Sports Writing Sports writing is the most popular type of journalistic writing. It is a unique kind of news about different types of sports that is written like direct news, but usually written in action story. It is a combination of news reporting, editorial writing, and feature writing, the content of which are sports and athletics. Sports articles offers reader exciting insights and analysis about how a game transpires and even simulates, and reveals what happened throughout in a sporting event. Examples of a sports article: A. Adamson nips FEU for UAAP women‘s volleyball final 4 spot MANILA, Philippines — Adamson leaned on its tenacity to overcome Far Eastern University and gain the last berth in the UAAP season 76 women‘s volleyball semifinals on Wednesday. The Lady Falcons bucked a 1-1 deficit to oust the gritty Lady Tamaraws, 25-17, 23-25, 23-25, 25-13, 15-11, at the Arena in San Juan and leaned on Shiela Pineda in crunch time. ―We should‘ve pushed it more in the second and third set, where we had a problem with our first ball,‖ said head coach Sherwin Menses. ―It was a good thing we recovered in the fourth and players showed how tough they are.‖ Pineda, once again, proved how invaluable she is for Adamson by scoring half of her squad‘s last eight points in the final frame which broke the 8-all deadlock. The Lady Falcons‘ star spiker finished with 25 points, all but one from kills as she towed her squad to a final four appearance, which would be her last. Mayette Zapanta also came through in the fifth frame along with Amanda Villanueva and they combined for 26 points for the Adamson. Villanueva eventually nailed the clincher after a miscue from the referee prematurely gave the Lady Falcons the win in the previous play. It was a confidence-boosting win for Adamson, which faces Ateneo on Sunday in another knockout match in the step-ladder format. The Lady Tamaraws, after showing tremendous promise this season, will go back to the drawing board after falling short of making it to the top 4. FEU botched a 2-1 set lead as it allowed Adamson to go on a momentum-halting 25-13 fourth frame win. Bernadeth Pons, who is a cinch for rookie of the year award, finished with 16 points to lead the Lady Tamaraws in a losing effort. http://sports.inquirer.net/145728/adamson-nips-feu-for-uaap-womens-volleyball-final-4-spot B. San Beda wins 4th straight NCAA men‘s football title MANILA, Philippines — San Beda seized its fourth straight NCAA men‘s football championship after a 2-0 shutout of Arellano Monday at the ASCOM pitch in Taguig. Raffy Cabug, the league‘s MVP, fittingly opened up the scoring for the Red Booters in the ninth minute. San Beda, which went unbeaten in nine matches, doubled its lead in the 69th minute on a penalty kick off a costly foul by Arellano keeper Mark Baldo to cap its victory. The Chiefs couldn‘t do much with the Red Booters‘ stifiling defense. San Beda also came out aggressive that kept Arellano on its heels. With another crown in hand, San Beda tied former NCAA member La Salle for the most number of football titles in the seniors division with 21. Meanwhile, Lyceum edged College of St. Benilde, 1-0, to finish in third place. The Pirates‘ finish is their highest since joining the league in 2011. Arellano‘s Alvin Obero took home the recognition of being the Top Goalscorer in Season 89 while teammate Pino Cristituto was named Best Midfielder. San Beda‘s Jim Ashley Flores bagged the Best Striker award, Lyceum‘s Mandie Boy Lunag was the Best Defender and CSB‘s Bayan Ronilo was the Best Goalkeeper. http://sports.inquirer.net/145541/san-beda-wins-4th-straight-ncaa-mens-football-title C. FEU booters move close to UAAP double crown MANILA, Philippines — Far Eastern U moved on the cusp of a rare UAAP title football double following contrasting victories by its men and women‘s teams at the start of their respective best-of- three finals series Thursday at FEU Diliman pitch. Coming out strong in extra time, the Tamaraws hacked out a 4-1 victory over University of the Philippines in the men‘s finals. The women‘s side leaned on Ina Araneta‘s late goal to subdue University of Santo Tomas, 1-0, in their series opener. The two FEU teams can clinch the titles with victories in Game 2 on Sunday. Striker Jess Melliza sparked the attack, scoring and setting up one of the Tamaraws‘ three goals in extra time. http://sports.inquirer.net/145815/feu-booters-move-close-to-uaap-double-crown Characteristics of Sports Writing 1. It answers the 5Ws and H questions – What? Who? When? Why? Where? How? 2. It contains exciting lead and describes the match. 3. It is full of adjectives. 4. It uses sports lingo and long sentences that cannot be found in writing direct news. Examples of Sports Lingo: 1. Volleyball Ace- It occurs when a player serves the ball and it goes over the net and lands on the opponent‘s court untouched by the other team. It also defined as a serve that makes it legally over the net and it is directed outside the court by an opposing player. Approach- This refers when a spiker quickly strides towards the net before they jump in the air for an attack. Attack block/ Block- This is when a defender tries to block a spike from the opposing team‘s attacking player before it crosses over the net. Bump ass/Forearm pass- This is a method of passing or setting the ball up to a teammate by joining the forearms together, extending your arms and bumping the ball of them in an underhand manner. Dig- This refers when a player prevents the ball from hitting the ground on their court when an opponent spiked or served the ball towards them. Joust- This occurs when the ball is falling directly on top of the net, two opposing players jump and push against the ball, trying to push it onto the other's side. Jump Serve- This is a type of overhead serve where the server throws the ball high into the air then makes a timed approach and makes contact with the ball sending over the net with a high speed. Kill- This is a spike, or attack that is not blocked or received by the defensive team therefore resulting in an immediate point for the offensive team Pancake- When a player digs the ball by extending his or her hand flat on the floor, palm facing down, letting the ball bounce off the back of the hand. Set- This refers to a skill in volleyball where an offensive player directs the ball to an area by the net so that a teammate can spike the ball into the opponent‘s court Six pack- This term is used to describe when a blocking player is hit in the face or head by an opponent‘s spike. Spike- This is a form of attack in volleyball when the ball is hit with force with the intention of it hitting the opponent‘s side of the court without the chance of it being defended http://www.sportslingo.com/volleyball-lingo-glossary/ 2. Basketball Air ball- This refers to when an shot attempted by an offensive player, that is not blocked by a defender, fails to at least hit the rim or the backboard. This shot attempt does not reset the shot clock, as the ball must at least hit the rim. All ball- This is term that a player uses as their defense when they have been called for a foul during a block attempt in basketball. The defensive player claims that they did not touch the offensive player and touched nothing but the ball and got a clean block. All day- When an offensive player is having a streaky game and has hit consecutive baskets in a row or is consistently making shots, it is said that they can do it all day. Alley oop- This is an offensive play in basketball where one player throws the ball up in the air near the basket and another offensive player grabs the ball in mid-air and scores, usually with a dunk. And one- A phrase used to describe when an offensive player is fouled while making a shooting attempt, makes the shot and is then granted free throw. Assist- A player is given an assist after they pass the ball to a teammate who then makes a field goal immediately after receiving the pass Backcourt violation- When an offensive player touches the ball in the backcourt, after it has already been brought into the front court and it hasn‘t been touched by a defensive player last. Ball fake- This refers to when the player with the ball misleads the defensive player into thinking he is going to attempt a shot or a pass. Ball hog- This is a term that is used to describe someone on a basketball team who handles that ball too often and does not like to pass the ball to his or her teammates. This type of behavior usually impacts the team negatively as the person who is considered the ball hog will take excessive difficult shots, even if they have teammates who better shot opportunities. Bank shot- This refers to when a player shoots a jump shot and it goes off the backboard first, without hitting the rim, before it goes into the basket.