Bart Isley and Ryan Yemen tap into the interest in high school sports.
PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE

As the economy has tanked, traditional print media is gasping for air. So why not start a new niche magazine? That was the thinking of two former Daily Progress sports writers. On Thursday, August 27, the high school sports-centric Scrimmage Play hits the stands.

Bart Isley and Ryan Yemen, both 25, know all too well the dire predictions for print publications.

“Print is failing because news can be covered so easily on CNN,” says Yemen.

“Our theory,” says Isley, “is print media can still work if it’s of high quality and focuses on certain things. Our coverage is local and very specific.”

With the help of stringers, Isley and Yemen plan (more)

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Mac McDonald starts broadcasting August 31 and takes his former UVA play-by-play colleague Adam Gottschalk’s afternoon slot on WKAV while Gottschalk moves his sports talk to the morning.
MCDONALD PUBLICITY PHOTO, GOTTSCHALK  BY JAY KUHLMANN

More than a year ago, Mac McDonald abruptly left his job doing sports radio play-by-play on WINA radio. Almost as unexpectedly, he’s back on the air starting Monday, August 31, not for UVA nor his old pals at WINA, but with his own drive-time syndicated show airing on the competition AM station, WKAV Sports Radio 1400.

McDonald says he was about to move to Orlando after working on a book for the past year. “I had people pushing me to get back on radio and do (more)

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McIntire Little League’s 11-12-year old All-Stars battle for the State Championship tomorrow.
PHOTO COURTESY MCINTIRE LITTLE LEAGUE

After winning the District 14 Little League Championship in dominating fashion, scoring 109 runs and only giving up 10— led by slugger Stevie Mangrum’s amazing 13 home runs in just 5 games— the McIntire Little League 11-12-year old All-Star team is poised to make history.

For only the second time, McIntire has made it to the finals of the Virginia State Little League Championship, with the title to be decided Wenesday, July 29 at 6pm in Fairfax, Virginia (depending on the weather). Not since a former McIntire Little League player named Chris Long was an All-Star has the team played in the Championship game, and no team from McIntire or District 14 has ever won the Virginia State Championship.

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