Saturday, August 22, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Sports writing samples for August 17/18, 2015
INTERLEAGUE
Final N-Y
Mets 5 Baltimore 3
Final Toronto 8 Philadelphia 5
Final Kansas City
3 Cincinnati 1 IN 13
Final Detroit 10 Chi
Cubs 8
SURVIVING A 2 HOUR 17 MINUTE RAIN DELAY
Final Oakland 5 L.A.
Dodgers 4 IN 10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final N-Y
Yankees 8 Minnesota 4
A-ROD EXTENDS HIS CAREER RECORD 25 GRAND SLAMS
Final Boston 9 Cleveland 1
Final Seattle 3 Texas 2
HISAHI IWAKUMA FOLLOWED HIS NO-HITTER LAST WEEK WITH ALLOWING 5
HITS AND TWO RUNS OVER SEVEN INNINGS.
Final Houston 3 Tampa
Bay 2 IN 10
Final L.A. Angels 5
Chi White Sox
3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 9
Arizona 8 IN 15
Final Miami 9 Milwaukee 6
Final San
Francisco 2 St.
Louis 0
Final Washington 15
Colorado 6
Final San
Diego 9 Atlanta 0
MELVIN UPTON JUNIOR HIT TWO HOMERS AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM.
LESS THAN TWO SEASONS AFTER A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, RED SOX GENERAL MANAGER BEN CHERRINGTON STEPS DOWN AFTER ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING SEASON.
DAVE DOMBROWSKI IMMEDIATELY TAKES OVER AS PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER LEAVING THE TIGERS.
PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK TOM BRADY IS EXPECTED BE BACK IN COURT AGAIN TODAY IN NEW YORK.
THE FOUR-TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMP IS SEEKING A REDUCED SUSPENSION AS PART OF A SETTLEMENT IN THE "DEFLATEGATE SCANDAL."
BRADY IS STILL ON THE HOOK FOR FOUR GAMES TO START THE SEASON.
BILLS RUNNING BACK LeSEAN McCOY HURT HIS LEFT HAMSTRING IN PRACTICE ON TUESDAY.
HE'LL GET AN M-R-I TO SEE HOW BAD THE INJURY IS.
THE N-F-L SUSPENDS SAN FRANCISCO 49ER WIDE RECEIVER JEROME SIMPSON SIX GAMES FOR VIOLATING THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY.
HE SERVED A THREE-GAME SUSPENSION WITH MINNESOTA LAST SEASON.
THE VIKINGS PUT RIGHT TACKLE PHIL LOADHOLT ON I-R.
HE GOT INJURED ON THE SECOND PLAY IN SATURDAY'S GAME AGAINST THE BUCCANEERS.
PHILADELPHIA 76ER CENTER JOEL EMBIID'S RIGHT FOOT PUTS HIM OUT FOR THE SECOND SEASON IN A ROW.
THE THIRD PICK IN LAST JUNE'S DRAFT HAD SURGERY AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR A BONE GRAFT PROCEDURE.
HE MISSED LAST SEASON WITH A STRESS FRACTURE IN THAT SAME FOOT.
Sports Writing Samples for August 17/18, 1015
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final N-Y
Yankees 8 Minnesota 7, 10
Innings
Final Baltimore 4
Oakland 2
Final Cleveland 8
Boston 2
Final Texas 4 Seattle 3
Final Tampa
Bay 9 Houston 2
Final L.A.
Angels 2 Chi
White Sox 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Arizona 4 Pittsburgh 1
Final St.
Louis 2 San
Francisco 1
Final Miami 6 Milwaukee 2
Final San
Diego 5 Atlanta 3
INDIANS MANAGER TERRY FRANCONA SAYS HE'LL JOIN HIS LONGTIME FRIEND JOHN FARRELL FOR HIS FIRST CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT.
THE RED SOX MANAGER IS ON LEAVE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON FOR TREATMENT OF LYMPHOMA.
FARRELL WAS FRANCONA'S PITCHING COACH FOR THE 2007 WORLD CHAMPION RED SOX.
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD REJECTS A PROPOSAL FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO FORM A UNION.
LAST YEAR NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PLAYERS WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORM A UNION.
THE N-C-DOUBLE-A ALLOWED SCHOOLS FROM THE FIVE POWER CONFERENCES TO ADD STIPENDS UP TO 55-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ATHLETES TO HELP THEM LOWER THE COST OF ATTENDING SCHOOL.
ALABAMA QUARTERBACK JAKE COKER MIGHT MISS PRACTICE WITH A FOOT INJURY.
COACH NICK SABAN SAYS IT IS A MINOR INJURY AND COULD BE BACK ON THE FIELD SOON.
MINNESOTA VIKING RIGHT TACKLE PHIL LOADHOLT'S SEASON IS OVER ALREADY.
HE WAS INJURED IN SATURDAY'S EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST TAMBA BAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
AND DANNY BRIERE IS RETIRING AFTER 17 YEARS IN THE N-H-L WITH FIVE TEAMS.
HE SCORED 307 GOALS AND ALMOST A THOUSAND POINTS PLAYING FOR THE COYOTES, SABRES, CANADIENS, FLYERS, AND AVALANCHE.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Sports Writing Samples for August 16/17, 2015
GOLF-PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
IT WAS JASON’S DAY AT
WHISTLING STRAITS IN WISCONSIN.
JASON DAY WINS HIS
FIRST MAJOR IN THE P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP ON SUNDAY, FINISHING THREE STROKES AHEAD
OF JORDAN SPIETH.
DAY SETS A RECORD FOR
THE MOST STROKES UNDER PAR IN A MAJOR WITH 20.
SPIETH’S SECOND PLACE
SHOWING WILL SPRING HIM TO NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD.
DAY TAKES HOME THE
WANAMAKER TROPHY AND ONE-POINT-EIGHT MILLION BUCKS.
INTERLEAGUE
Final Chi
White Sox 3
Chi Cubs 1
CHRIS SALE CAREER-HIGH-TYING 15 STRIKEOUTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Toronto 3 N-Y
Yankees 1
Final Baltimore 18 Oakland 2
Final IN 12 Seattle 10 Boston
8 Final Minnesota 4 Cleveland 1
Final Houston 6 Detroit 5
Final Texas 5 Tampa
Bay 3
RANGERS SWEEP
Final in 10 Kansas
City 4 L.A. Angels 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 8
N-Y Mets 1
PIRATES SWEEP THE SIX-GAME SEASON SERIES
Final in 10 Atlanta 2 Arizona 1
CAMERON MAYBIN WITH THE WALK-OFF HOMER IN THE 10TH TO
WIN IT.
Final Milwaukee 6 Philadelphia 1
RYAN BRAUN’S TEAM-TYING RECORD OF 251 HOMERS (A GRAND SLAM)
Final Miami 6 St.
Louis 4
Final San
Francisco 5 Washington 0
GIANTS SWEEP; REELING NATIONALS LOSE SIX IN A ROW
Final L.A.
Dodgers 2 Cincinnati 1
Final Colorado 5 San
Diego 0
NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE PRESEASON
Final Philadelphia 36
Indianapolis 10
MICHIGAN 400
AND POLE-SITTER MATT
KENSETH LED 146 OF THE 200 LAPS TO TAKE HOME THE CHECKERED FLAG IN THE PURE MICHIGAN
400.
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.
Baby Number Two dream comes true
On July 26, 2015, I became a father for the second time. I welcomed my new son Blake into the world with open arms. I cried like a baby just like he did when he left his mother's womb. See my beautiful baby and the happy father down below.
I got to see doctors clean him up and get him ready for his new life. I even saw him pee for the very first time.
My wife went through some great pains, labor pains that is, in order to ensure delivery of our new baby boy.
We, more like she, were in labor for parts of three different days before the pain meds kicked in for her. I was watching some baseball (Dodgers/Mets) before we decided to turn off the TV and focus on the task at hand.
My wife thought that it would be a bad idea for Blake's first words to be about the New York Mets. I wanted Blake to hear from either me or Kelly.
I wanted to hear what my new son had to say. He said "wah" a lot. He said it a lot when he had his first bath. This time, I was there to see him get cleaned up.
My family is now complete. I'm so happy that I have two great boys at home.
I miss these boys right now and I can't wait to see them again when I get home later tonight.
My wife is doing an excellent job in taking care of them in my absence today. I soon hope to have weekends off so that I can spend more time with them. They deserve it.
I love you Ben and Blake :-)
I got to see doctors clean him up and get him ready for his new life. I even saw him pee for the very first time.
My wife went through some great pains, labor pains that is, in order to ensure delivery of our new baby boy.
We, more like she, were in labor for parts of three different days before the pain meds kicked in for her. I was watching some baseball (Dodgers/Mets) before we decided to turn off the TV and focus on the task at hand.
My wife thought that it would be a bad idea for Blake's first words to be about the New York Mets. I wanted Blake to hear from either me or Kelly.
I wanted to hear what my new son had to say. He said "wah" a lot. He said it a lot when he had his first bath. This time, I was there to see him get cleaned up.
My family is now complete. I'm so happy that I have two great boys at home.
I miss these boys right now and I can't wait to see them again when I get home later tonight.
My wife is doing an excellent job in taking care of them in my absence today. I soon hope to have weekends off so that I can spend more time with them. They deserve it.
I love you Ben and Blake :-)
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