The News Review:
- Sports Briefing | Hockey Penguins and ilers Trade Backup Goalies
- Expo introduces disabled vets to paralympic sports
- National Hockey League Game Capsules
- School sports now a Minnesota luxury?
Sports Briefing | Hockey Penguins and ilers Trade Backup Goalies
New York Times United States
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Expo introduces disabled vets to paralympic sports
Houston Chronicle United States
“This is really important for our local veterans to come and link up with people who have this excitement for these competitive outlets” said Buddy Grantham director of Houston’s ffice of Veterans Affairs. “They see the potential this can have to move them forward and offer them the same thing that drew them to the military. ”Saturday’s expo which city officials said will become an annual event featured a wide array of sports: wheelchair basketball sitting volleyball judo for the blind air gun shooting power soccer racing and a challenge course. The competitions were hosted by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and funded by a $40000 grant from the U. Paralympic Military Program with funds that were seeded by the Department of Defense. Houston was one of only seven cities out of 150 that applied that received the money said Peggy Turner the division manager for adaptive recreation at the parks department.
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National Hockey League Game Capsules
Sports Network
Jere Lehtinen also scored and added a helper for the Stars who regrouped after a 5-4 shootout loss to Buffalo on Thursday. Marty Turco turned aside 20 of 22 shots including some key stops at the end of regulation and overtime for the Stars. Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist Alexander Frolov also lit the lamp for the Kings who have dropped four straight and six of eight. Erik Ersberg allowed two goals on 34 shots for LA.
School sports now a Minnesota luxury?
Minneapolis Star Tribune MN
Faced with budget problems some schools are raising fees while cutting back on equipment transportation and other expenses. thers are voluntarily cutting back on the number of games their teams play. In early February the Minnesota State High School League could decide to make reduced schedules mandatory starting in the 2009-10 school year as a way to save money. Administrators use words like "bleak" and "troubling" to describe the outlook for high school activities.
