If you write about two boxers, two football coaches, two runners, or two teams, you could begin the article with a comparison of the two. You can end the article with an editorial (or judgment) ending.
Humor columnist and author Dave Barry traveled from Miami (when Floridians were anticipating the first season of the Florida Marlins) to Erie, Pennsylvania, the home of the Erie Sailors, a Marlins farm team.
He found the Sailors’ stadium quaint, the operation a nickel-and-dime affair, and the players more human and certainly more approachable than in the big leagues.
Barry’s article, “The Old Ball Game,” appeared in Tropic magazine and also in The Best American Sports Stories, 1993. His ending: The 1992 Sailors season ended September 1. As I write this, the Marlins haven’t decided whether to remain affiliated with the Sailors for the 1993 season. And if Erie doesn’t solve its stadium problem by 1994, the Sailors won’t be affiliated with any big-league team.
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Of course, by next year, South Florida won’t care about Erie: the Marlins will be playing here. We’ll have a big-league team to follow, with big-league stars making big-league money, playing in a big-league stadium in front of big-league crowds. Everything will be bigger. Although not necessarily better.