The dominoes behind star linebacker Brian Urlacher kept falling. Yet fill-in Nick Roach and the Bears defense stood tall when they had to. Chicago finished Sundays 25-19 victory over the Seattle Seahawks down to its third middle linebacker. Hunter Hillenmeyer got hurt two weeks after the Bears lost Urlacher, their six-time Pro Bowl selection and [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: NFL football news | No Comments »
The Miami Dolphins lost Chad Pennington to a shoulder injury, then lost another game not long after his replacement had a pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown. St. Louis also lost its quarterback and remained winless, with Marc Bulger bruising his right shoulder and sitting up the final three quarters of the Rams 36-17 [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: NFL football news | No Comments »
Notre Dame is finding ways to win close games it lost a season ago. Their 24-21 victory over Purdue on Saturday, highlighted by Jimmy Clausens 2-yard TD pass to Kyle Rudolph with 24.8 seconds left, marked the latest the Irish have scored to win a game on the road since 1997, and the 72-yard drive [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: NCAA football news | No Comments »
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin will miss the rest of the season with a right knee injury, a huge blow to a team that had big expectations based largely on the standout sophomore. An MRI done Sunday revealed that Griffin has an isolated tear in his ACL. He sustained the injury in the first half of [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: NCAA football news | No Comments »
Binghamton released five more basketball players on Friday, a day after star player Emanuel Tiki Mayben was arraigned on cocaine distribution charges and kicked off the team. Coach Kevin Broadus announced that D.J. Rivera, Malik Alvin, Corey Chandler, Paul Crosby and David Fine were released. Spokesman John Hartrick said in an e-mail no players, staff, [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: NCAA basketball news | No Comments »
Results Sunday from the Guangzhou International Womens Open, a $220,000 WTA Tour tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts (seedings in parentheses). Singles Final Shahar Peer (5), Israel, def. Alberta Brianti (8), Italy, 6-3, 6-4
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Tennis news | No Comments »
WORLD GROUP Semifinals. Winners to World Group final, Dec. 4-6 Croatia 0, Czech Republic 3 At Porec, Croatia Singles Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-7 (2), 16-14. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3. Doubles Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych, [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Tennis news | No Comments »
The British public doesnt care much for Martina Hingis dancing skills. The five-time Grand Slam tournament winner on Saturday became the first celebrity lobbed out of Strictly Come Dancing, the new BBC reality talent show. After coming in the bottom two when phone votes were added to the judges score, Hingis and partner Matthew Cutler [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Tennis news | No Comments »
Michael Owen struck six minutes into injury time to give Manchester United a 4-3 victory over Manchester City on Sunday, halting the crosstown rivals perfect start to the Premier League season. United had thrown away the lead three times after blunders at the back – the last coming when Rio Ferdinand gifted the ball to [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Soccer news | No Comments »
Marco Padalino came off the substitutes bench to score twice as Sampdoria beat Siena 4-1 on Sunday to stay top of Serie A and ahead of Juventus on goal difference. Angelo Palombo and Daniele Mannini scored in the first half and Padalino grabbed a brace in the second, with Michele Fini responding for the visitors. [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Soccer news | No Comments »
