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Since You Asked ...
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... You have questions, we have answers Write us It's like Jeopardy1. All letters to the editor must be phrased in the form of a question, even If it's "Is Brian Dawkins actually touching the sun in that picture on page 18?" We'll choose our favorites and answer them in this space ...
What We're Watching
Jun 22, 2009; D'Alessio, Jeff ... NBA NBA DRAFT Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m. (ESPN) ESPN analyst and former Duke center Jay Bilas says: "People say this Is a weak draft, but I don't really buy into that completely. There are some really good prospects in this draft but not as many sure things up top. You ...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MATT RYAN
Jun 22, 2009; D'Alessio, Jeff ... Troy Aikman went 1-15 as an NFL rookie quarterback. Peyton Manning threw 28 picks. And then there was Matt Ryan, months removed from Boston College, leading the Falcons to a surprising playoff berth and winning Sporting News rookie of the year honors. The guy who has made Atlanta ...
My Profile: Dan Haren
Jun 22, 2009; D'Alessio, Jeff ... ( What you won't find on Facebook ... even if you are approved as a friend) Diamondbacks All-Star pitcher * Born: September 17, 1980, in Monterey Park, Calif. * Status: Married * Alma mater: Pepperdine * What'sonTV: The Office, Seinfeld reruns, 20/20, ...
My first job
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... Long before he was a multimillionaire NFL cornerback, Lito Sheppard bagged groceries at Winn-Dixie. Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon was a ham glazer in Jacksonville. Mississippi football coach Houston Nutt waited tables in Little Rock, Ark. How four others earned their spending money as ...
Will's World
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... Beer league sociology Never mind office politics, what about office athletics? It's summer, the season in which I am most active. The reason is simple: beer league softball. I can't dribble with my left hand, and I swing a golf club like a flyswatter ... but, if you don't ...
People of the Fortnight
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... Lane Kiffin. I don't care how many accidental NCAA violations he accrues, the world of college football is so much more entertaining with Kif f in as Tennessee's coach. He has been around for just a few months, and he's already infuriated the rest of the SEC, his players, his team's boosters and ...
Bold, daring predictions
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... 1. You will see more sartorial genius at the NBA draft than you have since your junior prom. Careful not to have a seizure. 2. President Barack Obama, who was looking to add an NBA champion to successfully predicting the NCAA Tournament champion and the Super Bowl champion, will save the ...
Next Gen
Jun 22, 2009; DeCourcy, Mike ... COLLEGE BASKETBALL Instant impact? If only McDonald's All Americans could be trusted to make a difference as freshmen, we'd have heard nothing last season from Kansas' Tyshawn Taylor, Mississippi's Térrico White or Michigan State guard Korie Lucious, who made such an Impression ...
An early look at 2010
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... NFL DRAFT Sporting News draft expert Russ Lande, a former NFL scout, projects the top 15 picks in next year's draft: 1. DETROIT LIONS NDAMUKONG SUH, DT, Nebraska 2. ST. LOUIS RAMS * ERIC BERRY, S. Tennessee 3. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BRANDON ...
Recruiting Trail
Jun 22, 2009; McLaughlin, Brian ... COLLEGE FOOTBALL Justin McCay, a wide receiver-linebacker who is No. 6 in Sporting News' Top 100, has offers from more than 30 schools, including Oklahoma, Florida, Wisconsin, Georgia, Tennessee, Oregon, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and North Carolina. He eliminated UCLA, Nebraska and ...
Survey Says ...
Jun 22, 2009; D'Alessio, Jeff ... * Tim Tebow: Greatest Gator of them all? * Urban Meyer: Better than the ol' ball coach? With Florida football fans already talking repeat, Sporting News surveyed 22 ex-Gators for answers to those questions and others SN's panel Kerwin Bell QB, ...
Past to present
Jun 22, 2009; Deveney, Sean ... Three Hall of Famers say Howard needs a move to go with his muscle He has been in three All-Star Games. He won the defensive player of the year award this season, and he finished fourth in the league's MVP voting. He made his first appearance in the NBA Finals-even if the Lakers took ...
Sports Biz
Jun 22, 2009; Eichenberger, Bill ... What Were They Thinking? Carter was the piece that turned the Mets into champions The Mets found an integral piece for the championship puzzle they were building through the early 1980s on the roster of a division rival. In December 1984, they sent Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, ...
REPORT
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... STREET & SMITH'S SportsBusiness JOURNAL * The Miami Heat are the first NBA team to take advantage of the league's reversal of a longtime ban on courtside liquor advertising. Signs for Bacardi wilt be in place for the 2009-10 season. * Based on early sales, NBA deputy ...
THE OWNER'S BOX: Ken Kendrick, Arizona Diamondbacks
Jun 22, 2009; D'Alessio, Jeff ... THE OWNER'S BOX: Ken Kendrick, Arizona Diamondbacks * The hardest thing about being a leader is ... Understanding when to follow and not lead. * I'm frugal in that ... I only shop once a year. * The last luxury I indulged In was ... A 2008 Jaguar X J6-my first new car ...
My Idol
Jun 22, 2009; Thome, Jim; McNeal, Stan ... Growing up in Peoria, Ill., I took a liking to the Cubs. They were on WGN all the time. I liked a lot of their guys, mostly their home run hitters: Bill Buckner, Barry Foote, Jerry Martin. DAVE KINGMAN was the one who stood out to me because he hit the ball so far. I liked to see those towering, ...
THE new guys
Jun 22, 2009; Anonymous ... Five of the NFL's biggest 30-something stars are changing uniforms after giving their best years to the team that drafted them. Just one question, fellas: What's it like to lug your legend to a new locale? Brian Dawkins S, BRONCOS Dawkins, a seven-time Pro Bowl selection ...
FAIL, THEN PASS
Jun 22, 2009; Dillon, Dennis; Whitner, Donte ... The Dolphins' CHAD PENNINGTON turned unemployed into most accurate quarterback in NFL history. He turned 1-15 into 11-5. His definition of success has everything to do with how he has achieved it. At 19 o'clock sharp on a Saturday morning in May, the band strikes up "Pomp and ...
'I'VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO'
Jun 22, 2009; Greenberg, Steve; Smith, Troy ... Sporting News Conversation: Santonio Holmes On the heels-make that f/ptoes-of his Super Bowl-winning catch, the Steelers' speedy wide receiver is just starting to find his NFL stride He has two sons in Georgia and a daughter in Ohio but no wife. He is a stranger to his ...
