1.   These are issues from which the sporting public is excluded other than in a weekly letters column.

2.   Their aim is to raise their game, but also to raise their profile amongst the sporting public.

3.   As the years went by and Charles was making an unforgettable impression on the sporting public, you could chart his development as a man of the people.

4.   All of which left the American sporting public and media thinking that the NFL had its act together and was ready to dominate the national sports scene.

5.   Indeed, he was the home run in the eyes of the American sporting public.

6.   It has elicited rants from all corners of the sporting public during postseason after postseason.

7.   Instead, when the matter was put to a vote of its sporting public, Baltimore did the unthinkable by turning to poetry.

8.   Still, even Vitale acknowleged that these NBA playoffs are enjoying rare popularity from more than just a tiny segment of the sporting public.

9.   The Bruins were a simmering success with the Boston sporting public even before moving into their new rink above the rumbling trains in North Station.

10.   The heart of the sporting public says it should never have come to this.