*NEWS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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alt.journalism/       DIRECTORY
alt.current-events/   DIRECTORY
alt.news-media        talk about the media
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  -Electronic Journals
                        gopher gopher.cic.net
                        telnet enews.com
                         (Login: gopher)
    offers: Access to MANY electronic journals (Select Elec. Serials)

  -International News
                        gopher info.umd.edu 925
                         [CNN]
                        gopher ftp.voa.gov
    offers: CNN Headline News, European news and weather, Voice of America.
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 *SPORTS/RECREATION------------------------------------------------------------
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alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves      Atlanta Braves major league baseball.
alt.sports.basketball.pro.ny-knicks     New York Knicks NBA basketball talk.
alt.sports.college.ivy-league   Ivy League athletics.
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  -Baseball Archives
                        ftp etext.archive.umich.edu
                         cd /pub/Sports/Baseball                          N:ftp
    offers: Weekly updates of stats and archives of rec.sport.baseball.

  -Sports Schedules
                        telnet culine.colorado.edu 859
                         NBA: 'help' for help, 'return' for today's games
                        telnet culine.colorado.edu 863
                         NFL: 'help' for help, 'return' for today's games
    offers: Schedules on-line.
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