Thursday, January 6, 2011

Stanford's Luck Puts Off NFL for Another Season



Stanford's Luck Puts Off NFL for Another Season
New York Times
By PETE THAMEL Quarterback Andrew Luck will return to Stanford for his redshirt junior season, risking millions of dollars by forgoing the opportunity to be the potential No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Andrew Luck was the most valuable player of the ...
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Get to know Jason Garrett, the Dallas Cowboys' new head coach
Dallas Morning News
Family: Father James W. Garrett; mother Jane Lentz; brothers Jim, John, Judd; sisters Jane, Jennifer, Janine, Jill. Graduated from University School, a prep school in Hunting Valley, Ohio for one year. Lettered in football, basketball and baseball. ...
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Dolphins set to offer Harbaugh $8 million
Yahoo! Sports
The Dolphins are putting all their chips front and center in the Jim Harbaugh sweepstakes. PFW has confirmed reports that the Dolphins likely will offer Harbaugh a contract worth $8 million per season. Harbaugh, the head coach of Stanford, ...
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Buffalo Bills DT Kyle Williams replaces Richard Seymour at Pro Bowl
ESPN
AP ORCHARD PARK, NY -- Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster as an injury replacement for Oakland's Richard Seymour. Williams finished with 5½ sacks, second-most among NFL players at his position. ...
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No. 6 Green Bay Packers at No. 3 Philadelphia Eagles
SI.com
Game of the weekend. The Packers are one of the best sixth seeds in playoff history, a team clearly able to run a very difficult table (at Philadelphia, at Atlanta, maybe at Chicago) to duplicate what the Giants did in 2007. ...
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Habs expect to have hands full with Penguins
NHL.com
By Arpon Basu - NHL.com Correspondent BROSSARD, Que. -- The Pittsburgh Penguins return to Montreal on Thursday night for the first time since losing Game 6 of last season's Eastern Conference semifinal to the Canadiens, a series the Penguins went on to ...
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After latest surgery, Yao admits he's unsure about future
Houston Chronicle
By JONATHAN FEIGEN Thursday's surgery will require seven to 10 months of rehabilitation to return to the court, Rockets team physician Walter Lowe said. Yao Ming's first decision was not difficult. He did not have much of a choice and opted to undergo ...
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Houston Chronicle
Oregon's speed is on everyone's mind at BCS championship game
SportingNews.com
Oregon running back LaMichael James, center, runs between Portland State defenders DeShawn Shead, left, and Nathan Snow Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) "Everyone talks about how we wear out defenses," said Oregon center Jordan Holmes. ...
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'Golden voiced' Ted Williams reunites with his mother
msnbc.com
Watch Friday's TODAY show to see Ted Williams catch up with his mother acter decades apart. Ted Williams has been reunited with his mother. The homeless-man-turned celebrity met with his mom, Julia, for the first time in about 20 years, embracing in a ...
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Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck to start Saturday vs. Saints
USA Today
Charlie Whitehurst led the Seahawks into the playoffs, but Matt Hasselbeck will lead them Saturday. Seattle coach Pete Carroll tabbed Hasselbeck as his starter at quarterback Saturday when the defending champion New Orleans Saints visit Qwest Field and ...
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Phillies sign reliever JC Romero to 1-year deal
USA Today
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have re-signed left-handed relief specialist JC Romero to a one-year, $1.35 million contract. The 34-year-old Romero was 1-0 with three saves and a 3.68 ERA in 60 appearances for Philadelphia last season. ...
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Wisconsin DE Watt leaving school for NFL draft
Washington Post
A reporter records an interview with Wisconsin defensive tackle JJ Watt during a media day for the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Wisconsin is scheduled to play TCU in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day in ...
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Washington Post
2011 Hall of Fame vote an international affair
Reuters
Baseball players Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar (L) smile during a news conference announcing their election to baseball's Hall of Fame at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, January 6, 2011. By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - This year's Baseball Hall ...
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Injured Rutgers Football Player Eric LeGrand Has Sensation Throughout Body
Bloomberg
By Erik Matuszewski - Thu Jan 06 19:44:38 GMT 2011 Eric LeGrand, the Rutgers University lineman who was paralyzed during a football game against Army three months ago, told ESPN that he has full sensation in his body and movement in his shoulders. ...
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Junior team's collapse broken down
CBC.ca
Team Canada players react after losing to Russia 5-3 in the IIHF world junior championship gold-medal final in Buffalo, NY, on Wednesday. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) For the second year in a row, Canada suffered a crushing defeat in the gold-medal ...
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Hokies TB Darren Evans entering NFL draft
Washington Post
By HANK KURZ Jr. AP RICHMOND, Va. -- Junior tailback Darren Evans is leaving Virginia Tech early to make himself available for the NFL draft after a successful comeback from knee surgery. Evans missed the 2009 season after surgery to repair a torn ...
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Rex's world: Fun, fury and other F-words
msnbc.com
The Jets' all-time post-season record is 10-12 — earning two of those wins last year — and haven't appeared in a Super Bowl since Joe Namath was swaddled in a fur coat on the sidelines. If Rex Ryan turns out to be right, they'll etch the score onto the ...
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Colts owner Irsay delivers message, tweet by tweet
Fox News
| AP INDIANAPOLIS – When Colts linebacker Clint Session missed practice, owner Jim Irsay let everyone know. When he was touting a Colts promotion, Irsay said he would fly in the winner from anywhere because, hey, "this is the NFL" and he takes his ...
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Sainz, Coma keep overall leads in Dakar
USA Today
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Stephane Peterhansel of France plowed through the Atacama Desert to win the fifth stage in the Dakar Rally and cut more than three minutes off the lead of defending champion Carlos Sainz on Thursday. Peterhansel took advantage of ...
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FOX Sports to broadcast Pac-12 title game FOX Sports
FOXSports.com
The Pac-10 Conference and FOX Sports have reached a one-year agreement for FOX to broadcast the inaugural Pac-12 Football Championship Game, and to market the corporate sponsorship for the game. Additionally, as part of the deal, Fox Sports Net (FSN) ...
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NFL, ESPN Reportedly Set to Extend 'Monday Night Football' Contract
FanHouse
By Milton Kent Looks like Hank Williams, Jr. will be inviting his rowdy friends over for Monday Night Football well into the next decade. Sports Business Daily reports that ESPN and the NFL are close to an extension of the deal that brings the Monday ...
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ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit: Michigan job still a plum
Detroit Free Press
By MARK SNYDER For those who think the past three years of struggles under coach Rich Rodriguez have severely sullied the Michigan brand, think again. ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit said today Michigan remains a destination job. ...
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Ode to hockey: '24/7' finale hits the sweet spot
NHL.com
By Bob Condor - NHL.com Editor-in-Chief In the last moments of HBO's "24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the Winter Classic" reality series, narrator Liev Schreiber says, "Hockey won't hold still for a portrait…you jump into it, just as the players do. ...
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Dodgers' opener moved up to March 31
MLB.com
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com | 01/06/11 2:17 PM EST LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers' Opening Day game with the defending World Series champion Giants at Dodger Stadium has been moved up a day to Thursday, March 31, at 5 pm PT, from the originally scheduled ...
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Rangers fortunate to have selfless Young
MLB.com
By Mike Bauman | MLB.com Columnist | Archive 01/06/11 2:22 PM EST The Adrian Beltre signing will work for the Texas Rangers, not only because of Beltre's significant talent, but because Michael Young's attitude will allow it to work. ...
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Coach's Notebook: Spurs' D Lacks Anticipation
HoopsWorld
Each week, HOOPSWORLD NBA analyst and coach Anthony Macri will open his notebook and offer an assortment of observations on games, players, and teams from throughout the league. Coach Macri serves as a player development consultant for the Pro Training ...
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