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Michigan draws an estimated 50,000 to spring game
AP Sports WriterRich Rodriguez wants to fill Michigan Stadium for a spring game in the future. He got about halfway there Saturday. Tate Forcier threw four touchdown passes and ran for a score, drawing a lot of cheers from an estimated crowd of 50,000 that was the...Tags: Rich Rodriguez, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jeff Garcia
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Blowout that was impossible to avoid
Blowouts happen at every level of all sports. It's the contributing factors that make us question the final outcome. How did we get to such a result? Who do we blame for such a humiliation? Where's the sportsmanship in a high school sporting event?... -
UCLA tight end Logan Paulsen suffers foot injury
Any benefits that might come from UCLA's first scrimmage Saturday could be offset by the loss of senior tight end Logan Paulsen. Paulsen hobbled off the field with an injured right foot early in the scrimmage. Last year Paulsen suffered a broken right...Tags: NFL
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Buffalo Bills' Donte Whitner is shocked with stun gun, arrested outside Cleveland nightclub
Associated Press WriterCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Buffalo Bills defensive back Donte Whitner was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers trying to control a rowdy crowd outside a Cleveland nightclub early Saturday, police said. Whitner was jailed for aggravated...Tags: Associated Press, Major League Baseball, Police, Weaponry, Police Arrests
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Mark Herrmann: Ovechkin has become smiling face of NHL
Before the season started, there was debate about the fact that Alexander Ovechkin was left out of the NHL's fancy promotional campaign, which featured Sidney Crosby. Now, at the end of the regular season, there is debate about whether Crosby's Penguins...Tags: Major League Baseball, Chicago Blackhawks, Nassau Coliseum, Columbus Blue Jackets, Boston Bruins
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The taxing life of a pro athlete
For eight of his first nine major league seasons, Angels pitcher Darren Oliver worked in Texas, where the stars at night are big and bright and, more important, there's no state income tax. Yet, each April, he pays a small army of accountants to file...Tags: Major League Baseball, Athletes, State Income Tax, Banking, Golf
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Bills DB Whitner runs afoul of the law
Of The Associated PressBuffalo Bills defensive back Donte Whitner was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers trying to control a rowdy crowd outside a Cleveland nightclub early Saturday, police said. Whitner was jailed for aggravated disorderly conduct and...Tags: Associated Press, Major League Baseball, Police, Police Arrests, Baseball
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Maryland slots bill late to the gate
News item: The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would authorize the state to acquire the rights to the Preakness and Maryland's two major horse racing facilities by eminent domain or in a bankruptcy auction. My take: This...Tags: Major League Baseball, Terrell Owens, Alex Rodriguez, Lance Armstrong, Preakness Stakes
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Baltimore 8th most livable?
baltimoresun.comSo Baltimore came in a solid 8th on Forbes.com's annual list of the 15th most livable cities. Whaddyaknow?My colleague Jamie Smith Hopkins has already taken note of this over on her blog, The Real Estate Wonk. But I couldn't help noticing how the biz mag'... -
Jewish Major Leaguers baseball cards include former Marlin
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsMy mother still gets emotional when she remembers how Sandy Koufax chose not to pitch the first game of the World Series in 1965 because it fell on Yom Kippur. An old friend gave me a baseball with a photo......Tags: Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Yom Kippur, Brad Ausmus
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Illinois football coach looks for receivers
Tribune reporterCHAMPAIGN — Ron Zook likes to collect receivers as much as some kids hoard baseball cards. You never know when you'll find a special one. Zook has one in junior Arrelious Benn, the player every defense Illinois faces this fall will be trying to...Tags: Schools, High Schools, NFL, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Report: Chiefs Sign Veteran LB Zach Thomas
The Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday agreed to terms with veteran linebacker Zach Thomas, according to a report in the Kansas City Star on Saturday evening. Thomas, 36, is a seven-time Pro Bowler who had spent 12 of his 13 NFL seasons with the Miami...Tags: Mike Vrabel, Zach Thomas, Defense, NFL, Veterans Affairs
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