Archive for February, 2007

Former local football star to stand trial on capital murder charge 

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Former local football star to stand trial on capital murder charge FORT SMITH–A former Northside high school football star will soon go on trial for capital murder and attempted capital murder. The trial for Keniko Logan is set to begin monday, April 9th.

Stewart Mandel: Ohio State QB Smith classic case of NFL ignorance (Sports Illustrated)

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Stewart Mandel: Ohio State QB Smith classic case of NFL ignorance (Sports Illustrated) For all that Troy Smith accomplished the past two-plus years at Ohio State, I don’t think I’ve ever been more impressed with him than I am right now. After I read the various reports out of last weekend’s NFL combine in Indianapolis, […]

Rock Island hopes its visitor center will be destination point 

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Rock Island hopes its visitor center will be destination point Rock Island plans to open a new visitors center at the base of the Centennial Bridge this summer, but its still unknown how many visitors it will draw.
Fiberstars EFO Lights Winston Churchill Museum - London UK  Fiberstars, Inc. , the global leader in fiber optic lighting, […]

Speedway and football unite

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Speedway and football uniteThis is Wiltshire - SWINDON Town Football Club and Swindon Speedway today announced a new sporting partnership. The two premier sporting clubs in the Town have joined forces and will be co-ordinating a number of events over the coming months, which will be mutually
After on-field death, teammates rethink future […]

Biz Buzz: Football stars go back to school (The Star-Ledger)

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Biz Buzz: Football stars go back to school (The Star-Ledger) Business schools realize there is no “I” in team, but there just might be an MBA. More than 100 current and former pro football players have enrolled in business classes this year as part of the NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program.
QB Beck ready […]

MBA tabs McGugin as next head football coach

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

MBA tabs McGugin as next head football coachNashville City Paper - Montgomery Bell Academy s search for a football coach came to an end with a name familiar to Nashville gridiron fans. The Big Red hired Daniel McGugin great-grandson of legendary Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin […]

Battle brewing in quest to be NFL’s No. 1 pick (Sports Illustrated)

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Battle brewing in quest to be NFL’s No. 1 pick (Sports Illustrated) The annual rite of winter in pro football — picking apart draft prospects — was heating up last weekend at the sweatshop known as the NFL scouting combine. The two top candidates to go No. 1 on April 28, quarterbacks JaMarcus Russell and […]

The USO and the NFL Bring Football Stars to Visit Troops on USO/AFE Tour to the Persian Gulf (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

The USO and the NFL Bring Football Stars to Visit Troops on USO/AFE Tour to the Persian Gulf (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) National Football League (NFL) players Will Shields, Shelton Quarles, Alge Crumpler and Ben Watson will soon embark on their first USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the Persian Gulf. Shields (Kansas City […]

Some things are just hard to forget 

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Some things are just hard to forget Every decade has its moments or objects that are better off forgotten. I’ll have to take someone else’s word on what was ridicule-worthy in the pre-World War II years, but plenty of things have qualified since then.
‘Game of Shadows’: Bonds became a pariah except in San Francisco (02-27) 04:00 PST […]

Stock up, stock down from NFL combine (MSNBC)

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Stock up, stock down from NFL combine (MSNBC) The big names dominated the hallway talk at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this weekend. Big names are supposed to control college football conversations, you say? Sure, but only on Saturday afternoons in October.
NFL Europe drafts 2 from MTSU (Tennessean) Two former Middle Tennessee State […]