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- More than 700 attend NJ Nets’ Sports Career Fair
- Sports of The Times
- IMG jolts campus scene to give schools a cash boost
- Lowly Wizards end Cavs’ 13-game streak Sports Digest
- Sports Digest
- Floyd Pearl to stay; Terps get 2010 recruit Sports Digest
More than 700 attend NJ Nets’ Sports Career Fair
The Associated Press
SHAINE – 15 hours ago EAST RUTHERFRD N. J (AP) — The New Jersey Nets gave some sports fans the chance to break into the business before their game Wednesday night. With jobs harder to come by than at any point in decades more than 700 people dressed in business attire attended the Nets’ fifth annual Sports Career Fair at the IZD Center. Admission to the Sports Fair was not free but the registration fee of either $20 or $40 also included a discounted ticket to the Pistons-Nets contest with a free hot dog soda and popcorn as part of the team’s Fan Appreciation Month. “It’s a chance to get a foot in the door” said Michael Forte 31 who is unemployed and just went from a job in finance to finishing a degree from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting.
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Sports of The Times
New York Times
“These were innocent times and I really asked my dad if they were buried there. ”He added: “And outside the field on River Avenue stood the El and a series of stores bars restaurants bowling alley which to a youngster seemed to strongly suggest that this was Yankee Town. This was a city devoted to the most famous team in all of sports. We knew what that meant and if we seemed arrogant about it surely it was an arrogance based upon fact. ” The ballpark as source of wonder. The ballpark as the center of the agora the marketplace.
IMG jolts campus scene to give schools a cash boost
USA Today
But IMG is fast becoming a wide-ranging force. Even the two college sports TV rights titans as well as the NCAA have started working with this global sports.
Lowly Wizards end Cavs’ 13-game streak Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun
digest030apr0303711408. Arenas playing his second game of the season had with 11 points and 10assists and six rebounds. Brendan Haywood making his first start of the season had 12points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards (18-59) who also received the usual steady contributions from Caron Butler (25 points) and Antawn Jamison (19). James scored 31 points.
Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun
digest032apr0304497842. 1 ranking by beating her sister in the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson pen in Key Biscayne Fla. Williams defeated older sister Venus 6-4 3-6 6-3 in their 20th showdown. Each has won 10 times. Her opponent Saturday will be Victoria Azarenka 19 of Belarus who beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 2-6 7-5.
Floyd Pearl to stay; Terps get 2010 recruit Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun
He was offered the job Wednesday to replace interim Wildcats coach Russ Pennell who took over when Hall of Fame coach Lute lson retired before the start of the season. Floyd 55 has led the Trojans to the NCAA tournament three consecutive seasons. digest031apr0304104625.
