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 Vikings WR Tasered and Arrested Outside Nightclub |
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Tuesday, January 02 2007 @ 06:44 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Travis Taylor was arrested early Monday outside a downtown Minneapolis nightclub, hours after the team’s season-ending 41-21 loss to St. Louis.
Taylor, 27, refused an officer’s request that he get into a waiting limousine-bus as police tried to disperse a large, unruly crowd so an ambulance could get through around 2:30 a.m., police spokesman Lt. Amelia Huffman said. Taylor was not allowing the bus to leave and began pushing the officer and the officer eventually used a Taser to subdue Taylor, she said.
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| Knight Passes Smith for Most Career Wins |
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Tuesday, January 02 2007 @ 06:41 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Bob Knight became college basketball's all-time leader in coaching wins when Texas Tech defeated New Mexico 70-68 in Lubbock, Texas, on Monday.
Knight, enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1991, earned his 880th victory to pass long-time North Carolina coach Dean Smith and become the leader among men's Division I coaches.
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| Broncos' Darrent Williams Shot, Killed |
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Monday, January 01 2007 @ 08:36 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Denver Broncos football player Darrent Williams was killed in a drive-by shooting early on Monday and two people with him were injured, ABC television reported.
Williams, 24, was riding in a limousine in downtown Denver after 2 a.m. (4 a.m. EST/0900 GMT) when shots fired from another vehicle hit him and a man and woman also riding in his car, ABC television reported.
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| Lions Shock Cowboys, Chiefs Sneak Into Playoffs |
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Monday, January 01 2007 @ 08:28 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Detroit shocked Dallas 39-31 on Sunday to deny the Cowboys the NFC East title, while San Francisco's stunning overtime win in Denver kept the Broncos out of the playoffs and opened the door for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Also on the final day of the regular season, the New York Jets hammered Oakland 23-3 to join the Giants in the post-season, while the New England Patriots ended the Titans' playoff dreams with a 40-23 win in Nashville.
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| Giants Clinch Playoff Berth and Third Game With Philadelphia |
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Monday, January 01 2007 @ 08:26 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The New York Giants completed a rollercoaster ride to the playoffs on Sunday, earning the final NFC wild card berth and a third game with the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles.
The Giants beat Washington Saturday night to finish 8-8 and virtually assure themselves a playoff spot. They officially got their postseason ticket punched when St. Louis, Houston and Carolina posted wins in early games on Sunday. They actually only needed a win by the Rams or the two by the Texans and Panthers.
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| Smoot Breaks Jaw in Five Places in Car Rrash |
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Thursday, December 28 2006 @ 08:34 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot will miss the last game of the season because of a jaw broken in five places from a recent car accident.
The single-vehicle crash, first revealed by coach Brad Childress at his Wednesday news conference, happened in Smoot’s hometown of Jackson, Miss. After the Vikings were eliminated from playoff contention with a 9-7 loss to the Packers last Thursday, players had the holiday weekend off.
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| Yankees' Murcer to Undergo Brain Surgery |
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Thursday, December 28 2006 @ 08:33 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
New York Yankees legend Bobby Murcer will undergo surgery Thursday in Houston for a brain tumor, the New York Daily News reported.
Murcer, 60, had been experiencing headaches and a lack of energy recently, the newspaper reported. He underwent an MRI on Sunday and the tumor was discovered.
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| Court Rules Feds Are Entitled to Baseball Steroid Testing Data |
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Thursday, December 28 2006 @ 08:29 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The government's already broad investigation into athlete steroid use appears to have widened even more, with the names of 100 baseball players who tested positive for illegal drugs now in the hands of federal investigators.
The information, which an appeals court granted to authorities Wednesday, could help the government pinpoint the source of steroids in baseball and also bolster the perjury case against Barry Bonds, who is under investigation for telling a grand jury he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs.
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| Taylor Cites Merriman's Steroid Suspension in Award Race |
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Thursday, December 28 2006 @ 08:28 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor says the candidacy of his likely chief rival for NFL defensive player of the year, Shawne Merriman, was tainted by a four-game steroid suspension in November.
"You really shouldn't be able to fail a test like that and play in this league, to begin with," Taylor said Wednesday. "To make the Pro Bowl and all the other awards, I think you're walking a fine line of sending the wrong message."
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| Gordon's 40 Get Bulls by Heat, Wade Hurt |
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Thursday, December 28 2006 @ 08:26 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
After beating each other up in the 2006 playoffs, the Bulls and Heat have carried their fierce rivalry into this season.
Ben Gordon scored a career-high 40 points off the bench to lead Chicago to a 109-103 victory Wednesday night over the short-handed Miami Heat, who lost Dwyane Wade to a sprained wrist in the first quarter.
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| T.O. Complains About Role in Cowboys Offense |
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Wednesday, December 27 2006 @ 07:22 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Terrell Owens is 0-for-2 against the Philadelphia Eagles. That’s the least of his problems.
While he wore a Cowboys-branded Santa hat on his head, Owens certainly wasn’t joyful Christmas night. His frustration was evident after a 23-7 loss, when he scored the only Dallas touchdown, then complained several times that not enough passes are coming his way.
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| Shaq Rips Phil Jackson as ‘Benedict Arnold’ |
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Wednesday, December 27 2006 @ 07:21 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The feud between Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal is in hibernation, but O'Neal traded barbs with someone from the Los Angeles Lakers: coach Phil Jackson.
O'Neal, who once called Jackson a second father to him when he was winning three titles with the Lakers, was mad Sunday after the coach said O'Neal "didn't like to work" when he was with the Lakers.
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| Yacht Sinks, Six Hurt in Sydney-Hobart Race |
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Wednesday, December 27 2006 @ 07:17 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Three badly injured sailors were airlifted from the deck of New Zealand maxi yacht Maximus on Wednesday, while another crew were forced into life rafts as their boat sank, Sydney-Hobart race officials said.
Maximus and Dutch entry ABN AMRO were both dismasted in rough seas overnight, while the crew of Australian entry Koomooloo reported the 38-year-old timber boat was rapidly taking on water.
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| Giants Playoff Push Hit By Injuries |
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Wednesday, December 27 2006 @ 07:16 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The New York Giants' playoff hopes suffered a serious setback on Tuesday when Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan, offensive tackle Luke Petitgout and kick returner Chad Morton were placed on injured reserve, ruling them out for the rest of the season.
The Giants can all-but clinch an NFC wild card berth by beating the Washington Redskins in their regular season finale, despite having lost six of their last seven games.
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| Tough, Frustrating Season, Says Big Ben |
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Tuesday, December 26 2006 @ 07:00 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Ben Roethlisberger knew he wouldn’t raise Super Bowl trophies every season, and that winning 27 of his first 31 starts set a pace that would be impossible for any NFL quarterback to match.
What he didn’t expect was a mess of a season like this.
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| Jets Move Step Closer to Playoff Berth |
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Tuesday, December 26 2006 @ 06:58 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Stymied for three quarters by steady rain, sloppy play and the Miami Dolphins, the New York Jets found even the simple task of catching a field-goal snap difficult.
But with the game on the line, and their playoff hopes in jeopardy, the Jets came up with the big plays they needed.
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| Woods Tabbed AP Male Athlete of the Year Over LT |
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Tuesday, December 26 2006 @ 06:57 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Tiger Woods had an answer for everything.
When he missed the cut at the U.S. Open for the first time in a major - his first tournament after his father died of cancer - some questioned whether he could rekindle his desire to dominate. He never finished worse than second in stroke play the rest of the season.
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| Wade Has 40 as Heat Win, Kobe Held to 16 |
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Tuesday, December 26 2006 @ 06:56 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Growing up, Dwyane Wade was always around a television when it was time for the NBA's annual Christmas game telecast. "You always watched," Wade said, "because something exciting always happened."
He wasn't watching on Monday - because he was the one providing the excitement.
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