set, but won in a tiebreak and
cruised in the second set for a 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 win over Spaniard Guillermo
Garcia-Lopez. The American Roddick will look to claim his third crown here, having won the
event in 2004 and 2005,
Stepanek, the fourth-seeded Czech, dropped the first set to American wild card
Robby Ginepri, but took the next two with relative ease for a 6-7 (5-7), 6-4,
6-1 win. Roddick has won all three matches against Stepanek, the latest in 2007 in
Washington, D.
Fostering Integration Through Sport in Germany
Deutsche Welle – Feb 24, 2008
These are not usually terms you would associate with cultural integration. But that’s exactly what’s happening in the small town of Bad Saulgau. Thanks to an initiative by the German Olympic Committee, a local sports club is serving up a variety of programmes to help young Russian immigrants get more involved in the community. Volleyball is one of the sports helping the integration effort, but the road to unity is not always easy.
Shelton: We’ve plunged into a ‘sorry’ state in sports
St. Petersburg Times – Feb 24, 2008
Along the way to a final score, they taught us about a great many things. They taught us about teamwork and resiliency, about dedication and determination. In our moments of great vanity, we came to believe they taught us about teamwork. These days, they teach us something else.
Politics of sport
Hindu – Feb 24, 2008
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Steven Spielberg’s decision to resign as artistic adviser to the 2008 Beijing Olympics is, inevitably, a major embarrassment for the Chinese government. As a leading, Oscar-winning, film director, he was recruited to raise the profile of the Ga
mes. His withdrawal cannot fail to have high-profile consequences. What is particularly interesting about it is the reason: the investment role of China in Darfur, the deeply troubled region of Sudan. It is clearly a political decision, reflecting a critical analysis of China’s human rights record, but focusing on that record outside China.
