Erich Schlegel / The Dallas Morning News

• Problems weren't Sydney's fault
Roy Hewitt: Most editors who worked the Games in Australia had few complaints and plenty of praise for Sydney and the Olympic organizers.

• A look ahead to Greece in 2004 ...
Philip Hersh: Despite criticism of its lagging preparations, the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee continues to operate as if it will stage the 2004 Summer Games. That includes media arrangements.

• ... but first there's a stop in 2002
Bruce Dworshak: As the afterglow of the Sydney Games begins to fade, the spotlight on the Salt Lake 2002 Games intensifies.

• AP kept cool – at home and away
Terry Taylor: I confess: the time difference had us spooked. Nagano had been a good warmup act, but these were the Summer Games – the real Olympics – with triple the events.

• Schoney set the standard for us all
Tim Burke: When Steve Schoenfeld, a reporter's reporter, was killed in October by a hit-and-run driver, I remembered a dinner invitation that he had extended to me and my wife-to-be.

• Steve Schoenfeld, struck by hit-and-run driver
Don Pierson: Steve Schoenfeld, who covered the NFL for CBS SportsLine after years as a reporter for newspapers in Phoenix, Dallas, Tulsa and his native Kansas, was killed Oct. 24 in Tempe, Ariz., by a hit-and-run driver.

• Times plan defenses for NBA suit
Bill Brink: On Oct. 6, the NBA sent a letter to the Times, confirming its intention to issue credentials – but with a caveat.

• Small-paper reps needed to judge
Don Skwar: If our judging session at February's winter meeting is to be as free-flowing as Redondo Beach's palm trees, we need to get cracking now.

• Baltimore crabcakes await APSE
Molly Durham: The Orioles won't be in town when the 2001 convention – APSE's 28th – comes to Baltimore (June 27-30), but crabcakes at Camden Yards will be one of the featured attractions.

• Internship appplication form posted
Sandy Bailey: The APSE/Sports Journalism Institute Class of 2001 is more than six months away, but we already owe a ton of thank-yous.

• Taking a look a the real issues
Gregory Lee: The Lynn Hoppes and Randy Beard stories in the June APSE Newsletter attempted to address the same issues that the APME Diversity Committee had spent some time with a month earlier.

• A few tips to improve recruiting
Gregory Lee: A group of minority journalists offered most of these suggestions for recruiting.

• Compete by using your resources
Gene Warnick: You're outnumbered, perhaps as much as 10 to 1. Your lack of resources seems overwhelming. So how do you compete with the metros when it comes to covering the big story?

• Planning can make a point
Gene Warnick: The inclination might be to say that Ken Tingley switched sides. But that would mean that there are sides to be taken.

• Newspaper participation is lacking
Elissa Leibowitz: The number of newspaper articles included in the book "The Best American Sports Writing" has been decreasing steadily each year.

• NHL situation improves – but ...
Bill Bradley: The biggest change in the National Hockey League, at least for NHL beat reporters, the main difference is locker room access and how much more of it they have.

• On the move: Maas takes over at Tampa Tribune
Kirby Arnold: Rick (Duke) Maas has left his home state and returned to his professional roots.

• Regions: New York papers turn up the heat
The Subway Series might not have played in Peoria, but it dominated coverage in much of the Northeast.

• Final dues notices going into mail in December
The last APSE 2000-2001 dues notices will be in the mail in December.

• Next drive-in workshop Dec. 11 at Costa Mesa
Mike Hiserman and Paul D. Bowker: APSE's 10th drive-in workshop will be Monday, Dec. 11, at National University in Costa Mesa, Calif.

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