Spain takes Euro Cup
Meant to post these a few days ago, but Spain beat Germany 1-0 to win the Euro Cup last weekend.
Spain's sports daily, Marca, above.
Mexico City's Excelsior, above.
Posted by Rich Boudet | Email the author | July 5, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)
The Olympic Four-Step
The early leader for the infographic of the year award:
We'll just go straight to the story itself:
For anyone who is unsure how to applaud at the Beijing Olympics, China's chief of etiquette has the answer: try the Olympic Four Step. A set of hand gestures and slogans designed by the Beijing Etiquette Academy has been approved officially by the ruling Communist Party and the Beijing Games organisers.
This is actually several weeks old, happening in conjunction with the 57-point list of acceptable behaviors for foreigners issued by the Olympics host country.
An excerpt:
No. 50: How are drunk people handled?
When appearing drunk, if a drunk person poses a threat of danger to himself/herself or to other persons, property or the public safety, public security organs should take protective measures toward [the drunk person] until he/she is sober.
Posted by Josh Crutchmer | Email the author | July 2, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)
More Eugene pages from 2008 Olympic track trials
The 2008 U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials resume soon but here's a look at the first several days of coverage in the Eugene Register-Guard.
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Posted by Rich Boudet | Email the author | July 2, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Charlotte's thinner
There was slight redesign at The Charlotte Observer last week. The paper went down to the 46-inch web and added more information into the page toppers, among other changes.
Unfortunately, designer Lisa Pazdric, who provided these pages, is one of those getting laid off at the Observer.
Posted by Rich Boudet | Email the author | July 1, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
C.W.S.S.S.F.
That's College World Series, Swimming and Section Flags. In Omaha, the CWS ended last week just in time for the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials to start, and for us to launch new section flags, and for part of it to happen with me hanging folks out to dry, taking off for APSE in Minneapolis.
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
Credits go to Tim Parks, Dave Elsesser and myself, with assists to Ben Vankat and Mark Davis. Poster photo by Matt Miller.
PDF of the championship cover: Download 4WH01SRC0626.pdf
PDF of championship stats page: Download 4WH09SRC0626.pdf
SWIM TRIALS/NEW SECTION FLAGS
Above, the swim trials preview cover (Ben Vankat) and an inside page (Dave Croy). Below, Our first day cover and sports front, featuring a paper-wide redesign of our old section flags, to add a little more content to the top of pages.
Posted by Josh Crutchmer | Email the author | June 30, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (4)
Olympic trials in Eugene
The U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials are being held this weekend in Eugene, Ore. The Register-Guard is producing daily special sections.
Preview section cover designed by Adam Sparks and Rob Romig, photo by Brian Davies.
Doubletruck designed by Tom Penix with a photo by Chris Pietsch.
Posted by Rich Boudet | Email the author | June 27, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Art inspiration
This may be the first in a series of posts on design inspiration.
TODAY: The gallery & artist Jeffrey Simmons.
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Posted by Rich Boudet | Email the author | June 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Coming Soon: Electronic Gum
Now from the Chicago Tribune, interactive baseball cards!
You get year-to-date stats, career bests and season projections.
Posted by Josh Crutchmer | Email the author | June 25, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)
File Under "Baffling, Things That Are ..."
The Orange County Register is outsourcing copy editing to India. At least for now, it appears it will be for some of the paper's weekly publications.
An OC Weekly blog on the subject.
Posted by Josh Crutchmer | Email the author | June 25, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Tell Me How My Switch Pitching Tastes
A pair of must-watch videos today.
Yankees' Class A pitcher Pat Venditte (a Creighton graduate) baffles a hitter last week with his ambidexterity.
And here's this year's early leader for MTV's Video awards, Shaquille O'Neal in "Kobe Can't Do It Without Me"
Posted by Josh Crutchmer | Email the author | June 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)
