Sporting News, 01.29.12

Niners safety Donte Whitner will finish his degree at San Jose State

• Back to school: A 49er heads back to SJSU San Francisco Chronicle
• Secrets of the Super Bowl SmartMoney
• Is Moneyball worthy of an Oscar? USA Today
• Two tennis legends clash over same-sex marriage in Australia Times of India
• Staying stateside: David Beckham doing two more years with LA Galaxy Sporting News 
• London bound: US women's soccer team qualifies for the Olympics Washington Post

Week 01: John McEnroe, Tennis

McEnroe is the winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles

We 1.25
Class: Syllabus review

Upcoming:

Week 02: Landon Donovan, Soccer
Mo 1.30
Read: eR— The Bravery of Iran's Female Athletes (The Atlantic), “Taking the Dread Out of Phys Ed” (Wall Street Journal); FRIDAY—“Odessa” – “Boobie”
Class: Introductions; Lecture—Sample PowerPoint presentation

We 2.1
Read: eR—“The Problem with Tim Tebow” (Huffington Post), “Why Steroids are No Longer a Concern of Baseball Fans” (Bleacher Report); FRIDAY—“Dreaming of Heroes” – “East Versus West”
Class: Lecture—“The Steps of the Writing Process”; Preview—Expository essay