Sunday, August 23, 2015
Sports Writing Samples for August 22/23, 2015
INTERLEAGUE
Final Houston 3 L.A.
Dodgers 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final N-Y
Yankees 6 Cleveland 2
Final Minnesota 3 Baltimore 2
Final Texas 5 Detroit 3
Final Kansas City
6 Boston 3
Final Tampa
Bay 5 Oakland 4
Final Toronto 15 L.A.
Angels 3
TORONTO’S JOSH DONALDSON DROVE IN SIX RUNS
Final Chi
White Sox 6
Seattle 3 IN 10
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Final Chi
Cubs 9 Atlanta 7
THE BRAVES HAVE LOST SIX IN A ROW
Final Pittsburgh 3
San Francisco 2
STARLING MARTE’S HOMER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH WINS IT
FOR THE PIRATES
Final Washington 6
Milwaukee 1
Final Arizona 11 Cincinnati 7
PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT HIT TWO HOME RUNS
Final Philadelphia 4
Miami 2
Final N-Y
Mets 14 Colorado 9
METS PLACE FIRST BASEMAN LUCAS DUDA ON THE 15 DAY D-L WITH A BACK
INJURY
Final San
Diego 8 St.
Louis 0
IAN KENNEDY AND 5 RELIEVERS COMBINE FOR THE SHUTOUT
JASON GORE LEADS AFTER
THREE ROUNDS OF THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN GREENSBORO.
HE SHOT A 62 ON
SATURDAY TO TAKE A TWO STROKE LEAD AT 15-UNDER PAR OVER TIGER WOODS AND JONAS
BLIXT.
WOODS WILL QUALIFY FOR
THE FEDEX PLAYOFFS BY WINNING THE TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY.
AND JOEY LOGANO WINS
AT BRISTOL UNDER THE LIGHTS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
LOGANO TOOK THE LEAD
AT THE RESTART ON LAP 438 AND HELD OFF KEVIN HARVICK AT THE IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT
RACE.
SPRINT CUP RACING WILL
CONTINUE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW AT DARLINGTON.
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.
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