| Sports News and News about Sport | | Posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:46:23 AM by Rose Martins | News about sports is always a hot topic, if you are an avid sports fan. The major news broadcasting agencies such as Fox, BBC, Sky and CNN, have a sports news section or a dedicated sports channel with latest news about sport and sports scores around the clock. 
Newspapers also sport a section on the latest updates, gossip, scores and upcoming games. There are weekly and monthly magazines that are dedicated totally to sports and sports news. The internet is a fantastic tool for the sports fan on the move. With one click of the mouse you can have the latest score update.
The big games are covered by all the sports news broadcasting channels, with replays and flashbacks, and often a running commentary. But sports news coverage is not just limited to the more popular sports like baseball, football, rugby, cricket, ice hockey, wrestling, swimming, surfing and gymnastics.
There are other sports that also deserve news coverage. Dancing is a sport, so are lawn bowls and ten-pin bowling. Ice skating, javelin, athletics and water polo are also great sports that are also covered in the sports news. ... | |
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| | | Sports in Brief | Steelers: No deal yet on Tomlin as coach | | Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:08:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday denied a report that they have settled on Minnesota Vikings assistant Mike Tomlin as the replacement for head coach Bill Cowher. Tomlin also denied the report, first posted on SI.com, Sports Illustrated's Web site, and later on ESPN.com. The Associated Press later said that not only has the job not been offered but there have been no contract negotiations. Both Steelers owner Dan Rooney and president Art Rooney III refused to comment last night. Tomlin told ESPN that the report was untrue and that he had not spoken with the Rooneys yesterday. Later, he told Fox Sports the Steelers still are weighing the decision. Tomlin, an NFL coordinator for only one season, impressed the Steelers with his desire for the job, knowledge about defense, work ethic and organizational ability during two interviews over the last two weeks.... | |
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| | | School sports equality: Ed. Dept. ruling shows progress | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:19:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | The news last Friday from the U.S. Department of Education that cheerleaders in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference and elsewhere will have to cheer at an equal number of boys' and girls' basketball games this season and into the future should be welcomed by high school sports enthusiasts. The federal Office for Civil Rights investigated 12 of the 20 STAC schools after a parent complained that cheerleaders were only attending football and boys' basketball games. A spokesman for the agency told the Associated Press that resolution agreements were reached with the schools after the agency found the schools violated Title IX guidelines by not providing equal support for events by both genders. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in athletics and other student activities and requires equal benefits for both boys' and girls' athletics.... | |
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| | | Local sports reports | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:23:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | The following is a listing of sports events, youth league registrations and other news for metro-east residents wanting to participate in organized sports activities. If you are an organization or individual with information for this listing, please mail your item to: Belleville News-Democrat, P.O. Box 427, 120 S. Illinois St., Belleville, Ill. 62222. You also can e-mail your information to Norm Sanders at nsanders@bnd.com, or fax it to 236-9773. I-70 COACHING CLINIC -- Nebraska coach Mike Anderson and recent Hall of Fame selection Keith Madison of Kentucky head the list of speakers for the I-70 Baseball Coaches Clinic 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 18 at Greenville High School. Other speakers include Indiana State coach Lindsay meggs, Normal West High coach Chris Hawkins and Bruce Brown.... | |
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| | | Local news: when you want it ... where you want it ... how you want it | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:05:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | A growing commuter population in Thurston County means greater demand for early delivery of the news. "Our research shows there are more than 40,000 commuters in and out of the county each business day, and most of them are on the road before our 6 a.m. delivery,'' publisher John Winn Miller said. .... | |
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| | | WIS News 10 Sports | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:03:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | Inmate escapes Wateree River Correctional Institution Corrections officials say an 18-year-old Sumter County inmate has escaped. The state Corrections Department says Friday Andrew W. Townsend was sentenced to four years starting in January on an aggravated assault conviction in Horry County. The agency says Townsend escaped from the Wateree River Correctional Institution about five o'clock Friday morning. .... | |
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| | | Sports Soundoff | | Posted Monday, October 09, 2006 1:10:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | This is Sports Sound Off, where you can speak your mind on anything you wish. Because of the large number of calls received, not all can be published. Ranking too high -- This is one word for all those motormouth Auburn fans: Overrated. Reversal of fortunes -- I see where Auburn got caught impersonating a top 10 team again. Oh well, that's par for the course for Tuberville and the Auburn Tigers. They can't deal with ٠well, you know what it is. I just wonder what the Press-Register is going to say about this team they've been backing all year. Now the Iron Bowl looks pretty winnable for Alabama. Miscounting fingers -- I guess Arkansas' coach could have held up four fingers yesterday, but he has too much class.... | |
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| | | Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honors inducts seven Sunday | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:04:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Former basketball coach Ron Brown and longtime coach and basketball referee Frank Keenan are among seven people who will be inducted into the Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honors this weekend. Keenan and Brown will be honored along with Art Descoteaux and Robert Philbrick. Clarence Keegan, John Corcoran and Phil Perrino will be inducted posthumously during an awards banquet scheduled for Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the Augusta Elks Club. Maine Sports Legends was created to honor those who've made outstanding contributions to athletics and the youth of Maine and to provide scholarships for outstanding Maine high school scholar-athletes. Banquet proceeds go directly to fund those scholarships. Brown coached basketball for 34 seasons, including 19 years in the high school ranks.... | |
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| | | Sports Anchor Ryan Lemond | | Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:09:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Hometown: Otwell, Indiana Years with station: Nine Years as of January, 2005 Current position: Sports Anchor Which newscasts: 5:30, 6 and 11 Monday thru Friday Other professional experience: Co-host of Sunday morning sportstalk radio show on WLAP, UK pregame and postgame crew for football and basketball on UK radio network, radio reporter for Cincinnati Bengals games on Sporting News radio, public address anouncer for Lexington Horsemen Awards/Recognition you have received: Associated Press Best Regularly Scheduled Sports Program - First Place in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005, Second Place in 2000, 2003 Education: Kentucky Wesleyan College Hobbies and/or Interests: Golf, vacationing with friends and family, watching LEX 18 News, "playing dad" and busting Alan Cutler's chops! Community Involvement: Most of the charity events I help with involve the United Way, the American Cancer Association and the American Heart Association Family: Wife Amanda Trosper-Lemond, son Gavin Pets: My dog, Bailey (A.K.A.... | |
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| | | ACC 'OLYMPIC' SPORTS: ACC pay-per-view games now on Internet | | Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 11:09:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | Online streaming video of the ACC's "Olympic" sports is available on a pay-per-view basis. "ACC Select," available to viewers with broadband Internet connections, will spotlight sports that might not normally be available on broadcast and cable television. The cost per game, on accselect.com, is $3.99 or, for monthly access, $5.99. The service, provided by Charlotte-based Raycom Sports, Lincoln Financial Sports and Turner Broadcasting, began Friday. Games available today include North Carolina-Florida women's soccer at noon, North Carolina-Virginia field hockey at 1 p.m. and Duke-Marquette women's soccer at 2:30. -- David Scott In brief TENNIS: Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus beat Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 Saturday to advance to the final of the China Open in Beijing.... | |
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| | | Only 6 traditional sports allowed | | Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 5:03:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | THE Philippines? bid to defend its Southeast Asian Games overall championship got a much-needed boost after host Thailand yesterday said that only six traditional sports would be featured in the regional sporting festival next year. Athletics chief Go Teng Kok relayed the good news after the Olympic Committee of Thailand insisted that most of the internationally recognized sports will be featured in the SEAG calendar. The decision came as a pleasant surprise since it has been the practice of host countries, including Thailand, to bat for the inclusion of sports, where they are traditionally strong in a bid to bag the overall championship. ?This is a bit of good news for the Philippines. With only six traditional sports in the calendar, we have a very, very good chance of defending the title,? Go said in an e-mail message.... | |
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