South Korea defender scores 2 own goals in loss to Russia

Associated Press / 01:13 AM October 08, 2017

MOSCOW — South Korea defender Kim Ju-young conceded two own goals in three minutes as his team lost to Russia 4-2 in a
friendly on Saturday.

Kim turned the ball into his own net at a corner in the 55th minute to go 2-0 down, and seconds after the restart, he tried to cut out a
pass from Alexander Yerokhin on the edge of the box, but it bounced off his foot and rolled into the bottom-right corner, leaving the
goalkeeper stranded.

Despite his double gift, Kim played the full 90 minutes.

For Russia, it was a morale-boosting first international game since its disappointing Confederations Cup group-stage exit, while South
Korea has gone five games without a win despite having qualified last month for next year’s World Cup in Russia.

Fyodor Smolov gave the hosts the lead in the 45th when he headed an Alexander Samedov corner off the ground and in. Alexei
Miranchuk made it 4-0 on a rebound.

Kwon Kyung-won scored with a header on his international debut in the 87th and Ji Dong-won added another consolation goal in
stoppage time.

http://sports.inquirer.net/267708/south-korea-defender-scores-2-goals-loss-russia

Pingoy downplays record-setting performance in win over FEU

By: Bong Lozada - Reporter / @BLozadaINQINQUIRER.net / 01:06 AM October 08, 2017

Adamson guard Jerie Pingoy had just set the single game assists and steals record in the UAAP Season 80 men’s basketball
tournament, but he was quick to defer his success to his teammates’ play.

Pingoy orchestrated the Soaring Falcons’ offense in their 95-79 win over Far Eastern University as he finished with 10 points, 10
assists, and three steals with the two latter figures the highest marks in the tournament so far.

“I’m just going to do my job, my role as a point guard,” said Pingoy in Filipino Saturday at Mall of Asia Arena. “I’ll just do the little
things, and it’s a good thing my teammates made their shots so the credit goes to them.”

Pingoy terrorized FEU’s defense with pinpoint passing, most of which went to Jerrick Ahanmisi who had 17 points in the game, nine
coming off from beyond the arc.

The point guard’s spirited play allowed the Falcons to establish their dominance as early as the first quarter when they took a 21-8
lead.

Adamson’s lead eventually ballooned to 61-40 by the break.

Pingoy added he wanted to repay the trust his coaches gave him when he got the starting point guard job.

“My spot in the starting lineup is not a permanent one,” said Pingoy as his team ended the first round at third seed with a 5-2 record. “I
still have to work harder in the future because everyone in the lineup deserves a starting spot.”

“I’m just happy to be named as a starter and I’ll do everything what the coaches tell me.”

http://sports.inquirer.net/267703/pingoy-downplays-record-setting-performance-win-feu

NU gains finals, outlasts Arellano in grueling comeback win

By: Mark Giongco - @inquirerdotnetIN, INQUIRER.net / 11:04 PM October 07, 2017

National University showed great resolve and rallied past Arellano University, 25-17, 26-28, 17-25, 25-13, 20-18, to book the first
ticket in the Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference Saturday night at Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.

Led by their towering spiker Jaja Santiago, the Lady Bulldogs climbed back from a two-sets-to-one hole and rose from a 13-9 in the
fifth set in stunning fashion.

Santiago carried NU in the pivotal stretch as she came up clutch with six hits.

The Lady Bulldogs also got unlikely help from the Lady Chiefs’ Jovielyn Prado, who committed back-to-back errors.

NU, which remained unscathed in the conference, faces either Adamson or Far Eastern University in the championship round.

The Lady Tamaraws forced a do-or-die Game 3 on Monday after edging the Lady Falcons in five sets.

http://sports.inquirer.net/267699/nu-gains-finals-outlasts-arellano-grueling-comeback-win
(NSPC Winning Piece in Sports Writing)

ILAGAN, Isabela—Isabela National High School, behind the remarkable performances of Florante Carreon and Paul Gonzales, took
all the Roxas National High School could offer before hackingout a close 60-59 win in an exhibition game held at St. Ferdinand
College Court here, Tuesday.

Carreon scored 21 points to lead Isabela and Gonzales 13 points but delivered this on the crucial part of the game including the
winning free throw.

The game started in a roller-coaster encounter and the first half ended 28-27 with Isabela on the
lead.

The second half was still close and Roxas took the lead with two minutes to go, but Gonzalesdisplayed a big heart as he connected a
three-pointer to give Isabela the lead, 54-53.

Rolly Menor carried Roxas on that decisive moment and tied the game at 59-all with 15 secondsto go.

Gonzales fished a foul with 10 seconds left and split his charity for the lead, 60-59.

Herman Menor refused to give up but his last desperate jumpshot went in-and-out of the ring.

“Faith carried us through this game, it’s a good game,” said Gonzales after the game.

INHS (60)—Carreon 21, Gonzales, 13, Magusib, 12, Mercado 6, Aguinaldo 4, Martinez 2,Cabanlong 2, Ong 0, Lim 0, Gumaru 0.

RNHS (59)—Menor 22, Balagan 18, Malaca 12, Soriano 7, Allavigan 0, gonzaga 0, Advincula 0,Limbauan 0, Galapon 0.

Sports Writing
Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on sporting topics and games. While the sports department within
some newspapers has been mockingly called the toy department, because sports journalists do not concern themselves with the
'serious' topics covered by the news desk, sports coverage has grown in importance as sport has grown
in wealth, power and influence.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_journalism

There are lots of different kinds of stories you can write on the sports beat, but probably the most basic is the short game story.
A short game story, usually 500 words or less, follows a straightforward format that can be applied to any game you cover.
Here’s the format:

The Lede

The lede of your story should include the final score and some details about what made the game interesting. Generally this
means focusing on the efforts of an individual player.

Let’s say a team’s star athlete is injured and a previously unheralded player comes into the game as a substitute. Not much is
expected of this rookie but he defies expectations and plays a great game, leading the team to victory.

Example:

Second-string quarterback Jay Lindman, who had never played a down for Jefferson High School, came off the bench after star
QB Fred Torville was injured Friday night and threw three touchdown passes to lead the Gladiators to a 21-14 victory over the
McKinley High School Centurions.

Or maybe the game is a close, seesaw battle between two evenly matched opponents, and is won in the final seconds by an
especially dramatic play.

Example:

Second-string quarterback Jay Lindman threw the game-winning touchdown with just 12 seconds left to lead the Jefferson High
School Gladiators to a 21-14 victory over the McKinley High School Centurions Friday night.

Notice that in both examples we focus on the efforts of an individual athlete. Sports is all about the human drama of competition,
and focusing on a single person gives the game story a human interest angle that readers will enjoy.

The Body of the Story

The body of your story should basically elaborate on the lede. If your lede was about the benchwarmer becoming the game’s
star, then the body should go into more detail about that. Often a simple chronological account works best.

Example:
Torville’s ankle was sprained when he was sacked in the first quarter. Lindman came into the game with low expectations but
threw his first touchdown pass in the second quarter with a high, floating ball that receiver Mike Ganson snagged in the end
zone.

In the third quarter, Lindman was forced to scramble out of the pocket to avoid the rush but managed to fire a bullet to receiver
Desean Washington, who made a diving catch at the goal line.

The Wrap Up

The wrap up or ending of your story usually centers on quotes from the coach and players gleaned from post-game interviews or
press conferences. Getting great quotes for sports stories can sometimes be tough – coaches and athletes often speak in
clichés – but a snappy quote can really be the icing on the cake of your game story.

Example:

“I knew Lindman could play but I didn’t know he could play like that,” said Gladiators coach Jeff Michaelson. “That was one heck
of a game by a young guy who showed a lot of heart.”

Washington said Lindman exuded confidence even in the huddle before his very first snap.

“He just said, ‘Let’s do this to win,’” Washington said. “And he went out there and did it. That boy can throw the ball.”

Different Kinds of Sports Stories

The Straight-Lede Game Story The straight-lede game story is the most basic story in all of sportswriting. It's just what it sounds
like: an article about a game that uses a straight-news type of lede. The lede summarizes the main points - who won, who lost,
the score, and what the star player did.

Here's an example of this kind of lede:

Quarterback Pete Faust threw thre touchdown passes to lead the Jefferson High School Eagles to a 21-7 victory over crosstown
rival McKinley High.

The rest of the story follows from there, with an account of the big plays and playmakers, and after-game quotes from coaches
and players. Because they often focus on high school and small-college teams, straight-lede game stories tend to be fairly tightly
written.

Straight-lede game stories are still used for coverage of high school and some college sports. But they're used less nowadays
for pro sports. Why? Because pro sports are seen on TV and most fans of a particular team know the score of a game long
before they read about it.

The Feature-Lede Game Story Feature-lede game stories are common for pro sports. Readers usually already know the score
of pro games as soon as they're done, so when they pick up a sports section they want stories they offer a different angle on
what happened and why.

Here's an example of a game story feature lede:

It had rained all that day in the city of brotherly love, so when the Philadelphia Eagles took the field the ground was already a
soggy mess - much like the game that would follow.

So it was somehow fitting that the Eagles would lose 31-7 to the Dallas Cowboys in a contest that was one of the worst of
quarterback Donovan McNabb's career. McNabb threw two interceptions and fumbled the ball three times.

The story starts out with some description, and doesn't get to the final score until the second paragraph. Again, that's fine:
readers will already know the score. It's the writer's job to give them something more.

Delayed-lede game stories tend to be a bit more in-depth that straight-lede stories, and as a result are often longer.

Profiles The sports world is full of colorful characters, so it's no surprise that personality profiles are a staple of sportswriting.
Whether it's a charismatic coach or a young athlete on the rise, some of the best profiles anywhere are found in sports sections.

Here's an example of a profile lede:

Norman Dale surveys the court as his players practice layups. A pained look crosses the face of the coach of the McKinley High
School basketball team as one player after another misses the basket.

"Again!" he shouts. "Again! You don't stop! You don't quit! York work 'till you get it right!" And so they continue, until they start to
get it right. Coach Dale wouldn't have it any other way.

Season Preview and Wrap-up Stories Season previews and wrap-ups are fixtures of the sportswriter's repertoire. These are
done any time a team and a coach are preparing for the coming season, or when the season has just ended, either in glory or
infamy.
Obviously the focus here isn't a specific game or even individual, but a broad look at the season - how the coach and players
expect things to go, or how they feel once that season is done.

Here's an example of a lede for this kind of story:

Coach Jenna Johnson has high hopes for the Pennwood High School women's basketball team this year. After all, the Lions
were city champions last year, led by the play of Juanita Ramirez, who returns to the team this year as a senior. "We expect
great things from her," Coach Johnson says.

Columns A column is where the sportswriter gets to vent his or her opinions, and the best sports columnists do just that,
fearlessly. Often that means being very tough on coaches, players or teams who don't meet expectations, particularly at the pro
level, where all concerned are being paid huge salaries to do just one thing - win.

But sports columnists also focus on those they admire, whether it's an inspirational coach who leads a team of underdogs to a
great season, or a mostly unheralded player who may be short on natural talent but makes up for it with hard work and unselfish
play.

Here's an example of how a sports column might begin:

Lamont Wilson certainly isn't the tallest player on the McKinley High School basketball team. At 5-foot-9, he's hard to spot in the
sea of mid 6-footers on the court. But Wilson is the model of an unselfish team player, the kind of athlete who makes those
around him shine. "I just do whatever I can to help the team," the ever-modest Wilson says.

Source:http://journalism.about.com/od/writing/a/sportsstories.htm

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What Is a News Lede -- and How to Write a Great One

Snappy Ledes Tell Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
by Tony Rogers
Updated September 01, 2017

THE LEDE -- THAT’S HOW JOURNALISTS SPELL IT -- IS THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ANY NEWS
STORY. IT’S ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. THE LEDE MUST ACCOMPLISH THREE THINGS:

 Give readers the main points of the story;

 Get readers interested in reading the story;
 Accomplish both “a” and “b” in as few words as possible.

Typically, editors want ledes to be no longer than 35 to 40 words. Why so short? Readers want their news
delivered quickly.

A short lede does just that.

WHAT GOES IN THE LEDE?

For news stories, journalists use the inverted pyramid format, which features the five “W’s and the H” –
who, what, where, when, why and how.

 Who – who is the story about?

 What – what is the story about?
 Where – where did the event you’re writing about occur?
 When – when did it occur?
 Why – why did this happen?
 How – how did this happen?

Example 1: Let’s say you’re writing a story about a man who was injured when he fell off a ladder. Here
are your five "W’s and H":

 Who – the man

 What – he fell off a ladder while painting
 Where – at his house
 When – yesterday
 Why – the ladder was rickety
 How – the rickety ladder broke
So your lede might go something like this:

A man was injured yesterday when he fell off a rickety ladder that collapsed while he was painting his
house.

That sums up the main points of the story in just 20 words, which is all you need for the lede.

Example 2: Let’s say you’re writing a story about a house fire in which three people suffer smoke
inhalation. Here are your five "W’s and H":

 Who – three people

 What – they suffered smoke inhalation and were hospitalized after a house fire
 Where – at the house
 When – yesterday
 Why – a man fell asleep smoking in bed

 How – the cigarette ignited the man's mattress

Here's how this lede might go:

Three people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation yesterday after a house fire that officials said was
ignited by a man in the home who fell asleep while smoking in bed.

That lede clocks in at 30 words -- a little longer than the last one, but still short and to the point.

Example 3: Here's something a bit more complicated. This is a story about a hostage situation. Here are
your five "W’s and H":

 Who – six people, one gunman

 What – the gunman held six people hostage in a restaurant for two hours before surrendering to
police
 Where – at Billy Bob's Barbecue Joint
 When – last night
 Why – the gunman tried robbing the restaurant but police arrived before he could escape
 How – he ordered the six people into the kitchen

Here's how this lede might go:

A gunman who tried to rob Billy Bob's Barbecue Joint last night took six people, hostage, when police
surrounded the restaurant, but he surrendered to authorities after a two-hour standoff.

That lede is 30 words, which isn't bad for a story that has a bit more complexity to it.

WRITE LEDES ON YOUR OWN

Here are some examples to try on your own.

 Who – Barrett Bradley, the president of Centerville College

 What – he announced tuition will be raised 5 percent

 Where – at a gathering in the college's amphitheater
 When – yesterday
 Why – enrollment is dropping and the college is facing a $3 million deficit
 How – he will ask the college's board of trustees to approve the tuition hike
 Who – Melvin Washington, point guard for the Centerville High School basketball team
 What – he scores a record 48 points to lead the team to the state championship over the rival team
at Roosevelt High School
 Where – in the school's gymnasium
 When – last night
 Why – Washington is a gifted athlete who observers say has an NBA career ahead of him
 How – he is a remarkably precise shooter who excels at making 3-pointers
 Who – Centerville Mayor Ed Johnson
 What – he holds a press conference announcing he has a drinking problem and is stepping down
from his post
  Where – in his office at City Hall
 When – today
 Why – Johnson says he is entering rehab to deal with his alcoholism
 How – he will step down and deputy mayor Helen Peterson will take over

https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-write-a-great-lede-2074346

Here's How Reporters Can Get Good Quotes For Their News Stories
What To Quote, What Not To Quote
by Tony Rogers
Updated May 03, 2017

So you’ve done a long interview with a source, you have pages of notes, and you’re ready to write. But
chances are you’ll only be able to fit a few quotes from that lengthy interview into your article. Which ones
should you use? Reporters often talk about using only “good” quotes for their stories, but what does this
mean?

WHAT IS A GOOD QUOTE?

Broadly speaking, a good quote is when someone says something interesting, and says it in an interesting
way.

Look at the following two examples:

“We will use U.S. military force in an appropriate and decisive manner.”

“When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the
butt. It’s going to be decisive.”

Which is the better quote? Let’s consider this by asking a broader question: What Should a Good Quote
Do?

A GOOD QUOTE SHOULD...

GRAB THE READER’S ATTENTION

Using our two examples, it’s clear the first quote is dry and academic-sounding. It sounds like a sentence
taken from a particularly dull research paper or dissertation. The second quote, on the other hand, is
colorful and even funny.

EVOKE IMAGES

A good quote, like good writing, evokes images in the reader’s mind. Using our two examples, it’s clear the
first quote evokes nothing. But the second quote evokes a bizarre image that’s bound to stick in the
reader’s brain – a camel being hit in the posterior with an expensive, high-tech missile.

CONVEY A SENSE OF THE SPEAKER’S PERSONALITY

Our first quote leaves no impression of who the speaker might be. Indeed, it sounds more like a scripted
line from an anonymous Pentagon press release.

The second quote, however, gives the reader a feel for the personality of the speaker – in this
case, President George Bush.

The reader gets a sense of both Bush’s determination and his penchant for off-the-cuff humor.

CONVEY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SPEECH

Looking again at our first quote, can you discern where the speaker was raised? Of course not. But one
could argue that Bush’s quote, with its salty humor and coarse imagery, contains some of the colors of his
Texas upbringing.
A reporter I worked with once covered a tornado in the Deep South. He interviewed victims of the twister
and in his story contained a quote that included the phrase, “I tell you what.” That’s a phrase you’re only
likely to hear in the South, and by putting it in his story my colleague gave readers a feel for the region and
the people affected by the storm.

A good reporter could do the same thing in any area with distinctive patterns of speech, from the South
Bronx to the upper Midwest to East Los Angeles.

Given everything we’ve discussed, it seems clear the second of our two examples is by far the better quote.

SO WHAT MAKES A BAD QUOTE?

UNCLEAR SPEECH

Anytime someone says something in an unclear or unintelligible fashion, chances are you’re not going to
use that as a quote. In such cases, if the information contained in the quote is important to your
story, paraphrase it – put it into your own words.

In fact, reporters often must paraphrase much of what they gather in interviews because many people
simply don’t speak very clearly. People don’t craft their speech the way a writer crafts a sentence.

BASIC FACTUAL DATA

If you’re interviewing a source who’s giving you reams of data, such as numbers or statistics, that kind of
information should be paraphrased. There’s simply no point in quoting, for instance, the CEO who tells
you his company’s revenues increased 3 percent in the second quarter, 5 percent in the third quarter and
so on. It may be important for your story, but it’s boring as a quote.

PROFANE OR OFFENSIVE SPEECH

Most mainstream news organizations have policies banning or limiting the use of vulgar or offensive
speech in news stories. So, for example, if a source you’re interviewing starts swearing profusely, or
uttering racial slurs, you’re probably not going to be able to quote them.

An exception to that rule might be if the profane or offensive speech serves some larger purpose in your
story. For instance, if you’re profiling your town’s mayor, and he has a reputation for salty language, you
might use part of a profane quote in your story to show that, indeed, the man likes to cuss.

https://www.thoughtco.com/how-reporters-get-good-quotes-for-stories-2073866

Tips for Writing 5 Types of Sports Stories

From Simple Game Stories to Columns
by Tony Rogers
Updated August 08, 2017

Getting a handle on sportswriting can be daunting because there are so many different kinds of stories
that can be done. For the aspiring sportswriter, these are some of the main types.

THE STRAIGHT-LEDE GAME STORY

The straight-lede game story is the most basic story in all of sportswriting. It's just what it sounds like: an
article about a game that uses a straight-news type of lede. The lede summarizes the main points—who
won, who lost, the score, and what the star player did.

Here's an example of this kind of lede:

Quarterback Pete Faust threw three touchdown passes to lead the Jefferson High School Eagles to a 21-7
victory over crosstown rival McKinley High.

The rest of the story follows from there, with an account of the big plays and playmakers, and after-game
quotes from coaches and players. Because they often focus on high school and small-college teams,
straight-lede game stories tend to be fairly tightly written.
Straight-lede game stories are still used for coverage of high school and some college sports. But they're used
less nowadays for pro sports. Why? Because pro sports are seen on TV and most fans of a particular team know
the score of a game long before they read about it.

THE FEATURE-LEDE GAME STORY

Feature-lede game stories are common for pro sports. Readers usually already know the score of pro games as
soon as they're done, so when they pick up a sports section they want stories they offer a different angle on
what happened and why.

Here's an example of a game story feature lede:

It had rained all that day in the city of brotherly love, so when the Philadelphia Eagles took the field the
ground was already a soggy mess—much like the game that would follow.

So it was somehow fitting that the Eagles would lose 31-7 to the Dallas Cowboys in a contest that was one of the
worst of quarterback Donovan McNabb's career.

McNabb threw two interceptions and fumbled the ball three times.

The story starts out with some description and doesn't get to the final score until the second paragraph. Again,
that's fine: readers will already know the score. It's the writer's job to give them something more.

Delayed-lede game stories tend to be a bit more in-depth that straight-lede stories, and as a result are often
longer.

PROFILES
The sports world is full of colorful characters, so it's no surprise that personality profiles are a staple of
sportswriting. Whether it's a charismatic coach or a young athlete on the rise, some of the best profiles
anywhere are found in sports sections.

Here's an example of a profile lede:

Norman Dale surveys the court as his players practice layups. A pained look crosses the face of the coach of
the McKinley High School basketball team as one player after another misses the basket.

"Again!" he shouts. "Again! You don't stop! You don't quit! York work 'till you get it right!" And so they
continue until they start to get it right. Coach Dale wouldn't have it any other way.

SEASON PREVIEW AND WRAP-UP STORIES

Season previews and wrap-ups are fixtures of the sportswriter's repertoire. These are done any time a team and
a coach are preparing for the coming season, or when the season has just ended, either in glory or infamy.

Obviously, the focus here isn't a specific game or even individual, but a broad look at the season - how the
coach and players expect things to go, or how they feel once that season is done.

Here's an example of a lede for this kind of story:

Coach Jenna Johnson has high hopes for the Pennwood High School women's basketball team this year. After
all, the Lions were city champions last year, led by the play of Juanita Ramirez, who returns to the team this
year as a senior. "We expect great things from her," Coach Johnson says.

COLUMNS
A column is where the sportswriter gets to vent his or her opinions, and the best sports columnists do just that,
fearlessly. Often that means being very tough on coaches, players or teams who don't meet expectations,
particularly at the pro level, where all concerned are being paid huge salaries to do just one thing—win.

But sports columnists also focus on those they admire, whether it's an inspirational coach who leads a team of
underdogs to a great season, or a mostly unheralded player who may be short on natural talent but makes up
for it with hard work and unselfish play.

Here's an example of how a sports column might begin:

Lamont Wilson certainly isn't the tallest player on the McKinley High School basketball team. At 5-foot-9,
he's hard to spot in the sea of mid 6-footers on the court. But Wilson is the model of an unselfish team player,
the kind of athlete who makes those around him shine. "I just do whatever I can to help the team," the ever-
modest Wilson says.
https://www.thoughtco.com/tips-for-writing-types-of-sports-stories-2074330