Archive for September, 2007

Pop Warner


FOXSports.com - It is hard to find fault with Kurt Warner’s 15-for-20, 258-yard performance this week against a difficult Baltimore defense. After Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt pulled started Matt Leinart, Warner threw five passes that gained 20 yards or more

Prisco’s Points
CBS Sportsline - At least Rams coach Scott Linehan admitted he made a mistake after the game. We saw more of the coaching mess-ups this week. The Jaguars actually spiked the ball on a third-down play from the Denver 1 at the end of the half of their

With former coaches running Cardinals, next game is personal to
CBS Sportsline - Whisenhunt, now the Cardinals’ head coach, was the Steelers’ offensive coordinator when they won the Super Bowl two seasons ago. Grimm was the assistant head coach and offensive line coach. When Bill Cowher resigned after 15 seasons in January

Heap expected to play against Browns
Baltimore Sun - Wilson was assessed a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness. After the game, Heap, who did not return to the game after the tackle, said he was feeling better, and coach Brian Billick said during his weekly news conference today that Heap would

Razorbacks’ bad start not what embattled coach needed
CBS Sportsline - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas fans showed their displeasure the old fashioned way as Kentucky wrapped up a win over their beloved Razorbacks. No Freedom of Information Act requests this time. Instead, the crowd just booed. Houston Nutt understood

CHFF: Who actually made a statement in Week 3?
MSNBC - Statement: New England scores 38 points for the third straight week and continues its chase to supplant 1950 Rams (38.83 PPG) as the No. 1 scoring offense in NFL history. Misstatement: Buffalo coach Dick Jauron makes his offense walk home after 10

Texans’ Cedric Killings regains movement
US News and World Report - Coach Gary Kubiak said Ahman Green, who left Sunday’s game early in the second quarter, had a bruised knee and an MRI exam revealed no damage. He will be listed as day-to-day this week. Kubiak expects backup Ron Dayne, who missed the Colts game with

Humberto Sneaks Up On U.s. Gulf Coast


Guardian Unlimited - Audie Tackett, the principal of the K-12 school in High Island, said the hurricane destroyed all four stadium lights of the school’s football field. The press box at the football stadium was also blown over and electrical equipment inside, including

Cooperation, dedication bring Cougars success
St. Petersburg Times - When Bob McFarland took over the West Hernando Cougars youth football and cheerleading programs eight years ago, he made some changes. Parents and coaches believe the most notable change - moving the program’s base of operation from Veteran’s Park to

Players drawn to All American Football League combines
CBS Sportsline - DETROIT — The All American Football League drew its biggest names at one of its biggest combines Thursday. Eric Crouch, the 2001 Heisman Trophy winner at Nebraska, worked out at Ford Field for scouts from the new league, which plans to begin its 10

New Surveillance System Demonstration at Colorado State University
MSN MoneyCentral - Security With Advanced Technology (NASDAQ: SWAT) announced today that it demonstrated its new AgileMesh products, a line of wireless, mesh network video surveillance systems, at the Colorado State Rams vs. California Golden Bears football game at

WEEK 1: Football is back!
FOXSports.com - Every week, the experts of FOX NFL Sunday will candidly reveal their observations and make their opinions known as they prepare for their top-rated pregame telecast seen each Sunday at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT. We’ll share with you some of the

Everett Receives Outpouring of Support
US News and World Report - Just ask Kenny Harrison, who coached Everett in high school and was impressed after the player hosted a football camp in Port Arthur in July. Everett charged no admission, handed out T-shirts and made sure every youngster had a ride to and from camp.

College Football Photo Wire
ESPN.com - Texas quarterback Peter Gardere looks to pass during the Cotton Bowl college football game against Miami, Jan. 2, 1991, in Dallas. Gardere, who led the Longhorns to four consecutive victories over Oklahoma, earning the nickname “Peter the Great,” was

Taking the ‘Foot’ Out of Football
NPR News - Kicker Robbie Gould of the Chicago Bears kicks the winning field goal out of the hold of punter Brad Maynard in the fourth quarter of their pre-season game at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Getty Images Kick-offs are fun to watch, but they’re

UNH Player Pleads Not Guilty to Murder
US News and World Report - SAN DIEGO (AP) — A New Hampshire football player pleaded not guilty Monday to murder, assault and other charges in connection with the beating death of a professional surfer. Henri “Hank” Hendricks, 21, is accused of being part of a gang that

Q&A // Michael Campanaro, River Hill, football
Baltimore Sun - A pause came from River Hill junior standout Michael Campanaro when asked what his favorite moment was during his sophomore year. It was understandable. After playing a big role in helping the River Hill football team reach its first Class 3A state

Early Education in PA Takes Giant Leap Forward in 2007


Forbes - Children who receive high-quality child care show better literacy skills and score higher on tests of both cognitive and social skills than children cared for in other arrangements. High-quality early care and education programs have demonstrated a

Rugby Union: A thriller, for a change, in Fiji 35, Japan 31
International Herald Tribune - try after six minutes, following some horribly inept Romanian handling. Yet Italy added only a penalty before halftime. Three minutes after halftime, Alexandru Manta crashed over after a lineout. Five minutes later, Marius Tincu smashed over to score

Americans Unaware That Employers Can Legally Refuse to Hire Job
Forbes - New Survey Finds Only 20% of Americans Know that a Bad Credit Score can Harm Their Chances of Getting a Job SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The vast majority of Americans do not know that a bad credit score is more than just a

Astros assured of losing season after falling to Cubs
Houston Chronicle - Box score Astros owner Drayton McLane took his usual seat behind home plate Wednesday night and witnessed his team reach a negative feat it had achieved only once previously in his 15 seasons as owner. For the first time since 2000 and the second

Orange QB Robinson refuses to be crushed by hits, losses
Baltimore Sun - college, South Carolina, from 1972 to 1975, where he finished as a Heisman Trophy runner-up as a junior in 1974. For Robinson, getting sacked nine times in his first two starts and watching the Orange lose to Washington and Iowa by a combined score of

14 PPOs Publicly Commit to New NCQA Accreditation Standards
Forbes - The results of those measures will account for nearly 40 percent of the plan’s accreditation score. PPOs will also be reviewed on a set of standards common to managed care organizations including an assessment of their complex case management and

Rockies crush Phils
Philadelphia Inquirer - He loaded the bases with no outs in the first, but the Phillies did not score. Lefthander Mark Redman, who was 0-4 with an 11.86 ERA, took over in the third. He allowed two hits in five shutout innings, striking out four. All of those things

Awesome England thrill McClaren
BBC News - Coach Steve McClaren was delighted after England’s 3-0 win over Russia in their Euro 2008 qualifying match - days after beating Israel by the same score. McClaren said: “They were both great wins but it was also about the performances and the way we

Iowa Fallout: Huckabee as the New ‘Darling’


US News and World Report - Could he become the fall campaign season’s most unexpected player? The former Arkansas governor’s performance at the debate, which will be televised by Fox News Network, could provide an answer. And, in this first matchup in the post-Labor Day high

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WXIA 11 Alive - Gen. David Petraeus told Congress on Monday he envisions the withdrawal of roughly 30,000 U.S. troops by next summer. This week on DVD, one of the best films of all time is re-released in a special edition, and last season’s “Grey’s Anatomy” shows up

Despite week one effort, Peterson will still split carries when Taylor
Detroit Free Press - Coach Brad Childress sounded optimistic about Taylor s availability this week, pointing to the toughness of the player who established a franchise record with 303 rushes last season while totaling more than 1,200 yards. But Taylor was in significant

Apple says iPhone sales reach 1 million target
Xinhua News Agency - It took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement, referring to the company’s digital music player, which has become a popular culture phenomena in the United States since it hit the market

AT&T Rebrands. Again
BusinessWeek - The union presented the company with an opportunity to transform itself from an old-world telecom into a cutting-edge wireless player. But many consumers still associate AT&T with old-fashioned landlines and 10-lb. phone books amid a world of high

Brown suffers knee injury


FOXSports.com - With Brown and Dvoracek out, coach Lovie Smith said safety Danieal Manning and defensive tackle Darwin Walker will start this Sunday against Kansas City. “Mike has gone through a lot,” Smith said. “He’s our team leader, great guy, competitor. We all

Pats accused of spying on Jets, stealing signals
MSNBC - With anything along those lines, those are all league-related matters, and anything that deals with an issue like this or anything on a team-by-team basis, those all go to the league, coach Eric Mangini said in his news conference Monday. When

Classless Patriots (Who’s the Worst of Them?)
CBS Sportsline - He’s a tremendous success as a coach, but somewhat of a failure as a man. Add to this formula Tom Brady , a whiner who complains when others criticize his team (see Marty incident) or when his team ships off members of his supporting cast because

Police: Ariz. roommate left forged note


Boston Globe - About 200 people, including members of Henderson’s former softball team at Tuba City High School on the Navajo reservation, went to the school’s athletic field Wednesday night to remember her. “It’s just tragic because the people in Tuba City know her

Tigers brace for team-record 3 million fans
Detroit News - DETROIT — For the first time in their 106-year history, the Tigers will draw 3 million fans for a single season. The Tigers expect to welcome their 3 millionth paid customer during their Sept. 24 home game against the Twins. By the time their home

Soccer commish: A Philly-area team picking up steam
Philadelphia Daily News - Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber yesterday gave his strongest indication yet that Philadelphia will have its own soccer franchise by 2010 - and that its stadium will be built in nearby Chester City. “We believe that a team in Chester will

Brighton top golfer moves to South Carolina, team moves on to top
Detroit Free Press - When Brighton’s top returning golfer announced she would be moving to South Carolina, the news saddened coach Bill Miller. Not long after junior-to-be Vanessa Koechli shot a 73-78 — 151, finishing in a tie for third place in the Division 1 finals

TEAM-BY-TEAM GUIDE
Daily Yomiuri On-Line - The reigning world champions have hardly set the world on fire since winning the Webb Ellis Cup back in 2003. A recent hammering of Wales seemed to have given them some cause for optimism, but it was followed by two more losses. Key Player: Jonny

Carlyle eyes financial services providers; builds banking M&A team in
Forbes - FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - US private equity company Carlyle is hiring ex-banking managers to buy financial services providers, the company’s European head Jean-Pierre Millet told Financial Times Deutschland in an interview. In past years

RB Henry eager to make debut with Broncos against former team
CBS Sportsline - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -There was a time not long ago when Travis Henry couldn’t get out of Buffalo fast enough. These days, the former Bills star can’t wait to get back now that he’s taken over the starting job in Denver. “It’s in my mind, but I’m

Trip to China just the beginning for U.S. national team
ESPN.com - It’s the beginning of my second week in China and we are settling into a routine. Trips to Starbucks, watching DVDs, winning Scrabble games and especially following NIU Soccer take up my free time. On Friday, I woke up at 5 a.m. to receive the good