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 ‘Ocho Cinco’ Jersey to Cost Chad Johnson $5,000 |
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Friday, November 03 2006 @ 07:25 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The NFL has fined Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson $5,000 for wearing "Ocho Cinco" on the nameplate across the back of his uniform jersey before Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons, ESPN reported Thursday.
"Ocho Cinco," signifying his uniform No. 85, is the name by which Johnson said he wanted to be called the day leading up to the game, ESPN reported.
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| Berbick Nephew Charged in Slaying of Former Champion |
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Friday, November 03 2006 @ 07:12 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
A 20-year-old nephew of former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick has been charged with killing him, police said Friday.
Harold Berbick and an 18-year-old man from the same eastern region were charged late Thursday and were scheduled to appear in court Friday, constable Courtney Gibbs said.
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| Garrard to Start Again for Jags |
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Friday, November 03 2006 @ 07:11 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
David Garrard will make his second consecutive start at quarterback in place of Byron Leftwich on Sunday when the Jacksonville Jaguars host Tennessee.
Leftwich said Thursday that coach Jack Del Rio told him before practice he was sticking with Garrard, who led the Jaguars to a 13-6 victory at Philadelphia last week and improved to 5-1 as a starter the past two seasons.
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| Famed Track Coach Indicted in Steroid Scandal |
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Friday, November 03 2006 @ 07:09 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Trevor Graham, the Jamaican-born track coach who touched off a major sports doping scandal by anonymously sending authorities a syringe, was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on Thursday on three counts of making false statements related to steroid distribution.
Graham has coached some of the world's top sprinters, including Sydney Olympic triple champion Marion Jones, disgraced former 100 meters world record holder Tim Montgomery and 2004 100 meters Athens Olympic champion Justin Gatlin.
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| Bulls Blown Out One Night After Beating Heat |
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Thursday, November 02 2006 @ 07:16 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Orlando Magic coach Brian Hill thought his team had no chance against the Bulls Wednesday night after watching Chicago rout the defending champion Miami Heat to open the season.
“They just drove the ball everywhere they wanted to go,” Hill said.
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| T.O. and Romo ‘Just Click,’ Claims Owens |
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Thursday, November 02 2006 @ 07:14 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The first touchdown pass Tony Romo threw in the NFL was caught by Terrell Owens. The first play of Romo’s first start was a pass to Owens. The first receiver to have a 100-yard game from Romo? Yep, T.O.
There’s too much of a pattern for this budding relationship to be considered a coincidence — even if everyone involved insists that’s all it is.
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| Barbaro's Cast May Come Off Next Week |
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Thursday, November 02 2006 @ 07:13 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro could take another step on the road to recovery next week without the cast on the right hind leg he shattered in the Preakness nearly six months ago.
Dr. Dean Richardson said Wednesday night that Barbaro has been walking so well lately, that “we’re probably going to be removing the cast next week.”
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| Jets' Martin Out for Year, Maybe Career |
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Thursday, November 02 2006 @ 07:06 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Curtis Martin sat in coach Eric Mangini's office Tuesday night, trying one last time to delay the difficult decision he knew he needed to make.
"I said, 'Eric, you know what? I just need one last conversation with the doctors,"' the New York Jets running back said Wednesday. "I said, 'I even know. I know what they're going to say and I know what the outcome is,' but for some reason I just wanted that last conversation."
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| Yankees Promote Mattingly to Bench Coach |
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Thursday, November 02 2006 @ 07:04 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Former New York Yankees star Don Mattingly was promoted from batting coach to bench coach of the Bronx Bombers on Wednesday, bolstering speculation he is being groomed as a successor to long-time manager Joe Torre.
Mattingly, who joined the Yankees staff in 2004 after being a special spring training instructor the previous seven years, will be replaced as hitting coach by Kevin Long, 39, who did that job the last three years for Triple-A Columbus.
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| Mota Banned for 50 Games After Drug Violation |
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Thursday, November 02 2006 @ 07:03 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Free agent reliever Guillermo Mota, who ended the season with the New York Mets, was suspended for 50 games on Wednesday for violating Major League Baseball's (MLB) drug policy.
In keeping with the league's policy, the nature of Mota's violation was not revealed when his punishment was announced by the MLB commissioner's office.
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| Colombian Soccer Team Linked to Drug Kingpin |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 07:04 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
A Colombian soccer club was characterized by the Bush administration Tuesday as a front for one of the South American country’s four most wanted cocaine kingpins.
The Treasury Department announced that it was freezing any U.S. assets of Cortulua, a second-division soccer club based in Tulua, near Cali in southern Colombia.
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| ESPNU Takes Kinchen Off Air for ‘Gay Remark’ |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 07:03 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Former NFL receiver Brian Kinchen will not work as an ESPNU commentator this week because of a comment he made during last Saturday’s broadcast of the Northern Illinois-Iowa game.
Kinchen was explaining the need for receivers to make catches with their hands because they are “tender” and can “caress” the ball. He then paused and said, “that’s kind of gay, but hey ...”
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| Texas Tech Dismisses Leading Scorer Over Grades |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 07:02 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Texas Tech dismissed leading scorer Jarrius Jackson from the basketball team on Tuesday because of academic reasons.
Red Raiders coach Bob Knight said in a story in the online edition of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that Jackson, who led the Big 12 Conference in scoring last season with 20.5 points per game, was removed “for failure to fulfill academic requirements that we have for our men’s basketball team.”
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| Steinbrenner Falls Ill While Watching Play |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 06:58 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was hospitalized for the second time in three years after becoming ill while watching his granddaughter perform in a play.
Steinbrenner was taken by paramedics to UNC Hospitals on Sunday, The Daily Tar Heel reported Tuesday. Steinbrenner was released Monday morning and returned to Tampa, Fla., spokesman Howard Rubenstein said.
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| Merriman Drops Appeal, Begins 4-game Suspension |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 06:57 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The San Diego Chargers must play their next four games without outside linebacker Shawne Merriman, one of the NFL's top young stars who decided Tuesday not to appeal his suspension for testing positive for steroids.
Merriman's suspension is another blow to one of the NFL's toughest defenses, which has been hit by injuries and off-field trouble since before the season started. Nicknamed "Lights Out" because of his punishing hits, he'll be shut down for games at home against Cleveland, at Cincinnati, at Denver and at home against the Oakland Raiders.
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| Bulls Beat Heat on Opening Night |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 06:48 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Miami Heat opened the new season with a party but finished with a hangover as the Chicago Bulls thrashed the reigning NBA champions 108-66 on Tuesday in the league curtain-raiser.
A capacity crowd dressed in white at the American Airlines Arena cheered and celebrated as the Heat accepted their championship rings from commissioner David Stern.
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| Knicks and Brown Reach Settlement |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 06:48 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
The New York Knicks and Larry Brown have reached a settlement on the $40 million remaining on the contract of the former coach.
"At my request, the New York Knicks and Larry Brown have agreed to a compromise resolution of the dispute between them," NBA Commissioner David Stern said in a statement on Tuesday.
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| Bulls Sign Hinrich to Multi-Year Contract Extension |
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Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 06:47 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich signed a multi-year contract extension on the eve of the new NBA season on Tuesday.
Financial terms were not announced but according to a report in the Chicago Tribune newspaper the contract is for five years and $47.5 million.
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