Done Dallas

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/sports/pro/football&id=7745684

What i liked about this guys article is that he focused on the big picture in the beginning. The Cowboys losing Tony Romo. I also like the fact that he continued on with detail about the situation. What I didnt like was the play by play analysis. You don't necessarily need this to me, its just like your filling in space.

As for the Dallas....its time to look for a plan in the offseason. Romo's not the man. Jones should know that by now.

Cliff Lee's wife says Yankees fans taunted...

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2010/10/26/2010-10-26_cliff_lees_wife_says_yankees_fans_taunted_threw_beer_at_her_during_alcs_in_bronx.html

This article just foreshadows how often Cliff Lee will be in New York papers this offseason until he eventually signs with somebody. The World Series is about to start Wednesday and the NY Daily News finds in necessary to publish an article dealing with Cliff Lee's decision next year and how actions that indirectly affected Lee's wife will sway his decision. Don't you think Lee has other things on his mind at the moment? Just because the season is over for the Yankees right now doesn't mean baseball has ended. I don't think I've ever seen a scenario, before this one, where a player is being asked about his decision next year when he's about to start the World Series. This is ridiculous to me.

Brock Not a Lock as Long Time Champ

http://www.startribune.com/sports/105614173.html
The story can be shortened to simply a couple words, " [Cain] reduced him to a cowering defensive posture for the second half of their brief fight." It was a little surprising how Beacham wrote the story. Considering the write up is from the StarTribune out of Minnesota, where Lesnar was born an bread. The story mostly covered the domination of Cain and no positives for Lesnar other than he was considered a monster before the fight. Beacham basically says the only thing that had a chance of allowing Cain to lose was his nerves. Hence, I feel there is a lot said here that makes Cain better than he really is considering the fight only lasted a round. Brock may have been a little unprepared for a fighter he grealty outwieghted. Anyway, other than the fight I thought it probably was rather simple to write it up since Cain and others we probably more than willing to answer questions and talk about how he toppled a beast of a man.

A Maturing Talent to Go With a Mature Spirit

Posted by Ramiro S. Funez

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/sports/soccer/21iht-SOCCER.html?ref=soccer


This article is about a soccer player named Jack Wilshere and his contributions to the team of Arsenal from England. It's an interesting article because it discusses his current skill and play within the British league. The writer of the article did an excellent job at providing a lot of information about the team, the player, and the league of soccer that he is in. Maybe in the future, the writer can steer clear of editorializing.

Professor Barker cancels class for Wednesday Oct. 20

Hi guys -- I sent you all an email, but I'm also going to post this here too. I just found out I have to be at Yankee Stadium tomorrow at noon. This means we will not be having class. I will see you all on Oct. 27. We will be doing our running game story on this day. St. John game stories are also do that day. Please email me any questions. Sorry for the last-minute notice. See you in a week.

magic should buy the dodgers

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/columns/story?id=5701146

most recently Magic Johnson (the greatest to ever step on the bball court) has sold his share of the Lakers. A move considered strictly on a business perspective since he plans to still stay with the team as an adviser. This column entertains the idea that magic should buy the dodgers who have been problemed with the ridiculous divorce case between owner(s) frank and jaimie McCourt. I thought this was an interesting piece in how the writer approached the possibility. Early on he mentions the possibility of him buying the pistons but is quick to write that his agent has put down any speculation of him doing so and follows the idea of him becoming a majority owner of the lakers but mentions that Jerry Buss would rather pass the team down to his "kids". he finishes the column by writing of magic's business enterprise and how he would be able to bring forth a more thriving business around it and be able to bring the dodger's more success than the fucking mccourts. i wouldve never seen magic being an owner of the dodgers but with the way the writer describes the possibility the more intrigued i am with it. i would love for magic to buy the team and i believe he will be a great owner. "Think of the cultural significance: Johnson could become the first black owner in Major League Baseball of the team that had the first black player." i hope magic has read this column, is entertaining the idea, and is gonna make it happen.

New Faces, but No Big Men for Knicks

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2010/10/16/2010-10-16_knicks_go_small_lose_to_celtics_in_hartford_despite_efforts_of_danilo_gallinari_.html

The article analyzes the recent Knicks loss against Boston. Bondy looked at the fact that, without Amr'e, D'Antoni has to REALLY experiment to just hang with the teams that have more than average big men. For example, Dallas, Miami, and Lakers's Bynum, Odom, Gasol 'nough said. Newly acquired Mozgov is a monstrous man, but is yet to know how to use his size in the NBA. He fouled out after 20 minutes. Nonetheless, this offense may look a lot like the Suns offense of a couple years ago with or/and without Amar'e. Anyway, I think it must have been difficult for Bondy to write anything about what the Knicks are thinking to do in order to win games, not to mention a legit use of Amar'e and Chandler and D'Antoni's willingness to roll with a rotation that may be changed and reviewed until January if it doesn't work. I don't know why coach would put all that out there in the first place!

Power Rangers

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Rangers-eliminate-Rays-to-take-first-ever-postseason-series-victory-101210

Looks as though the yankees have company in the ALCS and it involves some rangers in texas. The texas rangers accomplished their first postseason advancement by finishing off the rays in the final game of the ALDS. Cliff Lee looks well...like a beast. I cant put it any other way when the guy has at least 10 strikeouts in every one of his postseason starts.

What I really liked about this article is that his sole topic was about Cliff Lee...and the game was all about him. He did a good job in regards to the way he structured his piece in which he started off with Lee instead of talking about the rangers in particular. Lee was the reason the rangers advanced ..when you see an article that knows what made his team advance or do something great thats when you know youve got yourself a story.

Rangers in the Playoffs

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2010/10/12/2010-10-12_rangers_and_ace_pitcher_cliff_lee_eliminate_rays_with_51_win_advance_to_face_yan.html

This article is by Roger Rubin of the NY Daily News. It discusses how the Texas Rangers will be facing the New York Yankees in the ALCS. Rubin took the direction of focusing on Cliff Lee in the article and talks about how the Yankees were potentially going to acquire him in a trade earlier in the season but did not. The focus of the article remains all Lee throughout and compares how the Yankees have done against him and the Rangers all season to give fans a preview of how the series may play out. I know this is a New York paper and fans want to read something that talks about the Yankees in it, but I thought the article could have focused a little more on the Rangers and how they got to the ALCS rather than comparing them to the Yankees. Rubin chose to use quotes from Lee about how he can't wait to face the Yankees and even mentioned how the Rays fans chanted "Beat the Yankees" as Texas celebrated. Again, I know he's writing for a New York paper and did a good job on the direction he chose for the article, but focus a little more on the Rangers rather than the god-like Yankees and how they have such an advantage in the series.

mets begin interviews for gm

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5674808

Allard Baird was the first of few to be interviewed for the recently vacant gm position for the mets. Whitesox and Diamondbacks gm Rick Hahn and Josh Byrnes are set to interview later throughout this week and with dodgers assistant gm logan white on friday. i thought the writer of this story focuses more on the possible gm canidates to be interviewed later rather than Baird, especially focusing in on Hahn. otherwise i thought the story was decently written considering the writer gave a brief bio of each individual.

Cherundolo, U.S. Defender, Has No Plans to Retire

Posted by Ramiro S. Funez

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/sports/soccer/05goal.html?_r=1&ref=soccer

This week's article is about an American soccer player named Steve Cherundolo. It basically discusses his career as a 31-year-old player and questions whether or not he would ever consider retiring. The article is extremely well-written and mentions a lot of key aspects in relation to the life of a soccer player. Usually, soccer players retire around their early to mid thirties. A great part of the article is that it includes a lot of background on other international players who have retired at early ages. Another great aspect of the article is that it includes a lot of great quotes.

Moss Back On Board

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?id=5653186

The Randy Moss reunition with the Vikings is complete. What do I think of this move? Well for one, hes going to get a lot more fantasy points for me knowing Favre will only throw to him. I like it though. It sends a disgruntled WR to a Vikings offense that has been abismal so far this season. I like how the AP started off this article. Really drew me in. I also like the fact that the writer included what Moss had said earlier in the season about how he didnt feel wanted which makes me believe the AP conducted a timeline. Like Like Like, the story behind his "not wantingness" feeling in New England. The Bill Belichick relationship, Tom Brady relationship. The AP went all around the situation before publishing this.

seatle gets marshawn

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5651832

The bills traded running back Marshawn Lynch for a 2011 fourth-round pick and a 2012 conditional pick to the seahawks. I think this was a good move for seatle and I think its even more interesting that Lynch and fellow college team mate Justin Forsett are coming back together. i remember watching the 2 in college and they worked well together. the writer of the blog does a good job accurately displaying all the facts and mentions interesting details of the deal. i did notice though, that by the way he was writing he seamed pleased with what seatle is getting for the trade. the only downside to the piece was that the writer did not mention if any other teams like the packers (uigly situation) were interested in picking up lynch.

Not All Rainbows and Sun for the Jets

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/2010/10/rex-ryan-not-sure-about-darrel.html

Mehta takes a different appproach in covering the Jets and focuses on the woes at cornerback and Revis' setback. The Jets may be without him for the next couple weeks. Rex explains he didn't even know Revis was hurting that much during the last game, I don't think I've ever heard a coach say that about a player, and it is critical the writer got that in with this coach whose on his "high horse". Rex played Revis on Harvin too, unaware of the issue, because he was even more of a threat than Moss. Rex said, “If he was sore during the course of the game, I certainly didn’t know that… I hope he’s not hurt." I think it was difficult to write this story in that these are times of great praise for the Jets.

"Real Deal" Jets?

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/2010/10/04/2010-10-04_tomlinson_answers_ageold_question_its_still_rush_hour.html

This story does a lot of things. There is a lot to critique. I believe LT ran well because it was the Bills defense. . .THE BILLS! This fact is not even mentioned until later on in the story. Also, Smith claims Sanchez was flawless the past two weeks, again, a young Patriots secondary and the Bills defense is not stated. I also think, in relation to the signing of LT, the mentioning of Brian Schottenheimer as an influence was late since they both were in San Diego. Finally, there is an unnecessary glorification of LT in light that Shonn Greene had just as good a day and he is mentioned much later on. There are a lot of assumptions here and I don't think LT is the main focus of the Jets offense. . . yet. I really don't think this story could have been too difficult to write and include quotes and such since the Jets are willing to talk and talk and talk.