In 'It Was Thunder and Lightning' ill Grimsley used several tips from '10 Tips for Improving Scholastic Sportswrit'ing. Grimsley uses his knowledge of sports writing to deliver you a well executed article of the Ali and Liston fight. Grimsley also did not show any bias and was not a "cheerleader" for either of the fighters. This was also a direction from '10 Tips for Improving Scholastic Sportswriting'. Grimsleys rhetoric to start off with was too ask several questions for you to have set in your mind. Then later on, he answered these questions with details and quotes from attendees of the fight. This strategy highlights his purpose by giving you acceptable reasoning for all of the issues that took place with the fight that night.



In 'Tanaka blames mound for woes' by Peter Gobis he uses many tips from '10 Tips for Improving Scholastic Sportswriting'. Gobis uses the direction of writing about the players in the game and not about the teams themselves. Gobis also always refers to the players by their position on the field or there numbered spot in the batting order. Another tip that Gobis incorporated was not having a bias for either team and fairly gave you facts regarding each team and its players.