Bitter-sweet brew (Mail and Guardian)
The rains finally came to the Suid Bokkeveld in May. Huge, ample fronts swirled in from the Atlantic with allusions to life and a bitter-sweet suggestion of hope. Back to back they pounded their way across the drought-dry escarpment, hurtling their contents down on to the scrubby veld below....more...A busy man (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
BROWNWOOD ? Steve Freeman has built more than a football program at Brownwood. A lot more. The energetic workaholic who?s in his office most days by 4:30 a.m. has orchestrated a much-needed overhaul of Brownwood High School?s athletic facilities. Freeman?s fingerprints are on every project, from the construction of the Gus Snodgrass Fitness Center on the BHS campus to the fencing around the ......more... The great schools shutdown (The Scotsman)
MORE than two-dozen schools, nurseries and community centres across Edinburgh have been earmarked for closure, The Scotsman can reveal....more... Around Montana: Bobcat offense is finally smokin' (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Rob Ash is the first to acknowledge that the defense is ahead of the offense after the first week of any college football camp, so there was no need for relief Tuesday afternoon when Montana State's offense registered a solid practice session....more... EDITORIALS: Seekonk fee move deserves a cheer; Filling the gym class void (The Sun Chronicle)
We wish parents in other area high schools were getting the kind of mail that will soon be on its way to their peers at Seekonk High School - envelopes containing fees that they had paid for their children to play sports or ride buses....more... Debt cut but pro team problems dog SRU (The Scotsman: Sport)
THE Scottish Rugby Union has claimed its first profitable year since 2002, but admitted that this does not include a possible £1.7 million pay-out due after closing the Borders professional team nor any settlement in the dispute with Edinburgh Rugby....more... Splash the cash (Edinburgh Evening News)
THE cost of refurbishing the Royal Commonwealth Pool has shot up by £7 million in less than two years, it emerged today....more... Craig's Black Cats jackpot (Edinburgh Evening News)
CRAIG GORDON will earn £40,000 a week at Sunderland having more than trebled his salary last night by joining the Premiership newcomers in a £9million transfer from Hearts....more... Briefly (Old Colony Memorial)
Sunday waterfront open mike series PLYMOUTH - An acoustic, open-mike concert series will be conducted and hosted by Danny Bell Sunday evenings in August from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the showmobile on the waterfront. ...more... |