No time outs : what it's really like to be a sportswriter today /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, [Md.] :
Taylor Trade Pub.,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st Taylor Trade Pub. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- The fundamentals
- How a newspaper operates
- So you want to be a sports writer
- Getting started-Florida
- Jevon Kearse
- Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe
- Minorities in sports and journalism
- Even coaches and kids get cancer
- Breaking through-Arizona
- Randy Johnson and the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire
- Mike Tyson
- Wayne Gretzky
- Sean Elliott
- Columns : from Pete Rose to Lute Olson
- Practical applications
- Off-field issues
- The NFL's salary cap and collective bargaining agreement
- The money of sports
- The relationship between athletes and reporters (Brett Favre)
- Sports and tragedy
- Event-super bowl XXXV
- Monday-coaches : offensive gurus make it with defense
- Tuesday-media day : Ray Lewis vs. the media
- Wednesday-quarterback second-chances I: Kerry Collins
- Thursday-quarterback second-chances II: Trent Dilfer
- Friday-local angles : Ron Dayne and news stories
- Saturday-game preview : defense still wins championships
- Sunday-the super bowl : the biggest day in sports
- Beat-the 2002 Green Bay Packers
- Every ending is a beginning
- Development, discovery and discipline
- New highs and lows
- Every beginning is an ending
- Appendix(s)
- A. Glossary of newspaper terms
- B. My story
- C. Tips on breaking into sportswriting.