The Parthenon published two stories Wednesday previewing the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic where the Marshall's men's and women's basketball teams would face in-state rivals WVU men's and women's basketball teams. In the two stories, there were several changes I would make.
First of all, the lede in the women's basketball story needs to be shorter. It would sound better as follows: Marshall's women's basketball team will face its first and maybe only opponent ranked in the top 10 this season Wednesday at the Charleston Civic Center.
Another error that plagued both the men's and women's stories was the use of "their" instead of "its" when referring to each team.
In the men's story, the lede began with the time element, which is something that isn't ever supposed to be done unless the timing was of great significance. Again, "tonight" was used rather than the day of the week.
In the women's story headline, Capital Classic is not capitalized where it should be.
By looking at both headlines, it makes it look like the men's team represents all of Marshall, but the women's team only represents themselves -- they are not referred to as Marshall or Herd.''
A sentence in the men's story is awkward and it's difficult to make out exactly what the writer is trying to say. Here's the sentence: The selloout game will be televised on WOWK-TV the Capital Classic Network and will also be available onlin at ESPN3.com. I didn't know there was a "Capital Classic Network," as it is only one men's game and one women's game.
The men's story also states Marshall and WVU have played against each other 39 times, but doesn't give the record.
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