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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Sports Writing Sample 1 for August 15/16, 2015


       THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS INK QUARTERBACK PHILIP RIVERS TO A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION.
       THE DEAL IS WORTH 83 MILLION DOLLARS, 65 MILLION GUARANTEED.
       THE NEW DEAL COULD MAKE RIVERS A LIFE-LONG CHARGER.
       DON’T KNOW YET IF IT WILL BE IN SAN DIEGO.  STAY TUNED.




      INTERLEAGUE
     CHICAGO WINS!
  Final            Chi  Cubs              6    Chi  White  Sox      3

      AMERICAN  LEAGUE
  Final            N-Y  Yankees        4    Toronto                  1
MASAHIRO TANAKA (mah-sah-HEE'-roh tah-NAH'-tah) SCATTERED FIVE HITS IN HIS FIRST COMPLETE GAME IN MORE THAN A YEAR, EXTAND THEIR LEAD OVER THE BLUE JAYS BY 1.5 GAMES.
  Final            Boston                22    Seattle                10
FELIX HERNANDEZ GIVES UP A CAREER HIGH 10 RUNS IN TWO-AND-A-THIRD INNINGS
  Final            Baltimore            4    Oakland                  3
  Final            Minnesota            4    Cleveland              1
  Final            Detroit                4    Houston                  2 IN 11
  Final            Kansas  City        9    L.A.  Angels          4
ROYALS HAVE A WHOPPING 12 GAME LEAD IN THE A-L CENTRAL.
  Final            Texas                  12    Tampa  Bay              4

      NATIONAL  LEAGUE
  Final            Arizona                8    Atlanta                  4
  Final            Milwaukee            4    Philadelphia        2
  Final            Pittsburgh          5    N-Y  Mets                3 IN 14
       PIRATES 5-0 AGAINST THE METS THIS SEASON
  Final            St.  Louis            6    Miami                      2
  Final            San  Diego            7    Colorado                5
  Final            L.A.  Dodgers      8    Cincinnati            3
  Final    San  Francisco      12    Washington      6



      NATIONAL  FOOTBALL  LEAGUE  PRESEASON
  Final    Houston            23    San  Francisco    10
  Final    Minnesota        26    Tampa  Bay            16
JAMEIS WINSTON 9-FOR-19 WITH A PICK AND A RUSHING T-D
  Final    Kansas  City    34    Arizona                19
       CANCER SURVIVOR ERIC BERRY RETURNS TO THE FIELD FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS NINE MONTHS AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA.
MORE HISTORY MADE IN THIS GAME.
Sarah Thomas became the first female official to work an NFL game and CARDINALS' LINEBACKERS COACH Jen Welter IS the league's first female coach TO WORK A GAME.

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