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https://sportsstories.substack.com/p/how-the-harlem-globetrotters-integrated

The characters of this story include the all-white Minneapolis Lakers and the all-black Harlem Globetrotters of 1948. The narrative structure of the story gives a good history of the segregation of the sport of basketball to lead itself up to a story about a tipping point in the integration of basketball. This story is about a small, but impactful moment in the sport of basketball and its fight to integrate the highest league of basketball.

The event in this story is true, but considering Hersey it has some issues that make it somewhat exaggerated. The problem with this event is that it was not as defining of a moment as Jackie Robinson stepping onto a major league diamond. The writer can look at the history after this game and say that the game led to the integration of the newly formed NBA, but there is no way to know for sure whether this exhibition directly caused the new association to integrate. This exaggeration allows the story to lose some of its validity, and makes it less of a historical account and more of an anecdote.

I am basing my 5 other stories off of this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/olympics/stanford-cuts-olympics.html

1. Talk to an athlete affected by the cut of their program on what the future looks like for them.
2. Talk to a parent of a student-athlete in one of the programs about how their kid grew up playing the sport.
3. Talk to an AD at a lower level in college to see how these decisions may trickle down.
4. How does this impact the rest of the campus?
5. Talk to another Division-1 athletic director about how this decision could move laterally to other schools.

I would most like to talk to an AD at a lower level to see how this decision could trickle down to their programs. I think this would be a good story because it is something that hits closer to home as I have grown up around small college athletics.

A story is an event that can be told to others to inform them of an event or sequence of events, or to entertain them with.
I think stories are needed in society and in our interactions to help relate to other people’s experiences or learn from them. When people hear stories they are then able to empathize or relate with the person because they, for a moment, lived the event through the eyes of the person who lived it or a person that is well-versed on an event.

#1 – Why is the world the way that it is?
#2 – How do I be good at life?
#3 – What is the most important thing a person can do?
#4 – When is the end?
#5 – Can I graduate yet?

Mega City Mall Involved in Explosion

The Mega City Mall witnessed an explosion that killed 2 people and injured a little under 100 more individuals this Thursday morning. Witnesses say the southeast end of the mall exploded during the 9:00 h0ur during the mall’s opening time.

Police Sergeant Ross Fuglsang held a press conference today immediately following the explosion in which he described the details of the explosion. “As of right now the mall is off limits until the damage can be assessed.” Sgt. Fuglsang says that there is video of the incident but the police have not had the time to go and analyze it for any suspicious activity. “We will be analyzing the video later this afternoon to see what we can see.”

Mega City police offer was off-duty during the explosion and witnessed it. She says that the police department is committed to doing anything to keep the people of Mega City safe. Grace Nordquist, mall security officer witnessed the explosion, “from what I saw it did not look like a natural explosion, this looked deliberate.”

Sgt. Fuglsang says they are taking precautionary measures such as turning of the gas to make sure that another explosion does not happen.

High school student Grace Russman also witnessed the explosion, “the storefront (of GunLand) blew open into the hallway, I was not injured and did not witness any of the injuries.”

Results of the police and FBI investigation will be released later on in the week.

The lead of this story is very well written, it give enough information along with the headline to know what’s going on at the world chess championships. It describes the details that led to the match that ultimately Magnus Carlsen the world chess championship.

The news values this falls under are relevancy due to how recent the championships were. It’s also relevant to us because Carlsen’s opponent was an American at the world championships playing Magnus.

Another news value this falls under is the value of is the value of this being a interesting and unique story. Not many think of the chess championships as being very popular and therefore makes it a pretty unique story.

Oldest bear at the Midland Zoo in Townsville passed away yesterday. The 16 year old polar bear was found dead in his exhibit at 7 AM, one hour after being fed. Homer was a 16 year old polar bear and the oldest polar bear at the Midland Zoo.

Zookeeper Sara Getty remembered Homer, “Homer was a very curious and playful polar bear and we will miss him terribly.”

The Zoo reports that they will be conducting a necropsy to determine cause of the death and the result will take several weeks to determine. Zoo director Chris P. Bacon, “We will do everything in our power to determine how this bear died. Animal welfare and the preservation of species are out primary goals her at the zoo.”

Two other polar bears are surviving Homer in a 9 year old male named Yukon, and a 10 year old female named McKenzie.

The Zoo also confirmed that two other animals have passed away in the past two weeks. A 10 year old female bobcat named Regina died of kidney failure, and a 6 year old giraffe named Kenya died after her neck broke due to getting her horn stuck in her stall.

My last conversation was an interview I did post game last night with Jim Sykes. We talked about his victory over the Chargers last night 76-67. I asked him numerous questions about his team’s scoring ability, his team’s unselfishness, and his team’s depth coming off the bench. It was a good interview.

https://www.si.com/nfl/photos/2015/06/30/week-life-brett-favre-1995#3

This frames Brett Favre as a hard working man that does anything and everything

It shows this by showing all his activities throughout the week and all the things he does.

It doesn’t leave out much, it shows him as a man with a lot of friends, a man that works out, and a man that shows how good of a dad he is.