Introducing: “Their Turn”
Dan Howley has long displayed a special knack for telling prize-winning stories of people in sports — people you may never have heard of but are glad you got to know through him. Now, he’s taking it...
View ArticleFun & Games
Readership of the Times Union sports section is always intense, according to reader studies. When the Giants are here, it is even moreso. Today’s special section, “Giants Camp 2006,” sets the stage for...
View ArticleWinter all-stars
In Friday’s edition you’ll find a 10-page section honoring about 200 high school athletes from the winter sports season. Over the years we’ve had parents upset with us that their teen was not named to...
View ArticleDid we make you smile?
We’re getting a few calls asking “what’s up” with today’s winter sports all-stars section. Here’s how Hank Domin, deputy sports editor, describes the section concept: We set up a “booth” that allowed...
View ArticleMarbury on Vick: Why we weren’t there
It’s not often that national news happens in Albany, and rarer still that when it does, the Times Union isn’t there to record it. But that’s exactly what happened Monday night, and we thought you might...
View ArticleFor Giants fans
On Sunday, New York Giants fans will want to check out our 8-page commemorative section highlighting the team’s season and Super Bowl championship. We’re also putting together a “championship edition”...
View ArticleMore honors for these sports stories
A few weeks ago we told you that some of our writers were named top 10 finalists (story links on the earlier post) in the annual nationwide Associated Press Sports Editors contest. The judges whittled...
View ArticleWhat our readers are saying 6.02.08
Lisa from Nassau asks if we give tours to school-age children. Monica: We do. Here’s what education services manager Greg Stapleton says: You can find an application form at...
View ArticleWhat our readers are saying 9.16.08
As we kick-off another fall school sports season, the calls and e-mails are coming in from readers asking for coverage of their favorite sports team. From Maria: I am not sure if you follow high school...
View ArticleWhat our readers are saying 10.1.08
We’ve had a few reader calls and e-mails concerned about typos and stories that end mid-sentence. And these readers are right – we have had those mistakes as we launched the last group of newsroom...
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