As with anything new there are some growing pains. So please be patient as we at Sports Lore do some fine-tuning. A tweak here, a tweak there, it all adds up. For example we changed the background color in the article area. We have added links to major sports standings. We are working on an address for a free newsletter. A great addition is a section called "From The Sidelines". With that, and "Chef Mike's Tailgate Talk" we are different than any other sports sites I am aware of. With your help, and sending of mail, we hope to become more and more reader driven. Meaning you the readers will have the Sports Lore steering wheel.

We appreciate the mail and comments we have gotten. Some of the mail from readers has appeared already. However, some questions have come up. Dave from Denver, Co. wanted to know if it would be OK for him to write a story on throwing a discus? There was a time he participated in this event. Did it count as a sport?

Sure it does, and please write on Dave. At Sports Lore just about everything is considered a sport. Certainly any track and field, racing, Olympic, or athletic competition is a sport worth putting to print. The only thing we won’t print is mean, fact less, slander. We know there is some bad with every good. Our goal is too highlight the good out there. So for those who want to vent this is not the forum.

Larry in Naples, Florida wrote in about our Mickey Shuler article. He remembers a documentary where Lawrence Taylor was thrown out of a game because of his anger with Schuler. Could we write about that?

Sorry Larry, but we don’t remember that. We would enjoy getting a story or article from you about it. There are no minimum or maximum story or article lengths. If more comfortable put it in a letterform. Nor are there spacing or font size requirements. As for spelling we will proofread it here. No doubt some mistakes will get by. They always do.

Two folks mentioned they don’t like to type, or feel they can’t write. If you see an article on the web that you like send it in. Just make sure you include the source and author. We will try to secure permission at this end for using it. However, all credit for finding it will go to you. Another way is to contact us about a story. We will try to assist you in ghost writing it. This means our name will not be on it. Once you approve the article, story, whatever, it will be used with your name only.

We feel that if you can send an e-mail we can build a story with your help. So please don’t hold back. To protect your privacy we will just use first names and towns. Unless you, the writer, want it differently. We already had one contributor who requested no edit, and that his full name and e-mail be given. It was done. If you would feel better contacting us via snail mail or phone let me know. Something will be worked out. For example if the volume of requests for this service warrants it we will get a PO Box. One way or the other we will be here for you, the readers.

As a final note we have no real time table on the frequency of written changes. For the most part they will appear here and there. So at least once a week we hope to have some section of the site revamped. So get out the cookbooks, sports memories, questions and send them on in. All ages of writers are needed!

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