SPORTS NEWS

For Paralympians Around World, Assistance Varies

Every nation has a different method of financing its national-team athletes for the Olympics and the Paralympics through health-care systems and sports programs.

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 10:41 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games

Talking Business: Leaving Boardroom for Skybox

When you think about it, the sports business in this country is dominated by self-made men looking for mountains to conquer.

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 8:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Athletics and Sports, Stadiums and Arenas, Vick, Michael, Executives and Management, Kraft, Robert K, Home Depot Inc|HD|NYSE, Atlanta Falcons, Blank, Arthur M

At ESPN, Play-by-Play Goes Virtual

ESPN is debuting new technology with Electronic Arts that would allow sports commentators to interact with three-dimensional virtual players.

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 12:48 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Athletics and Sports, Television, ESPN, Computer and Video Games

Op-Extra Guest Columnist | The Throwback: Sympathy for the Slugger

While Barry Bonds may be detestable, the government’s legal case against him has turned from a prosecution into a venomous persecution.

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Athletics and Sports, Bonds, Barry

China Defends Its Reviled Soccer Team

The government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men’s soccer team.

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, China, Olympic Games (2008), Athletics and Sports, Politics and Government, News and News Media, Liu Xiang, Xinhua, Propaganda

Advertising: Major League Baseball Is Blogging Its Way Through the Playoffs

Baseball’s playoff advertising push gets under way Thursday, when the first spots of the league’s largest ever campaign are broadcast.

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:49 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Advertising and Marketing, Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Online Advertising, Engvall, Bill, Jackson, Randy, Hutton, Timothy, Caliendo, Frank, Foxworthy, Jeff

Women’s Golf Tour to Require Players’ Proficiency in English

The L.P.G.A.’s new requirement that its players must be conversant in English by 2009 or face suspension is believed to be the only such policy in a major sport.

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:10 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Golf, Ladies Professional Golf Assn, Language and Languages, English Language

Baseball to Use Replay Review on Homers

Commissioner Bud Selig said that the replay system would start with the three series that open Thursday and be used in all games throughout the rest of the season.

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:08 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Selig, Bud, instant replay

Too Good to Pitch? 9-Year-Old Is Barred

Nine-year-old Jericho Scott throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that Scott could no longer pitch in the league.

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 8:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Athletics and Sports, New Haven (Conn)

Sports of The Times: American Resilience a Reflection of Coach’s Freewheeling Style

The women of the U.S. soccer team won their second straight gold medal in the Olympics, thanks to their coach’s unorthodox style.

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:55 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games (2008), Athletics and Sports, Olympic Games

Williams Sisters Could Meet Early in U.S. Open

The Williams sisters could have a rematch of their Wimbledon final in the quarterfinals of the United States Open.

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Tennis, Athletics and Sports, Williams, Serena, Williams, Venus, United States Open (Tennis)

TV Sports: Karolyi Puts the Color in Color Commentary

How can one describe former gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi’s role as commentator for the Olympic games?

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:47 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Athletics and Sports, Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Costas, Bob, Karolyi, Bela

Mad Dog Is Turned Loose on Sirius XM

On Tuesday, Chris Russo of WFAN became the star, director and executive producer of Mad Dog Radio.

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Radio, Russo, Chris, Francesa, Mike, Sirius XM Radio|SIRI|NASDAQ, Stern, Howard

New Web Site Aims to Be Facebook for Sports Fans

David Katz believes that his Web site, sportsfanlive.com, will compete well against established sports sites he views as stodgy and too congested for fans to wade through.

Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Athletics and Sports, ESPN, Computers and the Internet, Yahoo Inc|YHOO|NASDAQ, Facebook.com, sportsfanlive.com, Social Networking (Internet), Katz, David

The Saturday Profile: A Blind Boxer Inspires Uganda

Officials in Uganda’s blind community say Bashir Ramathan has become a hero to the estimated 500,000 Ugandans who are blind.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 5:11 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Boxing, Eyes and Eyesight, Uganda, Blindness, Ramathan, Bashir

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