Please Do Now:
- Review the sports section of The Hoya.
- Discuss the ways in which sports coverage can resemble news, features, or opinion writing. Use specific stories as examples, and quote from them to back up your claims. (Show, don’t tell.)
Today, students will:
- Discover the many angles of sports coverage.
- Brainstorm how to cover a sports story and develop a planning form.
- Develop sports story ideas.
- Begin to plan stories.
- Finish layout exercise if there is remaining time.
Tonight’s homework is:
- Fill out sports planner
- *Optional* Read about your classmates!: http://www.edutopia.org/place-based-education-blogs-multimedia
24 responses so far ↓
hkramer14 // January 22, 2009 at 6:09 pm |
Sports articles use article’s different styles such as opinion, feature, reviews, and news. The “Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse in Physical Big East Matchup” article is written as a feature, and almost like a review of the game. It starts up in a clever headline, uses not news-esque but feature words like “one guy”and “so when”. They are biased in the sense that everyone there is a fan of georgetown, obviously!
allisonnovack // January 22, 2009 at 6:12 pm |
Sports stories can show opinion with the way you phrase how a jump/pass/or kick was made…It can be more of a news story if it is solely based on what happend, who scored what, or what the score was. It can be seen as a features story if it focuses on one player in the game, or a specific rule.
Examples:
News story: Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse in Physical Big East Matchup.
“extending the Hoyas lead and jump-starting a 14-0 run.” This shows statistics and numbers…facts of what actually happened in the game.
Features story: Clark Earns his Minutes with Play
“Clark hit a season high in scoring…” The whole article is based on this one player and how he came out on top of the game because of his moves and scoring.
Opinion story: Clark, Sapp Play Different Roles for Hoyas in Convincing Home Victory.
“It’s easy to get excited by impressive numbers.” This line is seen in the first sentence of the article…which is NOT a fact.
madisonjsanders // January 22, 2009 at 6:12 pm |
Sports stories resemble news stories in the sense that you can be updated on statistics and dates of games, features in the sense that a team is being followed or featured, and opinion in the sense that the reporter may be biased as to how they portray different teams. In Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse In Physical Big East Matchup, Bailey Heaps is biased in talking about bench difficulties, but he also features their star player Nikita Mescheriakov as a savior to the team.
Lauren Peterson // January 22, 2009 at 6:14 pm |
The authors of these articles are a lot more lenient with their word choices. They seem biased, and even though they never say “our team”, you can tell they have preferences. This can be shown in the articles “Gerogetown’s Brutal Schedule Continues With Road trip to Take On Third-Ranked Duke” as well as “Clark, Sapp Play Different Roles for Hoyas in Convincing Home Victory”. They only speak about their teams victories and refer to their student players as being “stars”. There are issues in the writing which I don’t understand
LyssaG2011 // January 22, 2009 at 6:14 pm |
Opinion- “This situation is sticker than it seems” from Tight Pockets May Be Good For MLB demonstrates that the article is opinion-based. The headline suggests that the writer thinks MLB should adjust their payroll.
Features- “So when the 6-foot-7 Belarus native trotted onto the court at Verizon Center with 9:16 left in the first half and with Georgetown ahead by just three, there were more tahn a few puzzled faces in the crowd and on press row.”
The vivid description and wit demonstrated in this text are typical of Features writing.
News- “The Hoyas played suffocating defense and controlled the boards to ease past the St. John’s Red Storm 64-48 Tuesday night in Queens, N.Y…”
This lede is typical of news style, with the 5 W’s and an H quite evident right at the beginning of the article.
hrynor // January 22, 2009 at 6:14 pm |
hrynor // January 22, 2009 at 6:14 pm |
Sports stories resemble news stories in the sense that you can be updated on statistics and dates of games, features in the sense that a team is being followed or featured, and opinion in the sense that the reporter may be biased as to how they portray different teams. In Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse In Physical Big East Matchup, Bailey Heaps is biased in talking about bench difficulties, but he also features their star player Nikita Mescheriakov as a savior to the team.
jessekirk11 // January 22, 2009 at 6:16 pm |
The sports article “Tight Pockets May Be Good for MLB” resembles an opinion article because Will Tamplin, or “Ramblin’ Tamplin”, gives his own opinion about how the baseball industry is recession-proof. He says that Scott Boras shuffles around deals with the frugality of a pre-teen in a penny arcade.
The article “Georgetown’s Brutal Schedule Continues with Road Trip…” is similar to a feature piece because itdoes not necessarily relate a specific event to the reader, but describes both the Duke and the Georgetown team. The article contains information about how Georgetown is a very young college team, and how it has overcome this obstacle to defeat several highly ranked schools.
The article “Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse…” has several news elements, as it is describing a specific game. the article relates to the reader some of the statisticcs of the previous game, like the points scored and the height of one of the players.
lenac2011 // January 22, 2009 at 6:17 pm |
Opinion: Trip to Durham Gives Hoyas Valuable Test Against Yet Another Ranked Team
- “Against Syracuse and Providence, Monroe moved effortlessly inside, attracting swarms of would-be defenders before hittin an open teammate with a precision pass.”
This article shows that there can be opinion writing while covering sports articles. Bias towards certain teams can make articles become opinion pieces.
Features: Georgetown’s Brutal Schedule Continues With Road Trip to Take On Third-Ranked Duke
-”With just two upperclassmen in the rotation, Georgetown is exceptionally young this year, but it has succeeded against one of the hardest schedules in the nation.”
This in an ongoing event because it is about the basketball team’s travel schedule and what is next on the list. It is pretty much a news article but it is less straight forward and it has more interesting words that make it specifically a features article.
News: Defense Key as GU Calms Red Storm
- “The Hoyas played suffocating defense and controlled the boards to ease past the St. John’s Red Storm 64-48 Tuesday night in Queens, N.Y.”
This is a typical news lead which puts this sports story under the category of news. It has the lead that has the 5 W’s and an H that are required for a news story.
xkatastrophe // January 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
I found that a majority of the articles were written as features, because of the playful language being used but not playful enough to be considered an opinion. For example, the article “Defense Key as GU Calms Red Storm” starts off with “The Hoyas played a suffocating defense and controlled the boards to ease past the St Jon’s Red Storn 64-48 Tuesday night in Queens, NY.” Words such as “suffocating” and phrases like “controlled the boards” are a bit of the author’s opinion, but there are also facts in there to support his opinion. There was one article written as a news piece, which was “Tight Pockets May Be Good for MLB”. The article remained more or less objective throughout and used facts and stats to support his statements, as well as quote, which is typical of a news piece. The article did however have traces of humor and playful language which could make it borderline features. With both articles, the fun free-flowing language used in an A&E or an opinion piece is used, but more game stats are added to make it accurate and factual.
jessicaw2010 // January 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
Sports articles have a variety of writting styles such as opinion writting, feature writting, reviews and news. I think that sport stories somewhat resemble news stories because they tell what happened, sometimes being a review of a game or a draft pick. The article by Jamie Leader is an example of this (news). “Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse..” is an article written as a feature. The article “Hoyas Smother the Storm…” is an example of a review. The different styles in sports writting makes the readers more interested in reading the pieces.
7y13r // January 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
“Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse in Physical Big East Matchup” organizes its facts in a somewhat news story style, while showing some of the bias of a&e.
nadineg2012 // January 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
The article Tight Pockets May Be Good for MLB is an example of a sports article that resembles an opinion article. The author expresses several of his own opinions, saying such things as, “The spending policy of the Bronx Bombers will not change until hell freezes over.” His picture is also included, the way columnists’ are.
The article Hoyas Smother the Storm With Strong Second Session Showing resembles a news article in that in that is tells about an event more objectively. One sentence that sounds particulary news0-like is the following: “Despite Houlette’s 15 first-half points and shooting percentage of 44, the Hoyas held only a six-point lead at the break…”
The following line from Hot Shots and Bench Help Hoyas Move Past Orange resemles feature-writing because it contains show-not-tell: Georgetown led wire-to-wire, jumped out to a 50-32 lead at the half and never looked back.”
yamileyl2009 // January 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
Sports coverage resembles news, features, or opinion writing. It might be told from a subjective point of view as well as from a objective point of view. Example of subjective point of view is the story “Georgetown’s Brutal Schedule…”. The following quote expresses the author’s opinion, “Thompson must have thought that in order to win late in the season, his green squad would have to face more experienced, top-flight teams to learn how to win.”
brittanywaserstein // January 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
Articles on sports coverage resemble news, features and opinion writing in different ways. It can inform someone on the scores of the game (statistics) , when and where the games are, and basically information about the game overall. One examle can be, “Georgetwon shoots down syracuse in physical big east matchup,” which is written as a feature.
gwenxawesome // January 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
Most of the sports stories from The Hoya do not sound like news or opinion writing.
There were parts, (very tiny parts) were the author would use different styles of writing (Opinion, and normal news style writing).
The stories mostly resemble features pieces.
“With the win, the Hoyas move to 12-3 (3-2 Big East), While the Orange fall to 16-2 (4-1)” That is a quote from the article … Hot Shots and Bench Help Hoyas Move Past Orange.
RayL2012 // January 22, 2009 at 6:19 pm |
Sports stories are like news storys, for one they are both exploiting information in a non opinionatinted way. The writer simply gives the facts and information for you to then decipher. However in my opinion it seems as though the writting in a sports article is alittle laid back compared to a news article. In “Hard Timese Will Provide Baseball Lessons On Spending” the author wrote ” To wait on major league baseball to wean itslf from money, however is folly.” to me this seems like a sentence that could be in an opinion article, or column.
In “George town shoots down syracuse in a physical big east match up” it seems that the author is in favor of Georgetown. He also writes it like a review or a feature article.
carmenk2012 // January 22, 2009 at 6:19 pm |
Sport articles borrow news, opinion, and feature writing style. “Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse In Physical Big East Matchup” strays away from the news style because of its informal feel. The article plays with words, proven by the line “parked squarely on pine.” “Tight Pockets May be Good for MLB” prominently expresses opinion in the line “Boras…someone who shuffles around $80 million deals with the frugality of a pre-teen at a penny arcade.”
kevins2011 // January 22, 2009 at 6:23 pm |
A sports piece can resemble a features article when it just gives the facts about the sports game, but you can tell that the author is slightly biased to one side. In the first article, “Hoyas Crush Orange, Prepare for Blue Devils”, it gives the information on the game with facts and you can tell that the author is a fan of the Hoyas. A sports article can resemble a news piece when it only contains the facts of a sports game. Because newspapers are local, they usually are biased towards the city’s team. Therfore, sports articles resemble news articles most when they are online. Opinions articles can be seen when the author is biased towards their team.
molliee // January 22, 2009 at 6:29 pm |
The article tight pokets resembles an opinion article in that it says ” Nothing underscores the lack of equality in the MBL that the current financial crisis has brought more than the Heruclean strength of the Yankess financial machine.” This is a qoute from the article is similar to soemthing that if this would be an opinon article.
Sports articles I think resemble an opinion article more than a news article.
rachelcoller // January 22, 2009 at 6:40 pm |
1. Georgetown Shoots Down Syracuse In Physical Big East Matchup- News. “In his two minutes of action,Mescheruakov didn’t match a career high.”
2. Tight Pockets May Be Good for MLB “Tight Pockets May Be Good For MLB”
3. Clark, Sapp Play Different Roles for Hoyas in Convincing Home Victory- Features- “shooting streaks, both hot and cold…”
alicel2011 // January 22, 2009 at 6:42 pm |
The Hoyas news paper sports section has a news article and many features articles. The first piece: Hoyas Crush Orange, Prepare for Blue Devils is in features and news style. It’s a feature piece because the writing is not very formal. For example it has the words like most, full, much .But it could also be a news article because the story does give important facts of the game. It describes how the game was and the scores. “Hoya leads and jump-starting a 14-0 run. The story Tight Pockets may be Good for MLB is a news story. This piece is more formal and has some objectivity. You get this from the idea
Kelsey Sumalla // January 22, 2009 at 6:54 pm |
Tight Pockets May Be Good for MLB-opinion. the title is opinionated and the article is the writer trying to prove why it would be good
gerogetown shoots down syracuse in physical big east matchup- news. it goes back to statistics and scores.
Kelsey Sumalla // January 22, 2009 at 6:55 pm |
The article “Georgetown’s Brutal Schedule Continues with Road Trip…”-feature. not related to a specific event , but describes both the Duke and the Georgetown team.