For Thursday, read one sports article previewing ANY football game coming up this weekend and summarize in 3-5 sentences.
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Homework For Thursday, November 1st!
For Thursday, read one sports article previewing ANY football game coming up this weekend and summarize in 3-5 sentences.
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Homework for Wednesday, October 31st!
For Wednesday: Obtain one football quote from a Lafayette player not in your classroom or from the coach.
Happy Halloween!
-Mr. Donohue
Happy Halloween!
-Mr. Donohue
Monday, October 29, 2007
Homework for Tuesday, October 30th!
What sport would you like to know more about? Explain in the 3-5 sentences. Remember, any sport is fair game...also, tell me who your favorite player/team is in that sport.
See you in class!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Homework For Monday, October 29th!
Read one article about the Jets, Giants, Rutgers or the World Series and summarize in 5-7 sentences.
Articles can be found online at:
The Daily News
NY Times
ESPN.com
Sports Illustrated
MLB.com
NFL.com
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Homework Due Thursday, October 25th!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Homework Due Wednesday, October 24th!
Simple assignment for tomorrow: give me 3-5 facts about the New York Football Giants. These can be facts about their past or present facts.
Plenty of information can be found at Giants.com.
See you in class tomorrow!
-Mr. Donohue
Friday, October 19, 2007
Homework For Monday, October 22nd!
Your homework for Monday is to write a lead about one college or pro football game (25-25 words -- be sure to include the "Who" and the "What"). You can gather information by watching the game or by reading an article about it.Links for this assignment:
NFL.com
ESPN.com
The Daily News
Sports Illustrated.com
See you in class on Monday!
-Mr. Donohue
Thursday, October 18, 2007
October 19th, 2007!
For tomorrow, pull one more baseball article and summarize in 3-5 sentences.
Look for articles on:
MLB.com
ESPN.com
Sports Illustrated.com
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
Look for articles on:
MLB.com
ESPN.com
Sports Illustrated.com
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Homework for Thursday, October 18!
Read a playoff COLUMN (opinionated) and write a 3-5 sentence summary.
Look for material at:
ESPN.com
MLB.com
Sports Illustrated.com
See you in class tomorrow!
-Mr. Donohue
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Homework For Wednesday, October 17th!
For Wednesday, read another article about the baseball playoffs and write a 3-5 sentence review.
You can find articles at the links below:
ESPN.com
MLB.com
The Daily News.com
Sports Illustrated.com
See you in class
-Mr. Donohue
Monday, October 15, 2007
Homework Due Tuesday, October 16th
The homework for tomorrow is to write a simple 5-7 sentence recap from the 11th innning of the Cleveland-Boston game on Saturday night (when Cleveland scored seven runs). Use your notes from class today.
If you need more info, you can find recaps of the game at MLB.com or ESPN.com.
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
If you need more info, you can find recaps of the game at MLB.com or ESPN.com.
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Homework Due Monday, October 15th
For Monday, read one article about the baseball playoffs and write a 3-5 sentence review.You can find articles at the links below:
ESPN.com
MLB.com
The Daily News.com
Sports Illustrated.com
Also, remember I am taking articles on Monday!
Good luck and see you in class.
-Mr. Donohue
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Friday, October 12 -- First Article Due!
Remember, your article on the free throw shootout is due tomorrow in a folder (by class color). Must be 300 words with 2-3 quotes, a lead and a headline.
Good luck!
-Mr. Donohue
Good luck!
-Mr. Donohue
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Homework For Thursday, October 11.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Homework Due Wednesday, October 10th!
Write a 10-sentence preview of one of the two baseball series of the second round.
See you in class.
-Mr. Donohue
See you in class.
-Mr. Donohue
Friday, October 5, 2007
Homework For Tuesday, October 9th!!!
For Monday, pick one baseball playoff series to watch or read about and write a one 10-sentence factual summary and one 10-sentence opinionated column.
Here are your series choices:
Yankees-Indians
Red Sox-Angels
Phillies-Rockies
Cubs-Diamondbacks
You can find plenty of baseball playoff information on MLB.com and ESPN.com. Or try one of the local newspapers: Daily News, Newsday or NY Post.
Have a good long weekend!
-Mr. Donohue
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
I Hate Larry Johnson (Not Really), Pt. II
Hola senors y senoritas! I want to say "my bad," first off. I wanted to write back earlier, but it's a pretty crazy week for me work-wise. We're doing our annual holiday gift-guide issue, and I've been tapped to assist in selecting which gadgets get selected to appear.
And just to prove I'm still spry enough to be in tune with you youngins (since one or two of you had "old-folks jokes" in the comments section of my last post), the Sidekick ID, PSP Slim and the new limited edition Gilbert Arenas sneaks are among the doo-dads i pushed to have included. I'm hip. That's right. Ignore the part where I referred to gifts as "doo-dads".
With that out of the way, it's time for shout-outs. Do they still call them shout-outs? Lol. Sue me if they don't. I Get Money, I see you! You've got a guaranteed shout out for as long as I commit to this blog. Such are the privledges of the first person to respond to a writer who isn's sure if his readers are interested in what he's saying.
I've also got newbies I need to address. First up is t-roc, who decided to codename himself before I could waste an hour thinking up nicknames. Sorry! T-roc, I officially dub thee T-dubbs. "Dubbs" is slang for 20 (a multiple of two), right? Well since you posted second... get it? If not, take it up with Mr. Donohue.
Next up is Ariel. But Ariel doesn't get a nickname. Why? She didn't even check out my blogs! She didn't read my interview! She just posted in the comments section for extra credit! Which I admit, is very smart. Not to mention ambitious. But shame on you Ariel! Shame! Booo! No nickname for Ariel.
(If I were going to give you one, it might be A-Niche. Like Enyce. Except its's not. Better read my blog while you still can!)
OK, back to biz. I mentioned I wasn't fond of LJ, right? OK, here's why. A couple months ago, I went to cover a party held in honor of Alonzo Mourning's Million Dollar Charity Shootout (I won't get into specifics unless you ask me to). While hanging out and watching Shaq (Alonzo's teammate; he showed up to support the cause) contort himself into positions no 7-footer should (in an attempt to control the dance floor), I bumped into Larry Johnson's publicist. This was right before the start of the NFL season, and immediately, I thought it would be great if I could interview LJ for a story in the mag.
His rep and I traded information, I presented the idea to my bosses, and everyone agreed it was a good idea. A potentially cover-worthy idea, even. Which means... I'm on Cloud 9! All LJ has to do to lock this story down is what he's been doing every time he received the ball as a starter: Run through, over and around people to the tune of oh... about 100 yards and 1/2 TDs per game.
I mean, this is LJ right? No way he doesn't deliver. Right?
Except the first game comes, and LJ struggles.
And then he struggles again in Week 2.
And again.
And now, I can't convice my editors to give him a feature.
Now, the title of this post and the one prior to it are misleading. I don't hate Larry Johnson. I've interviewed him a couple of times, and he's a really cool dude. And we all know how awesome he is on the field, right?
What was really inconvenient (I didn't even hate this part; he's trying as hard as he can, who am I to hate on that b/c it doesn't benefit me?) was the timing of his struggles with my attempts to push a story on him. As a writer, nothing's more frustrating than busting your butt to lock down a story, only to have it slip from your grasp for reasons beyond your control.
On-field struggles. Last-second decisions by the athlete not to cooperate. First-second decisions not to cooperate! Etc., etc. You name it, I've lost stories because of it.
However, there's a silver lining.
Want to know what it is?
You're just going to have to check back this weekend then. My editor just called me. Baron Davis is in Hawaii, and we want to do a two-page interview on him before the season starts. Yours truly has been assigned to handle the dirty work. Gotta go for now, but check back in soon. I'll finish this story then. PROMISE!
And just to prove I'm still spry enough to be in tune with you youngins (since one or two of you had "old-folks jokes" in the comments section of my last post), the Sidekick ID, PSP Slim and the new limited edition Gilbert Arenas sneaks are among the doo-dads i pushed to have included. I'm hip. That's right. Ignore the part where I referred to gifts as "doo-dads".
With that out of the way, it's time for shout-outs. Do they still call them shout-outs? Lol. Sue me if they don't. I Get Money, I see you! You've got a guaranteed shout out for as long as I commit to this blog. Such are the privledges of the first person to respond to a writer who isn's sure if his readers are interested in what he's saying.
I've also got newbies I need to address. First up is t-roc, who decided to codename himself before I could waste an hour thinking up nicknames. Sorry! T-roc, I officially dub thee T-dubbs. "Dubbs" is slang for 20 (a multiple of two), right? Well since you posted second... get it? If not, take it up with Mr. Donohue.
Next up is Ariel. But Ariel doesn't get a nickname. Why? She didn't even check out my blogs! She didn't read my interview! She just posted in the comments section for extra credit! Which I admit, is very smart. Not to mention ambitious. But shame on you Ariel! Shame! Booo! No nickname for Ariel.
(If I were going to give you one, it might be A-Niche. Like Enyce. Except its's not. Better read my blog while you still can!)
OK, back to biz. I mentioned I wasn't fond of LJ, right? OK, here's why. A couple months ago, I went to cover a party held in honor of Alonzo Mourning's Million Dollar Charity Shootout (I won't get into specifics unless you ask me to). While hanging out and watching Shaq (Alonzo's teammate; he showed up to support the cause) contort himself into positions no 7-footer should (in an attempt to control the dance floor), I bumped into Larry Johnson's publicist. This was right before the start of the NFL season, and immediately, I thought it would be great if I could interview LJ for a story in the mag.
His rep and I traded information, I presented the idea to my bosses, and everyone agreed it was a good idea. A potentially cover-worthy idea, even. Which means... I'm on Cloud 9! All LJ has to do to lock this story down is what he's been doing every time he received the ball as a starter: Run through, over and around people to the tune of oh... about 100 yards and 1/2 TDs per game.
I mean, this is LJ right? No way he doesn't deliver. Right?
Except the first game comes, and LJ struggles.
And then he struggles again in Week 2.
And again.
And now, I can't convice my editors to give him a feature.
Now, the title of this post and the one prior to it are misleading. I don't hate Larry Johnson. I've interviewed him a couple of times, and he's a really cool dude. And we all know how awesome he is on the field, right?
What was really inconvenient (I didn't even hate this part; he's trying as hard as he can, who am I to hate on that b/c it doesn't benefit me?) was the timing of his struggles with my attempts to push a story on him. As a writer, nothing's more frustrating than busting your butt to lock down a story, only to have it slip from your grasp for reasons beyond your control.
On-field struggles. Last-second decisions by the athlete not to cooperate. First-second decisions not to cooperate! Etc., etc. You name it, I've lost stories because of it.
However, there's a silver lining.
Want to know what it is?
You're just going to have to check back this weekend then. My editor just called me. Baron Davis is in Hawaii, and we want to do a two-page interview on him before the season starts. Yours truly has been assigned to handle the dirty work. Gotta go for now, but check back in soon. I'll finish this story then. PROMISE!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Homework Due Wednesday, October 3rd
Predict a champion in your favorite sport. Explain your choice in 5-7 sentences. Also, remember your final is on Thursday!
See you in class.
-Mr. Donohue
Monday, October 1, 2007
Homework For Tuesday, October 2nd
Who should take the blame for the Mets collapse and what should happen to him or them? Explain in 7-10 sentences.
Links below:
Daily News
New York Times
NY Post
ESPN.com
NY Newsday
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
Links below:
Daily News
New York Times
NY Post
ESPN.com
NY Newsday
See you in class!
-Mr. Donohue
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