Wednesday, August 8, 2007

NY Sun: Articles from the August 8, 2007 Sports section


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August 8, 2007 | Select excerpts from the Sports section


Course, Rookies To Have Impact at Championship
Golf
BY TONY DEAR
At major championships, the course ends up as big a story as the competition itself. The hubbub surrounding conditions at Augusta National following this year's Masters settled to a quiet murmur in the summer while the question of Oakmont's severity...

Giving an Obsessive Baseball Web Site Its Due
Baseball
BY TIM MARCHMAN
One of the wonders of the transitional time in which we live is the willingness of journalists to treat the Internet as both a vast, autonomous intelligence, and as a public utility. If you read a lot of sports writing, you'll inevitably come across...

Big East Must Consider Reorganizing for TV
The Business of Sport
BY EVAN WEINER
Take a good look right now at how the college conferences are currently configured, because chances are pretty good that there will be a shuffling of schools within the next two years for one single reason: The ability to make more money off of...

Lightning Sold, To Stay in Florida
Hockey
BY Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — A group led by former Florida Panthers coach Doug MacLean has agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning and says it has no plans to move the franchise that won its only Stanley Cup three years ago. "Absolute zero thought of that," MacLean...

Sports Desk
BY Associated Press
FOOTBALL QUINN AGREES TO BROWNS DEAL Quarterback Brady Quinn has agreed to a five-year contract with the Cleveland Browns, ending an 11-day holdout that essentially eliminated his chances to begin the season as the team's starter. Quinn was flying...

O'Neal's Possible Departure Could Help or Hurt Nets
BY JOHN HOLLINGER
The doldrums of summer do not produce much in the way of earth shattering NBA news, but occasionally we get an earthquake. Such was the case on Monday when Indiana Pacer Jermaine O'Neal appeared to make a trade demand, saying he'd like to join the...

Are the Nashville Fans Finally Winning One?
Hockey
BY KEVIN GREENSTEIN
When Rangers fan favorite Jed Ortmeyer signed a two-year contract with the Nashville Predators back in July, it appeared probable that he would be playing the second season of that contract in a new city. The franchise was losing money, and a move...

Chamberlain's Arrival Will Help Yankees
Baseball
BY KEVIN GOLDSTEIN
Yankees fans, especially those who follow the minor league system, rode an emotional roller coaster this week. About two weeks ago, the Yankees announced that one of their top prospects, and one of the top pitching prospects in all of baseball, Joba...

Bonds Sets Record
BY JANIE MCCAULEY - Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For one spectacular moment, Barry Bonds and everybody cheering him could forget about the controversy surrounding his chase and appreciate the phenomenal feat: 756. Nobody in the majors - not Hank Aaron, not Babe Ruth - has ever...


 

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