The News Review:
- Shanoff’s WUC: Why John Hughes’ “Bueller” Had Best Sports Fan …
- Len Berman’s Top 5 Sports Stories
- Speed at press of button here to stay IndyCar’s Briscoe says
Shanoff’s WUC: Why John Hughes’ “Bueller” Had Best Sports Fan …
SportingNews.com
John Hughes died yesterday and though his films were more about Midwestern suburban teen angst than anything Hughes left his mark on memorable sports movie moments. I would argue that the Cubs scene in "Ferris Bueller" is the most memorable sports scene in a non-sports movie in film history. Because unlike most sports movies about players or coaches the "Ferris" scene was about being a sports fan. Consider that given a day to play hooky from school Ferris Bueller makes sure that at least one of his activities is a baseball game. What a testament to sports fandom.
Len Berman’s Top 5 Sports Stories
Huffington Post
While the Red Sox are in New York future brides can check out Fenway Park as a wedding catering hall. When I was a sportscaster in Boston we wanted to stage a wedding in the bleachers between games of a doubleheader. It was a “Sports Fantasy” request from a viewer. We would have the couple “walking down the aisle” of the bleachers while fans threw peanuts. We ultimately didn’t do it. We feared theirwedding might get rained out.
Speed at press of button here to stay IndyCar’s Briscoe says
USA Today
5-mile oval such as Kentucky. “We will be able to pull each gear to 10500 rpm and there’ll be a significant performance gain from the engine” Briscoe said. Shifting gears:After dominating the GTS and GT1 classes with eight consecutive titles Corvette will return to the American. R whose dimensions are virtually identical to its ZR1 production counterpart will compete vs.
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