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- Progress reports could mean tougher penalties for teams – College…
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
- Play! Recreational Sports Calendar
- IPL may make Oz cricketers richest sports stars in Australia
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
- Nigeria: Sports Committee Boss Weeps for Local Sports
- Play! Recreational Sports Calendar- II
Progress reports could mean tougher penalties for teams – College…
ESPN – May 6, 2008
An athlete earns one point for remaining academicallyeligible each semester and another point each semester they remainat the school, accumulating a maximum of four points each year. Thescoring is altered slightly for schools on a quarters-basedcalendar. Over the past four years, the scores improved slightly in 26 ofthe 29 sports measured by the NCAA, with decreases shown only inmen’s ice hockey, men’s swimming and water polo. Copyright 2008 by The Associated PressRelated Topics:.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – May 6, 2008
Founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, the team was in its third season on
the Formula One circuit. The Honda-powered Japanese outfit ran into financial
troubles last year, and a planned buyout fell through last month. “With the help of Honda, we have somehow managed to keep the team going, but
we find it difficult to establish a way to continue the activities in the
future within the environment surrounding F1 and as a result, I have concluded
to withdraw from the championship,” Suzuki said in a statement. With drivers Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato, the Super Aguri team had not
registered a point through four races in this year’s series.
Play! Recreational Sports Calendar
News & Observer – May 6, 2008
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 multi-page list that follows are autocross, baseball, basketball, BMX racing, cheerleading, curling, cycling, dance, duathlon, football, figure skating, golf, hockey, lacrosse, rope skipping, rugby, running, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, water polo and wrestling, plus the offerings of area parks and recreation department programs and commercial multi-sport facilities. Summer camps for many sports are included, too. You can find more recreational sports news and announcements at.
IPL may make Oz cricketers richest sports stars in Australia
Economic Times – May 6, 2008
Top players,
according to a newspaper, are poised to sign astronomical IPL contracts of up to
15 million dollars. Several of Australia’s leading players have been told that
the five million dollar salary cap for each IPL franchise will be abolished in
future years. That will create
a free market where cashed-up Indian franchises will have no limit to their
buying power. They will be able to splurge much more than the 1.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Motor Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – May 6, 2008
will highlight this week’s racing action. Add to that a Formula One race and Indianapolis 500 pole qualifying and you have the makings for a great weekend on the track. NASCAR
Sprint Cup
Dodge Challenger 500 – Darlington Raceway – Darlington, SC
Kyle Busch will have a pretty big target on his rear deck lid when the NASCAR
caravan stops this week in Darlington, SC. Not only did Busch knock Dale
Earnhardt Jr.
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Nigeria: Sports Committee Boss Weeps for Local Sports
AllAfrica.com – May 6, 2008
Babatunde Lawrence Ayeni has warned that efforts geared towards resuscitating sports in the state will not yield positive results except if adequate attention was paid to the pathetic state of facilities. Ayeni who was close to tears when the House Committee paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Sports Council, Yaba last week. The chairman who could not hold back his emotion during the facility tour, which was conducted by the chairman of the Council, Barrister Yomi Dada, wondered aloud why facilities at the council were left to rot. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Thereafter, he rhetorically and persistently asked how the once beautiful and sprawling arena decayed.
Play! Recreational Sports Calendar- II
News & Observer – May 6, 2008
TOURNAMENT 13th annual Lax Max Youth Tournament, June 6-8, Pikesville, Md. Contact: Pikesville Recreation Council (410) 363-8610,.
