New York writers were still getting their fill of Little Leaguer Almontes saga of fastballs and fraud. The international press salivated over the soap opera that is womens tennis.
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On September 11, 2001, there was no sports news. If you turned on SportsCenter, ESPN directed you to the ABC feed of the terrorist attacks.
Looking back, its amazing at how much stuff juststopped.
The 24-hour news cycle that media critics deride has spilled over into sports. Theres no time I can turn on the television and be without sports news. Even when it gets late at night in Cambridge, the European soccer scores start pouring in. Increasingly, there are breaking sports stories. The very concept seems ridiculous.
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