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Hey again. Just promoted from Reporter to Production Manager. Wondering what types of banners you use for your sports pages. It's a weekly, so it's no special section or anything. We currently have a photo (of hockey) that is faded (transparent) with a "Sports" header. Any ideas? Thanks.

Hey all, What's the site that shows samples of sports sections?

What is considered a shot on net? I know we don't count posts. The team cleared the puck from their own zone (hashmarks) and went all the way down, hops over the goalie's stick and in the net? Can you count this as a shot?

Second quarter lapse costly for Warriors junior girls WHAT looked like a promising start to the season for the QEDHS Warriors junior girls basketball team is now slowly dwindling into a shaky finish. Last Thursday the Warriors dropped their second game to St. Thomas Aquinas Saints 31- 13 in...

JD. I'm currently in the same positon as you. I'm 19 with no college background. I got hired because of my early experience. Though I started journalism in sports, I'm also writing about news, court and person features. First, I would suggest reading everything -- that includes stories outside...

We kind of already did a story on that; him making it to the NHL, that is. This is to feature his new season. Thanks for the advice.

Ryan Parent has always been a defenceman who has just gone about his business. He has no flashy contracts and no endorsement deals. Right now, Parent’s playing with in Philadelphia where he is playing defence in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Philadelphia Phantoms, the direct...

After reading the advice on my writing, I took it into last week and here's what I came up with: Serving a strong point for senior Warriors CERTAIN players on the QEDHS Warriors senior boys volleyball team have their own technique and rituals when it comes to serving. Matt Monkman begins by...

Thanks guys. I'll take this advice into my writing this week.

Weekly paper, small town. Let me know what you think. THE start of the volleyball season for the QEDHS Warriors senior boys looked promising, with a large, energetic crowd cheering them on for the season opener at home against the Atikokan Voyageurs September 18. But home court advantage failed...

I got a small raise this morning.

Fat ones? Skinny ones? Short ones? Long ones? Wide ones? Here's my choice: It's like having two note pads on one page with the margin down the middle.

My editor at which I freelance for got the boot from her Publisher because they "couldn't agree on certain things." She always told me she was trying to change the paper for the better, making the operation more organized. She didn't see her termination coming. What I want to is has this ever...