Review Questions

1		David Shaw of the Los Angeles Times noted in the middle 1970s that the sports pages of some American newspapers were undergoing a metamorphosis. Discuss his vision of what modern sports pages increasingly would contain and whether that largely has come to pass.
2		Discuss how the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has framed the general status of big-time college sports.
3		Summarize the evolution of sports writing styles in American newspapers.
4		Clichès and hyperbolic adjectives are found less frequently on today's sports pages. List other trends, and make additional observations about contemporary sports pages.
5		List some of the clichés you have encountered when reading sports stories.
6		Discuss how gathering statistics for high school contests can be different from gathering statistics for college contests.
7		Discuss procedures for gathering quotations from athletes and coaches after a contest.
8		List the essential details that should be contained in most game stories.