Vols don’t want game vs. UNC in 2011 (AP)
Vols don’t want game vs. UNC in 2011 (AP)
Tennessee wants to eliminate a trip to North Carolina from its 2011 football schedule, even if it means paying a $750,000 buyout of a contract with the Tar Heels. The two schools have a contract to play in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2011 and in Knoxville in 2012, but Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton requested several months ago that the series be pushed back to future seasons.
German police drop Pechstein disciplinary case (AP)
Germany’s Interior Ministry says authorities have dropped a disciplinary case against multiple Olympic speedskating medalist Claudia Pechstein, who is also a federal police officer, over suspected blood doping. The ministry says that Germany’s federal police academy dropped the case against the 38-year-old Pechstein because a disciplinary offense couldn’t be proven beyond doubt.
Bidding begins for London Olympic Stadium tenants (PA SportsTicker)
By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer
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Rangers place OF Cruz on DL again (AP)
Rangers place OF Cruz on DL again (AP)
Texas Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz is on the disabled list for the third time this season because of hamstring issues. The Rangers placed Cruz on the 15-day DL again Monday before their game at Tampa Bay. The move was retroactive to Sunday, the day after Cruz came out of a game with a tight left hamstring.
O’s put Berken on DL, recall VandenHurk (AP)
Orioles reliever Jason Berken is probably done for the season after an MRI on Monday determined the right-hander has a torn labrum and inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Baltimore placed Berken on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Friday. It is uncertain whether he will pitch again this year.
Delany: Indy best for Big Ten title game (AP)
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Saturday taking the conference’s first football championship game to Indianapolis was the easiest choice with little time to research other options. Delany was at a downtown Seattle hotel on Saturday as Michigan faced the NCAA infractions committee for rules violations within the Wolverines football program.
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WVU accused of 5 major rules violations (AP)
WVU accused of 5 major rules violations (AP)
West Virginia student managers, graduate assistants and other non-coaching staff worked with football players on their skills and techniques in violation of NCAA limits during the Rich Rodriguez era and under current coach Bill Stewart, according to NCAA allegations released Thursday. The NCAA said this week that there were five major and one secondary rules violations committed by the Mountaineer…
Track Smack: Gordon? Edwards? Who’s next to snap slide? (NASCAR.com)
Track Smack: Gordon? Edwards? Who’s next to snap slide?
Bowyer: The pressure is always on (Yahoo! Sports)
The pressure to make the Chase is high, Clint Bowyer says, but then there’s always pressure in the Cup Series.
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Titans sue Kiffin, USC for luring asst. (AP)
Titans casino sue Kiffin, USC for luring asst. (AP)
The Tennessee Titans are suing Southern California and coach Lane Kiffin for “maliciously” luring away assistant running backs coach Kennedy Pola a week before training camp opens. Tennessee Football Inc., the company that owns the Titans online casino, filed the lawsuit Monday in Davidson County Chancery Court against both the university and Kiffin.
Chargers open camp without RB Mathews (AP)
The San Diego Chargers opened training camp Monday without Ryan Mathews, the heir apparent to LaDainian Tomlinson. It’s a theme that should be repeated on Thursday, when the veteran reporting date is expected to pass with no sign of Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson, left tackle Marcus McNeill and perhaps outside linebacker Shawne Merriman.
‘Hawks get Panthers’ Taffe for Reasoner (AP)
The Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks have acquired center Jeff Taffe from the Florida Panthers in exchange for center Marty Reasoner. The 29-year-old Jaffe had a goal and an assist in 21 games with the Panthers last season. He has 21 goals and 23 assists over parts of seven seasons with Phoenix (2002-04, 2005, 2006-07), New York Rangers (2005), Pittsburgh (2007-09) and Florida (2009-10).
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Coe: London enters 800-meter Olympic back straight (PA SportsTicker)
Coe: London enters 800-meter Olympic back straight (PA SportsTicker)
By STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer
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So close, Tyler Wilkerson. The double-dive was a pretty nice play call on third and short, but Courtney Sims(notes) shed the fullback block pretty easily and made a nice tackle. Oh well. Looks like it’s time for a punt. Best caption wins a football. Good luck. Previously, the new Nets love the number two.Winner, Tony: “Jordan Farmer = The ugly duckling of the nets”Runner-up, Mark M.: “Avery looks like the kid in 5th grade who doesn’t get to play, but holds the ball in the team picture.”Second runner-up, joey: “avery: ok, guys. lets all look at the camera to the left! unity!morrow: our left or their left?”
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Don Coryell was more than just a coach
Don Coryell was more than just a coach
If you like the three-digit numbered route system, H-backs, single-back sets, the modern aerial game, tight ends breaking records out of the slot/flex positions, multi-purpose backs who lead the league in total yards, the route tree, the 1970s Cardinals, 1980s Chargers, 1990s Cowboys, and about half the offenses in the NFL today, you owe the late Don Coryell a hearty handshake and a heartfelt “Thank you”.Coryell, who passed away on July 1 in La Mesa, California, was to the vertical passing game what Mike Holmgren was to the West Coast offense. Perhaps not the ultimate innovator – Sid Gillman was the one who really took the downfield passing game into a new era, just as Bill Walsh cemented the precision passing offense – but the most talented of the second wave of innovators. Coryell coached at San Diego State from 1961 through 1972, and not only did he have have some amazing assistants like John Madden and Joe Gibbs(notes), he was getting cribbed by pro and future pro coaches like Dick Vermeil, who has admitted that the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” offense was based on Coryell’s concepts, and then-Rams offensive coordinator Mike Martz has called Coryell the father of the modern passing game. When he moved to the NFL in 1973, and turned the St. Louis Cardinals into a consistent winner for the first time in decades. When he then took over the San Diego Chargers in 1978, he put together one of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history, with Dan Fouts putting up insane numbers throwing to mul;tiple receivers and benefitting from a surprisingly robust running game. The Dallas Cowboys teams than won three super Bowls in four years in the 1990s were very much based on the Coryell offense, as former Coryell assistant Ernie Zampese and Coryell advocate Norv Turner were in charge of those Cowboys game plans. And if you want to understand the scope of Coryell’s influence, consider that 25 years after Coryell left San Diego, Turner is coaching his old team and running a variant of his offense. Coryell’s teams never won or even went to a Super Bowl, but he left as defined a mark on the NFL as any coach and innovator in the league. That he passed away without seeing his name in the Hall of Fame is a real shame, and while a posthumous award would be nice, it would be even more important for people to remember Don Coryell for the genius he was. Hopefully, this NFL Films tribute will help that happen. Sign up for Fantasy Football ’10 today! Auction drafts, live scoring, and an iPhone app — all for free!
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2 Georgia players facing alcohol charges (AP)
2 Georgia players facing alcohol charges (AP)
Two football players for the University of Georgia were jailed early Saturday morning on alcohol-related charges less than a week after an embarrassing drunken driving arrest prompted the university’s athletic director to resign. Dontavius Jackson, listed as a sophomore tailback, and sophomore split end Tavarres King were in a Chevrolet Avalanche stopped on a campus road just before 3 a.m.,…
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Phenomenal Swag: Nike’s ‘Kobe Banner’ T-shirt
Phenomenal Swag: Nike’s ‘Kobe Banner’ T-shirt
Phenomenal Swag searches high and low across the Internet for NBA-related goods you never knew you needed. You know, the good stuff. Email Ball Don’t Lie any relevant products you find here. Remember that time, like five kabillion years ago, when the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics for the NBA championship? No, not 1985. And not 1987 either. I meant 2010, which seems like forever ago even though it’s only 11 days that have passed. You may not have known this way back then because it wasn’t mentioned at all, but that title was the Lakers’ 16th of all time. I can’t believe that never got said during any of the broadcasts. So yeah, 16 titles is a pretty big deal. It’s the most ever in the NBA, as long as you don’t count teams who have leprechauns as mascots. And because of that, T-shirts need to be made to commemorate this record almost-breaking feat. Thanks, Nike!What you see above is Nike’s “Kobe Banner” T-shirt, which is pretty funny for a few reasons. First, Kobe didn’t win all 16 titles because he wasn’t alive back in 1949 when the Lakers were dominating the BAA, a precursor to the NBA. Also, he has helped win just five of the Lakers’ titles, just like Derek Fisher(notes) and Magic Johnson who don’t have shirts named after them. Oh, and it says a big, huge 16 on it, which just so happens to belong to another Laker who was fairly instrumental in the last two title runs the Lakers have enjoyed. Even though he’s a Nike-sponsored athlete, I don’t think a “Pau Banner” tee is going to sell quite as well, except maybe in Spain and to people who love CBS serial dramas.Conceptual problems aside, this is a nice shirt for Lakers fans as it’s a nice way to rub their team’s decades-long dominance of the NBA in the face of 28 other fanbases. Lakers enthusiasts will surely love that. It’s not quite for sale yet, but it’ll soon be available at Nike’s online store. Maybe by then everybody will forget that it’s called a “Kobe Banner” T-shirt and when someone wears it they won’t have to explain the entirety of the previous paragraph. Dare to dream, Angelenos.BDL Rating: 3 (out of 5) Muggsy Bogues (h/t 2dopeboyz)
UCLA kicks 3 incoming freshmen off team (AP)
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel has dismissed three incoming freshmen from the football team for violating team rules. The school says Paul Richardson, Shaquille Richardson and Josh Shirley were informed of the decision Tuesday morning. The trio of 18-year-olds won’t be allowed to continue summer school and won’t be permitted to enroll at UCLA for fall quarter.
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Swann wants ‘golden’ England era
Swann wants ‘golden’ England era
Spinner Graeme Swann thinks England’s cricket team could take over the ‘golden generation’ tag from its footballers.
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Chiefs’ Haley vows to be more mellow (AP)
Chiefs’ Haley vows to be more mellow (AP)
Todd Haley’s vow to be more mellow has been greeted by crickets at the Kansas City Chiefs training facility. Literally. Amid the grunts and exultations from the players and the occasional admonition from the coaches, Kansas City’s offseason workouts have been marked by the sounds of birds and bugs.
QB Culpepper reunited with Green in UFL (AP)
Quarterback Daunte Culpepper is still playing professional football, albeit in the United Football League. The 33-year-old Culpepper, who made five starts and appeared in eight games last season for the Detroit Lions, has signed with the Sacramento Mountain Lions. Culpepper will be reunited with his former Minnesota Vikings coach Dennis Green when the season begins this fall.
