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Posts Tagged ‘hockey’

A first try at sports writing

That whole “sports” thing is foreign to me. And hockey? I’ve seen three games in my whole life. The third was a Giants game on March 8. I received my first ever press pass for that game. Following the game, I wrote a story based on game action for my beat writing class. For the first time ever, I found something that I really liked about sports: writing game commentary. Bear with me, as this is my first try. I’d love any feedback and feel free to tell me if I’m horrible. That’s the only way to know where my talent is (or isn’t).

A passing game almost as graceful as synchronized swimming clinched another win for the Vancouver Giants in the lead up to the Western Conference.
A crowd of 13,516 watched the Giants topple the Kamloops Blazers 5 – 2, bringing the opponents’ winning streak of four games to an …

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