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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
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Game Huddle:
Pay atten-
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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
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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.
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