One way you can hone your writing skills is by starting your own blog. First, decide what your blog will focus on. Your blog's focus should be something you are passionate about. You want to choose something you are passionate about because you will need to create a lot of content regularly. Then, choose a blogging platform and begin blogging. Since your interest is in sports journalism, start a sports blog detailing commentary, highlights, and results from sporting events you attend. Also, fill your blog with stories and interviews you have conducted with athletes and coaches. Reading also helps improve writing skills. To improve your writing skills as a sports journalist, start reading articles, books, editorials, and opinion pieces written by well-known sports journalists. Reading the work of professional sports journalists will expose you to the writing styles, content, and the ingenuity that is needed to be a successful sports journalist. You can get additional writing practice by writing for your school newspaper or for a local newsletter and/or column. Attend school sporting events and write columns detailing what happened during the event, who played well, and how the team did, for example. If you can, also conduct interviews with the players and coaches to report on in your column.
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One-sentence summary -- Start a blog. Read, read, read. Write for a school newspaper.


Touching your sore with unwashed hands can lead to a bacterial infection, and you could also spread the sores to another area of your body. Use warm, soapy water to wash your hands often throughout the day. When you have a cold sore outbreak, you are highly contagious and the virus can be easily spread to another person. Avoid kissing or having your cold sore come in contact with someone else. Similarly, avoid oral sexual activity during an outbreak. This can risk transmitting the virus and infecting the other person with genital herpes. Do not share drinking glasses, straws, toothbrushes, razors, towels, or other items that have come in contact with someone with cold sores. Similarly, do not share these items with someone else if you have cold sores. Throw away your toothbrush when you have a cold sore outbreak. You can risk continuing the virus if you keep exposing yourself to it through your toothbrush.
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One-sentence summary -- Wash your hands frequently. Avoid skin-to-skin contact. Avoid sharing certain items.


Tear the paper into strips, and layer it around your plants. This will help prevent weed growth and will keep the soil moist. The paper will eventually decompose and help give nutrients to the soil.  Corrugated cardboard can be effective as well. Do not use glossy paper or colored ink. Newspaper will add carbon to a well-balanced compost pile, and is classed as “brown.” Check out our guide  here on how to build a balanced compost. Use old newspaper as a spill guard when performing auto repair or when painting and staining furniture. Use it as a covering for all of your craft projects.
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One-sentence summary -- Turn newspaper and office paper into mulch. Add newspaper to the compost. Protect against spills.


Lamb steaks taste best when they are seared with high heat or fire, so broiling or grilling are the optimal cooking methods. Allow the broiler or grill to fully heat up before proceeding.  If you're using a grill, let the coals burn until the fire dies down and the coals glow bright red. The steaks must be grilled over very high heat. If you'd prefer to use a stovetop method, heat a cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Allow it to get very hot. Use tongs to transfer them from the marinade to the rack or grill. Reserve the extra marinade in its container. Arrange the steaks so that they are all centered over high heat with no overlap. If you're using a cast iron skillet, you may need to cook your steaks in more than one batch. Let the steaks cook on one side for thirty seconds, then quickly flip them to cook on the other side for thirty seconds. This keeps the steaks moist inside as they cook. Let the steaks continue cooking on the second side for five minutes. Use leftover marinade to baste the steaks as they cook. A basting brush or barbecue mop is the best tool for the job. After three minutes, remove the steaks to a serving platter. This cooking time results in a medium rare steak that's still pink in the middle.  If you prefer medium to well done steaks, let them cook for an extra 30 seconds to 1 minute. If you prefer rare steaks, remove them after the last side has cooked for 2 minutes.
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Preheat your broiler or light the grill. Place the steaks on the broiler rack or grill. Sear the steaks on both sides to seal in the juices. Baste the steaks with extra marinade as they cook. Turn the steaks and cook for three more minutes.