In a pulsating overtime, Canada beat Team USA 3-2 Sunday for a well-deserved gold medal in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. It was easily one of the most exciting hockey gold-medal games in Olympics history.
Even Americans cheering in partisan fashion for Team USA had to admire the relentless play of the Canadians, who had lost [...]
“This championship is for you, New Orleans,” Drew Brees shouted after steering the Saints to victory in their first appearance in a Super Bowl. Brees, the New Orleans quarterback, was named Most Valuable Player for completing 32 passes and throwing two touchdowns as the Saints beat the more-fancied Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Miami.
“I was all [...]
Fort Lauderdale – Jerry Rice always finishes his route. He did it forever as a 49ers wide receiver, and again in his brief time with the Raiders. It helped make him the greatest wide receiver of all time, and arguably the greatest NFL player, period.
Rice wouldn’t pull up short Saturday, not now that he’s been [...]
Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney is unsure if he will be able to play in the Super Bowl on Sunday against New Orleans as he continues to receive treatment for an ankle injury suffered in the AFC Championship Game.
Freeney had a throng of reporters surrounding him at Media Day on Tuesday at Sun Life [...]
The final chapter of Brett Favre’s 20-year career may have been written. And it’s a fairy tale, all right.
But instead of it being about Favre courageously re-entering the game on a bum ankle, this tome’s protagonist is not one person or even a single team.
It’s an entire city.
Rejoice, New Orleans. Four-and-a-half years after Hurricane Katrina [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts cut ties with Marvin Harrison, their all-time leading receiver, last February. His presumed replacement, third-year man Anthony Gonzalez, went down with a knee injury in Week 1 and never returned.
Somehow, the Colts never seemed to miss either of them, a point driven home in Sunday’s 30-17 win vs. the New [...]
Bobby Bragan, nicknamed “Mr. Baseball” and considered Fort Worth’s ambassador of the sport, died Thursday night. He was 92.
Bragan became a part of Fort Worth baseball in the 1940s when he joined the Fort Worth Cats as a player/manager, and his outgoing personality, positive outlook on life and deep passion for baseball kept him in [...]
Wade Phillips finally has some security in Dallas.
The Cowboys have signed Phillips, their head coach to a contract extension through 2011.
Team owner Jerry Jones confirmed earlier this week that he had picked up an option on Phillips’ contract for next season.
“I’m encouraged by the progress that we made this year, but in no way are [...]
NEW YORK — Mark McGwire finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998.
McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. During a 20-minute telephone interview shortly afterward, his voice repeatedly cracked.
“It’s very emotional, [...]
Call it Bama’s economic stimulus.
The Crimson Tide’s championship season has pumped untold millions of dollars into the state’s economy and after Thursday night’s national championship victory, additional millions are being generated.
Retailers carrying Alabama apparel, books and merchandise scored big as many shoppers bought their products not only for gifts during the holiday shopping season but [...]
Clothing county newborns
CFCC presents student leadership awards
‘Bad to the Bone’
Stakeholders Advisory Group holds first meeting
Veteran returning from Mideast treated to chicken wing special
County Canning Kitchen
Inverness Fourth of July
A Homosassa Fourth of July
14 students complete safe babysitting course
Covered with ladybugs