http://www.nesn.com/2010/03/world-champion-of-four-square-crowned-in-maine.html
Rachel Stokes
The lede in this story was interesting, the this third paragraph would have been a much better choice:
“With the hearts of all Canadians fluttering and the crowd at Canada Hockey Place creating enough electricity to light the entire country, Crosby took a pass from linemate Jarome Iginla and walked in alone on Miller. Crosby’s quick release decided the game, triggering roars here and all over Canada.”
Norah Sweeney
Here are two sports stories that I thought were marvelous. I don’t understand a thing about sports, so stories with statistics and technical lingo do nothing for me. These two tell personal stories, in gorgeous prose style, might I add.
Roger Federer as Religious Experience is from the New York Times’ Play Magazine. The writing gets pretty incredible when you get down a few paragraphs, but I personally would have gone with a different, more compelling, lede.
Canada Mourns for Great One is a bit of a classic, published in the St. Petersburg Times in December 1999, about Wayne Gretzky’s retirement. I like the conciseness of the piece, and the consistent use of one-sentence paragraphs. I also thought it a little overdone, in fact, I thought that Gretzky had died when I first read the piece. However, his retirement could probably equated to his death for hardcore hockey fans, and the writer undoubtedly understood that.
Enjoy!
Bridget Corrigan
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics-hockey1-2010mar01,0,7064297.story
“With the hearts of all Canadians fluttering and the crowd at Canada Hockey Place creating enough electricity to light the entire country, Crosby took a pass from linemate Jarome Iginla and walked in alone on Miller. Crosby’s quick release decided the game, triggering roars here and all over Canada.”
Norah Sweeney
Here are two sports stories that I thought were marvelous. I don’t understand a thing about sports, so stories with statistics and technical lingo do nothing for me. These two tell personal stories, in gorgeous prose style, might I add.
Roger Federer as Religious Experience is from the New York Times’ Play Magazine. The writing gets pretty incredible when you get down a few paragraphs, but I personally would have gone with a different, more compelling, lede.
Canada Mourns for Great One is a bit of a classic, published in the St. Petersburg Times in December 1999, about Wayne Gretzky’s retirement. I like the conciseness of the piece, and the consistent use of one-sentence paragraphs. I also thought it a little overdone, in fact, I thought that Gretzky had died when I first read the piece. However, his retirement could probably equated to his death for hardcore hockey fans, and the writer undoubtedly understood that.
Enjoy!
Bridget Corrigan
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics-hockey1-2010mar01,0,7064297.story
Laura Murray
I knew that the US Men's swim team just taking the gold in the 4x100m relay against the French team would have some great leads. Here are two of my favorites. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/swimming/news/story?id=3528865 BEIJING -- With history about to slip away and Michael Phelps cheering him on, Jason Lezak pulled up next to the lane rope and set out after hulking Alain Bernard, like a NASCAR driver drafting down the backstretch at Daytona. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story? columnist=forde_pat&id=3529125 BEIJING -- Halfway through what might have been the greatest comeback swim in Olympic history, Jason Lezak peered through his goggles at the lane to his right and briefly abandoned hope.
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