Detroit Free Press - Minority hiring in college football is a hot topic. Though English, an African American, said he probably doesn’t have the experience to complain about the lack of minority opportunities, they appear few. There are only six black coaches among 119

USC has weakness for Illini duo
Chicago Tribune - Vince Young was the premier [player] in college football. “He played lights-out against us, played the best game of his life against us. [Williams] is not there yet, but he probably can be.” It’s clear the Trojans respect the Illini offense, but there

NFL Notebook | At 44, Testaverde says he’s all done
Seattle Times - To come in with three days of preparation and go out and help a team win a football game and contribute, I’m proud of the fact I was able to do that.” Testaverde started five more games for Carolina and completed 94 of 172 passes for 952 yards, five

Time to move on, while still remembering the glorious past
Seattle Times - But people still wanted to read about a football game even though they’d seen it on television, and later saw it over and over again with instant replay. There were still stories behind the stories, still good things in an otherwise bad season, still

Boston Globe - Just a guy not being alert on the bench,” said coach Claude Julien, who didn’t name the guilty Bruin. “He’s got to stay on the bench until his man gets off.” It was one of eight critical penalties for the Bruins - a number that led to a 4-3 Carolina

Othyus who? Collins has young Flames on track
Chicago Sun-Times - And freshman guard Robert Kreps has proved to be a spark off the bench, ranking second on the team in scoring (9.5 ppg) as the sixth man. One reason UIC is doing much better than expected is hard work. ”I’ve had teams that were very talented and where

Second-half surge propels St. Patrick over Madison
Houston Chronicle - Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle With 4:31 remaining in the second quarter Friday night, Madison’s Joseph Lawson headed to the bench with his fourth foul. It was at about that time that Madison started to unravel. The Marlins never recovered from

Still unbeaten: No. 4 Wazzu
MSNBC - Bennett gave his bench plenty of minutes, and the Cougars ended up shooting 47 percent and committing only eight turnovers. Little-used Caleb Forrest played 23 minutes because of an injury that sidelined Daven Harmeling, scoring eight points and

Telegraph experts give their forecast for 2008
Daily Telegraph - David Cameron ends 2007 on a high, but must now prepare his team for government, pruning the dead wood and giving new talent front-bench experience. He and Samantha should also start checking out local schools in Westminster - somewhere

Hoops star playing out season with bodyguards in tow
Philadelphia Inquirer - Several bodyguards joined Evans on the bench during a holiday tournament this week at Widener University and hustled him to the locker room at the buzzer, while police stationed extra security officers in the crowd. The commotion failed to rattle the

Olympian - Prep highlights: Gig Harbor outlasts Olympia boys GIG HARBOR Olympia s Conrad Davis hit four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points on Wednesday, but the Bears couldn t pull off the upset of one of the bigger teams in the state, falling to

Presidential Hopefuls Boil Down Pitches
FOX News - He said the assassination in Pakistan of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto highlights why the United States needs strong leadership. “It will require resolve, unity and mental toughness to do what’s necessary on all fronts. It’s the forces of

Business Highlights
Boston Globe - NEW YORK Wall Street skidded Thursday after the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and after the Commerce Department’s durable goods orders exacerbated concerns about the U.S. economy. The major indexes each lost well over

TV Guide: TV Highlights Dec 30- Jan 5
News.com.au - Satirist, actor, writer and director John Clarke takes viewers on a journey back to New Zealand to introduce his alter ego, the singlet-wearing, gum-booted farmer Fred Dagg. This character aired on TV in New Zealand in 1973 but no-one quite knew

TV sports highlights
Free Lance-Star - 1 p.m.–Chaminade-Julienne (Ohio) vs. Long Beach Poly (Calif.), Versus. 4 p.m.–Hampton vs. Gallup (N.M.), Versus. High school boys basketball 2:30 p.m.–Centennial (Ga.) vs. Lone Peak (Utah), Versus. 5:30 p.m.–La Cueva (N.M.) vs. St. Anthony (N.Y

Boston Globe - In the third period, he was set to score his fourth, but he was knocked down by a Winchester (2-1) defender in front of the net. Before he hit the ice, though, Kiley slid a bad-angle pass to Rob Toczylowski, who put the Rockets up, 6-1. “He was very

Bush’s status uncertain for Sunday
FOXSports.com - So each week, depending on which team we’re playing and what we’re seeing defensively, we’ll try to do what’s best to score points.” Bush wore a knee brace and his participation in practice was limited, though he appeared to run well while taking

Harris needs time to improve ball-handling, shooting
Detroit News - Manny Harris leads Michigan in scoring (16.1) and has 46 more free-throw attempts than the No. 2 player (DeShawn Sims), but Harris also has a team-high 40 turnovers. There’s no question Harris can score. His ball-handling, though, is a major issue

BOSTON POPPED: Pistons take Round 1 in battle of heavyweights
Detroit News - Rondo got into foul trouble and didn’t score in the second half. “He’s young, but he’s really good,” Billups said. “A lot of times it’s a mental game. He did what we wanted him to do early. We wanted to make him a scorer. Make him finish. Make him

MSU ‘OK’? Izzo saw some ‘poor things’ in 30-point rout that won’t
Detroit Free Press - The score was not indicative of the way the game was played in a lot of ways,” he said. “I thought there were some real good things and some real poor things, and unfortunately, the poor things will absolutely kill us on Saturday.” On Saturday, MSU

Mississippi State (5-5) at Loyola Marymount (3-8)
Miami Herald - In the team’s last game, Rhodes was the only player in the trio score in double figures, finishing with just 10 points in a 71-67 loss to South Alabama. Stewart scored just eight pints, but he did grab six boards and dish out six assists. Gordon

Green Devils let defense do the work in win over Rebels
St. Petersburg Times - at the other end. There, Jazmyne Green (13 points) and Davis (12) did most of their damage as the Green Devils built a 14-3 lead after one quarter and moved ahead 22-5 at the break. “We’re a very athletic team,” Davis said. “We knew we could score

In Met’s Cannibalistic `Hansel,’ Hungry Witch Finishes in Oven
Bloomberg - Jones’s notion extends all the way to Humperdinck’s score. “He cannibalized Wagner’s music,” the director observed. “He’s eaten and digested Wagner, but his opera is much shorter.” In case you had any doubts, Jones added, “I can

ESPN Soccernet - He claims his team have enough about them to banish the memory of losing to Manchester United and Reading, following a long unbeaten run. Benitez insists that confidence has not been damaged despite that home defeat by Sir Alex Ferguson’s side at the

Man arrested after Man Utd party rape claim
ESPN.com - The Manchester Evening News reported that the entire Manchester United first team - excluding Cristiano Ronaldo - attended their club’s annual Christmas party. The players were reportedly entertained by burlesque dancers during lunch at the

Canadian investor buys Maccabi Tel Aviv
ESPN.com - Schneider briefly owned the Jordan Formula One motor racing team, which he renamed Midland, before selling it to Spyker, who in turn have sold it to current owners Force India. Maccabi were at one stage bottom of the standings in the 12-team league

Posthumous honor to Pro Bowler Taylor
Chicago Sun-Times - Taylor is the only player known to have made an all-star team posthumously in any sport other than goaltender Pelle Lindbergh , who was voted to the NHL All-Star game in February 1986. He was killed in an auto accident in November 1985 after playing

Defense drops in, then bottoms out
Chicago Tribune - This was supposed to be a defense-led team that would make up for the inadequacies of the offense. That rarely happened. Injuries built up. The level of play dropped off. The Cover-2 defense didn’t look quite as genius-inspired as it did the year

Daily Telegraph - I think it’s a dream for every player, coach, manager to be at Wembley for a game and of course it’s my dream as well to sit on the bench at Wembley.” Spurs head into the match off the back of a rare clean sheet and away win collected in their 1-0

International Herald Tribune - Maybe all the Miami Dolphins needed was the right kind of inspiration. The Dolphins got their first victory of the season after 13 losses on a day when their undefeated team of 35 years ago was honored. Perhaps it was the presence of seven Hall of

Project Runway Castoff Shares His “Life-changing Experience”
Seattle Post Intelligencer - And from my standpoint, it alleviated some of my guilt for being on his team for the challenge that he was eliminated on. TVGuide.com: And Chris is so warm and fun-loving it was probably a benefit to have him there, getting people to smile again.

A mysterious team
San Francisco Gate - They might be America’s mystery team. The Warriors are like Frosty the Snowman. It has long been speculated that Frosty came to life when a magical top hat was placed on his head, but the autopsy and other scientific tests were inconclusive. Millions

Ramos shows Capello the way and gets his team to do the talking
Guardian Unlimited - Anyone who believes Fabio Capello’s less than basic grasp of English will not hinder his ability to transform the national side from lost souls into relentless winners should have tried getting a comprehensive answer from Juande Ramos on Saturday

Reuters - Tim Duncan, who had missed the last four games with a sprained ankle, came off the bench to play 20 minutes, scoring eight points and grabbing eight rebounds to help the Spurs break a two-game losing streak. San Antonio, still without guard Tony

As another incident involving a pro athlete and gun violence sank in
Miami Herald - Cavaliers forward LeBron James insisted on coming off the bench in his first game back from an injured finger, so that he would enter the game at the same time as ex-holdout forward Anderson Varejao. The finish: James made the move to help ensure

Appalachian St. routs Del.
Philadelphia Inquirer - The program that kicked off this season with the shocking win at Michigan needs its fans to control their celebration. With 3 minutes, 29 seconds to play, Appalachian State fans jumped onto the field and surrounded the Delaware bench. Police had to

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Detroit Free Press - Coach: “She’s our first wing player off the bench, our sixth man. She’s our best defender, hands down. She is quick, physical and a gifted athlete. We’ve got to take that and turn her into a gifted basketball player.” Marisa Kozikowski Coach: “She

Jazz 96, SuperSonics 75
FOXSports.com - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - For the first time in nearly two weeks, Utah forward Carlos Boozer was able to sit on the bench and watch the end of a Jazz game. He earned it. Boozer scored 21 points and had 16 rebounds to lead Utah to a 96-75 win over the

Harding Saves Wild in Win Over Kings
Washington Post - Notes:@ When Minnesota hosts Nashville on Tuesday night, Jacques Lemaire will become the 14th NHL coach with 1,000 regular-season games behind the bench _ fourth among active coaches, joining Mike Keenan, Jacques Martin and Ron Wilson. Los Angeles

CNBC - 2007-12-13 14:56:19 Kuehne und Nagel to continue returning profits as dividend - CEO ZURICH (Thomson Financial) - Kuehne und Nagel International AG chief executive officer Klaus Herms said the logistics group plans to continue to return 40 pct of its

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Pharmaceuticals and chemicals highlights to 15:40
CNBC - 2007-12-13 15:37:42 FBR initiates coverage on Boston Scientific with an underperform rating NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Shares of Boston Scientific Corp. fell Thursday after Friedman Billings and Ramsey initiated coverage on the manufacturer of

Eagles -
Philadelphia Daily News - Starters Mike Patterson and Brodrick Bunkley have been highlights this season, and there was some sorting out to go through behind them - second-year man LaJuan Ramsey looked like the best of the non-starters for a while, and the Eagles signed ex

Baltimore Sun - Player and Coach of the Year were selected by Kather ine Dunn after consultation with The Sun staff and area coaches. The public schools and IAAM teams were selected through voting by the coaches of the respective leagues. More articles Copyright

Revenge mission spurred us on - Juninho
ESPN.com - The pleasing thing for me is that we have shown that this team can handle one-off decisive occasions and I am particularly delighted for Karim, who was the best player and I hope he continues that way for the rest of the season.’ Juninho also paid