... spending will lead to any immediate changes in how school districts pay for football fields, basketball coaches or other sports costs. For some small communities, sports can be a lifeblood and a unifier. Others will argue that you can't single out ...

... him hard in the face. He began inquiring of the administration about athletic expenditures, getting nowhere. Most sports costs were covered up in general maintenance and operations. He couldn't get a line item on watering the football field ...

Winter Olympics are not so devoured by commercialism. After television delivers opening ceremonies from Nagano on Feb. 7, we'll see Coke signs and McDonald's arches and promos for ski equipment, but ads won't be nearly as apparent as during Atlanta's neon fortnight. It became embarrassing.

... center. Registration forms are available at Randy's Athletics Inc., Spaulding Athletics of Conway and Hibbett Sports. Cost is $60 a team for three members and one alternate. All participants will receive a T-shirt. Rose Bud hosts ...