NEW YORK - ESPN the Magazine is offering to help the New York City Department of Education create a new high school focusing on the business side of sports.
The Business of Sports School, or BOSS, will open in September in Manhattan with 81 ninth-grade students. The school plans to emphasize real world skills through mandatory internships at companies including ESPN the Magazine.
Mike Soltys, a spokesman for the Bristol, Conn.-based sports network, said ESPN’s magazine, which is headquartered in New York City, made a “nonfinancial commitment” to help develop the curriculum and provide volunteer support.
The school is part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s push to modernize outdated vocational or trade schools.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) - As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl triumph, some New York sports fans are tuning in to basketball and hockey, with the Rangers in first place and the Knicks' overnight sensation, Jeremy Lin, sparking "Lin-sanity.''
Robins: This year, six new breeds will be making their debut on the green carpet for the Westminster Dog Show, which begins Monday.
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