| College mens hockey: Speer pitches another shutout for UWSP
STEVENS POINT -- Thomas Speer figures he has the easy part. The guys playing in front of him for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men's hockey team are doing all the hard work. Speer posted his second straight shutout, stopping all 16 shots he faced as the Pointers blanked Concordia (Wis.) 9-0 in a nonconference matchup at K.B. Willett Arena on Saturday night. "Any goalie could have two shutouts the way the guys are playing in front of me. They have definitely been making it really easy," Speer said. "My goal is to give out team the best opportunity to win." The back-to-back shutouts are the first for the Pointers since the 1997-98 season when UW-Stout failed to find the back of the net in a two-game series. Since surrendering five goals to St.
South Africa: The Art of Rewarding Appropriately
THE furore over the Premier Soccer League (PSL) bonuses again raises the dilemmas of executive remuneration and incentives. An executive's ability to lead, to inspire and act creatively, to learn from failure, not to hide behind policy and plan or others' patronage, distinguishes executives who make a valuable difference from the mediocre and those who prefer things to be safe and familiar. Share options and bonus schemes are intended to ensure that organisations get the best talent. "Experts" claim to define what and how value will be created, as if the future were predictable. .
IOA proposes National Club Games to cast wider net for talent
New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) To infuse life into the largely inactive state Olympic associations and individual federations, IOA has proposed the launch of the National Club Games aimed at encouraging sports culture at the grassroots level in the country.
The Indian Olympic Association plans to start these Games right from the village and local level upward next year and the first cycle is to be completed with the National Club Games in 2009. The all-India event will be held every other year in which the National Games will not be organised.
"The National Club Games will help us cast the net wider for talented sportspersons right at the bottom of the pyramid so that they can be eventually assimilated in the mainstream of sports activities," IOA Secretary General Randhir Singh said today.
Singer '09: Headaches the norm for NFLers
I was sitting on the couch watching football this past Turkey Day when my four-year-old cousin stumbled into the room. After tumbling onto the couch and staring at the screen for a while, she uttered the following words:
"Why do they play? They run and then" - she clapped her hands as a tackle was made on the screen - "they die."
Those are awfully philosophical thoughts coming from someone who still wears diapers, I thought. She should eat some more turkey. But instead, I decided I'd try to explain my thinking to her.
"Well, they get a lot of money to play. And some of them enjoy it," I said, looking at her to gauge her approval.
She scrunched her nose and shook her head in that spastic way little kids do. "I don't like it," she said.
Beaver Ridge students take drought to heart
Nancy Koehler's students worried about water. The children at Beaver Ridge Elementary heard stories on the news about Georgia's drought. They overheard bits of their parents' conversations. The snippets of information left some students confused, said Koehler, the science specialist at the Norcross school. .
Court in session
It might be hard to tell, considering Saturday's pair of Class 4A semifinal football games in the Four Corners, but the basketball season has begun. Ready or not. Aztec and Kirtland Central's boys basketball teams are still waiting to complete their squads. With the Broncos and Tigers still in the thick of the state football playoffs, the gridiron games take full precedent over shooting hoops. Piedra Vista and Bloomfield practiced with full squads for the first time this week, mere days before tip-off. The Bobcats and Panthers' football teams were eliminated from the playoffs last weekend, much to the chagrin of students, coaches and fans. But at least their basketball teams are at full strength, right? Quite the contrary, actually. A majority of the area's seven basketball squads agreed that success is infectious.
Waller leads Hills by example
WAYNE -- Mike Roman watched Tim Waller play linebacker, how he pursued the ball, how he hit people. Then he realized he wasn't the only one watching, that his teammates, too, were trying to emulate his Wayne neighbor's football instincts. But while they all strove to match Waller's level, the bar had been set fairly high. .
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