Journalism How to Write a Sports Story分析和总结分析和总结.docx

How to Write a Sports Story When writing a sports article, t is your job to obtain the statistics. The headline should be an abbreviated sentence summarizing the game. Who’d we beat? The lead paragraph should tell who, what, when, where. Set the score off with commas in your first sentence. The how and why will probably be the top players’ statistics and the coach’s comments. The top players’ statistics should be the second paragraph. Have the coach’s comments be the last paragraph. Use strong action verbs! Brief example of a basketball template: The Andes Central Eagles soared past the (opponent), 85-34, (date) at (town/home). (WHO) (WHAT) (WHEN) (WHERE) Leading scorers were with ; , ; and , . player points player points. player points Top rebounders were with ; , ; and , . player points player points. player points had assists, while had . Coach commented, “ .” Below is an article from the September 11, 2007, Daily Republi:c Andes-Central Beats Bridgewater-Emery, 3-1 Jenna Winckler had eight kills to pace Andes Central in its 3-1 victory over Bridgewater- Emery Monday night. The Eagles won by scores of 15-25, 25-7, 25-20, and 25-15. Amy Chykta had four service aces and 10 set assists, and Danielle Walder had 13 digs for Andes Central. Jessie VanLeur led the Huskies with five service aces, seven kills, and three blocks. Robbie Letcher had nine kills, and Kayla Olinger paced the defense with 16 digs. The Eagles are now 4-7 and host Scotland today. Bridgewater-Emery is 2-3 and hosts Freeman tonight in Emery. Andes Central’s junior varsity also won its match over the Huskies by scores of 25-17 and 15-15. You may want to use the above article as a guideline for future volleyball stories. Notice that the leading players’kills, service aces, set assists, and blocks are mentioned. Since our paper comes out only once a month, we won’t worry about the next game or the record because these probably wouldn’t be accurate by the time people