BP #10

             

In the article "It Was Lightning And Thunder" by Will Grimsley he used several of the tips from "10 Tips for Improving Scholastic Sports writing". He uses the tip listed as number five, know sports writing styles. He does this by showing stats, numbers, and dates writing in the correct format. Grimsly also uses the first tip, writing about certain players, not just that certain game or in this case match. He does this when he first introduces Ali, giving the background information that he is a worshipper of Allah, and giving his age as well as his opponents age. Lastly, he uses the sixth tip for improving scholastic sports writing, making sure the sports stories are the last stories turned in before deadline. For example, he used the latest information on the match. Although the match was a long time ago, using the most updated stories is still a very good option. The rhetorical strategy Grimsley uses is logos. Examples of him using logos was using real logical facts from the match and things that actually happened.
         
                For my second article, I read "The Prodigal Son Returns" by Mark Farinella and he uses many tips for improving his sports writing as well as themes from the rhetorical triangle. One tip he uses to make his writing better is tip number 1, writing about players and teams, not just games. For example he writes about how Brandon Spikes is sort of a "Loose Cannon, undisciplined on and off the field." He also says that Spikes and Bill Belichick have "No bad blood" and Spikes says "You can clearly see that me and hoodie kissed and made up," Another tip for improving his sports writing he used was number 3, keep up with the team statistics and use them frequently in stories. He uses this by  giving a lot of quotes on how Spikes was not there when the Patriots won their most recent Superbowl this past year. This works into tip number three because the fact of them winning comes up in a few occasions, winning the Superbowl being the most prestigious statistic in the NFL. Farinella's use of the rhetorical triangle was logos. It was logos because he used quotes describing how the player and coach have no hard feelings for each other and have "Kissed and made up,".