Beat Reporting Research Guide

Sports

Websites

CBC Sports Online
Canada ’s Broadcasting Corporation is a trusted and respected source of news in Canada.

This site is a clear example of why it holds that status.

Slam Sports
International sports news or the latest on local athletes is available here. However the busy flashing format of this website may make it unappealing for some.

TSN Canada
Easy to use and jam-packed with tidbits that could lead to story ideas, this site helps reporters, and the general public, keep abreast of the sports world.

Raptors
Find lots of info on Toronto’s NBA team at this official website. It also includes a schedule of games and media contacts.

Blue Jays
The official site for Toronto’s Baseball team is loaded with information but navigating it can be cumbersome.

Toronto Maple Leafs
Hockey information about Toronto’s local NHL team, available here, from press releases to bios on the players.

Books

How to cover, write, edit sports. Art by Al Papas; photography

Associated Press sports writing handbook / Steve Wilstein

Inside the sports pages : work routines, professional ideologies, and the manufacture of sports news / Mark Douglas Lowes

Modern sportswriting / (by) Louis I. Gelfand (and) Harry E. Heath, Jr.

Real sports reporting / edited by Abraham Aamidor

Sports illusion, sports reality : a reporter’s view of sports, journalism, and society / Leonard Koppett

Sports journalism at its best : Pulitzer Prize-winning articles, cartoons and photographs / Heinz-Dietrich Fischer

Sports style guide & reference manual : the complete reference for sports editors, writers and broadcasters / Jennifer Swan, editor