. ( —0041" Taw= f, A \,_;;,, y, AT - atotqa M C ";FV:. i t rrov% I ng rr ` ll .\\)l ABC's covera e of the Winter 01 by Todd Souders While many of us were sitting through class learning equations, formulas, and Mr. Biacchi's Gross National Product, the World's greatest athletes were gatheringtogether in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Many years of hard work were going to pass in a week. The athletes were not the only ones who worked hard before the Olympics. The National network, ABC, also worked hard to bring us the Olympics. ABC and its crew were in Calgary months before the Olympics. They built towers, organized the best camera views and prepaired notes to tell the large viewing audience. ABC has always been known as the best channel for bringing us sports. This is why ABC was under alot of pressure to bring us a -.N,; 2 • ‘ 11%) c sy ' 4 ,/ ". / Game Huddle: Pay atten- ti on Brian. A VIEW OF THE WINTER OLYMPICS great broadcast. They had their best sports broadcasters ready to bring us live action. Jim McKay, as usual, was host of the two week extravaganza. He has been host to previous Olympics as well. ABC started off the Olympics with the opening ceremonies. They did a very respectable job in covering it. Peter Jennings from ABC's World News Tonight came on with Jim McKay to give his insights on the opening ceremonies. ABC had great camera views and even better ceremony, which made the opening ceremonies even that much better. The coverage of all the events was respectable. The coverage of figure skating might have been the best. The much publicized "battle of Brian's" and Katarina Witt against Debbi Thomas may have been the reason. ABC really builit up the rivalries by having Sports & Le isure A\l- \f4.-70'S , 7 0 With fearless leadership thanks to Jon and Mario's from all officers and the It was a great first support of members and year for the ski team faculty, Ski Club has be- which participated in five come an active club on Dodge Cup Races at Little campus. The club has Gap, Shawnee, and Montage. shown hot ski movies, co- Members included Jack, sponsored dances and yes, Sean, Eric, Mark, Pete, even skied. Trips were Steve, Natalie, Mary Jo, taken to Mount St. Anne, and Kelly. Hopefully Quebec and Elk Mountain. next year will be even Attendence at recent better due to our new meetings has sagged, but officers Matty and Kimber. there is always plenty "til then, think SNOW! of pizza and stromboli BASE BAL L Yes, for our first baseball team ever here at Penn State Hazelton the team is shaping up well. Cy Falatko the team's coach says, "We have a bunch of enthusiastic, guys devoted and willing to play ball." Fifty-five guys signed up originally but only forty-six showed up for practice. After a week of practice Cy had to cut the team over fifty percent to twenty players for the squad. interviews with all of the favorites and breaking down every move the competitors made. The last night of the ladies event was the most watched event during the Olympics. ABC did not disappoint us with their coverage. The hockey coverage was not up to par this year. This is due to the poor SKI CWB The guys have only two games scheduled, at Scranton March 22, and at Luzerne Community college April 27. Cy blames their late pract ing date on the count of no games though more games are expected to be scheduled. George Lizalda, a sophomore player says "there is a lot of potentail talent but it's just not put together yet." George too feels that more games will needed to be scheduled as with most members of the team. Nr . izIN con' t pg . 7 DAN- rie-L lON
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