The News Review:
- America’s Most Miserable Sports Cities
- … wheelchair team gives fans a chance to try sport – Women'…
- THE SPORTS GUY
- Ochoa the people’s champion – New Zealand’s source for sport,…
- My sport: Dave Heeley
America’s Most Miserable Sports Cities
Forbes – Apr 8, 2008
That sports mantra was first made famous a generation ago by fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers, a powerful baseball team that nonetheless lost five of six World Series matchups to rival New York Yankees between 1947 and 1956. With each excruciating loss, the tortured Brooklyn faithful immediately turned their attention to the next spring, when, they figured, a championship season would at last hatch. One finally did, when “next year” arrived in 1955. But that was just a respite. Dodger fans had their hearts broken again the next year by a seven-game Series loss to the Yankees.
… wheelchair team gives fans a chance to try sport – Women'…
ESPN – Apr 8, 2008
They will be traveling from Tampa to Birmingham, Ala. , this week to try out for a spot on the team heading to Beijing this summer. “Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot of promotion of the sport,” said Cisneros. “When we can seize opportunities like this it just brings more awareness, and we can find people who are eligible to play and to get involved. “—STATE OF THE NCAA: Fan interest in women’s college basketball is growing, and hasn’t yet peaked, NCAA president Myles Brand said Tuesday. Brand touted attendance figures that show a 22 percent increase in the gate during the first two rounds of this year’s NCAA tournament when compared to last year. Attendance in the regional finals was up more than 25 percent, he said… “It was a good game,” Toms said. “Too bad we came out on the losing end again. “—AP National Writer Nancy Armour in Augusta, Ga. and AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in Tampa contributed to this reportCopyright 2008 by The Associated PressThis story is from ESPN. com’s automated news wire.
THE SPORTS GUY
ESPN – Apr 8, 2008
On the day after baseball’s first, second or third Opening Day of the 2008 season—sorry, I can’t keep track anymore—SoapNet ran the memorable Beverly Hills, 90210, episode with special guest star Barry Bonds. Actually, it can’t even be called memorable anymore. A startling hour of TV.
Ochoa the people’s champion – New Zealand’s source for sport,…
stuff.co.nz – Apr 8, 2008
I can't wait to see that on video, and to see it many times. "Arguably the most likeable player in the game, Ochoa has made a habit of giving back generously to those who have helped her in the past, or to those who need help the most. Last year, she received the National Sports Award in her native Mexico for the third time since 2001 for her work in promoting golf and also for the charity work conducted by her Lorena Ochoa Foundation. "Everybody that has been successful understands that giving back is better than winning a tournament," her long-time swing coach Alarcon said. "I think Lorena is at that stage now.
My sport: Dave Heeley
Telegraph.co.uk – Apr 8, 2008
I’m a big Baggies man. Not being able to see very well playing sport is also an early memory. I have Retinitis Pigmentosa; I was born with the condition. Mum and Dad never got to grips with it until I was 10.
