• New York Observer, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:02 PM

The Wall Street Journal's New York sports section will assign beat reporters to the major local sports teams, including the Mets, Yankees, Jets, Giants and the Knicks, sources said. They'll be credentialed for home games, and they'll travel to road games. But the focus is features and trends -- much like The New York Timess.

The Journal has hired Jim Baumbach from Newsday as their lead Yankees reporter and Mike Sielski of the Calkins Media newspaper chain as their Mets reporter, said sources. Sam Walker, currently The Journal's sports editor, will oversee the section, a source said.

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