Sunday, August 3, 2008

News for the 8/3/08

NFL to reinstate quarterback Favre AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) — Disgruntled quarterback Brett Favre will be reinstated by the National Football League on Monday, the league announced. ...

Green, Monk Among Six Inducted Into Pro Football Hall of Fame Bloomberg - (Bloomberg) -- Former Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green and wide receiver Art Monk were among six players inducted into the Pro Football Hall ...

BYU football: Camp opens with Collie out Salt Lake Tribune, United States - PROVO - Rain clouds hung over the opening practice of BYU's fall football camp Saturday afternoon, making the day more pleasant than usual for coaches and ...

Wake Forest hopes football program built to last International Herald Tribune, France - AP WINSTON-SALEM, NC: Aaron Curry stood near midfield at Wake Forest's football stadium while he contemplated the question, looking for a way to explain how ...

Transcript Emmitt Thomas Hall of Fame enshrinement speech Kansas City Star, MO - The moment when I knew my father was a special football player, partly had to do with the fact when people come up and tell you how special he is. ...

Fans floating on football, civic pride Akron Beacon Journal, OH - ''Now, I'm an ultimate Redskins fan and an official part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.'' Gardner, known as Hollywood HillBilly Hogette, was among the ...

Utah State football: Quarterback McCormick may leave Aggies Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Instead, McCormick didn't show for practice, and it has been confirmed by The Tribune that he's contemplating giving up football altogether. ...

Red hair, played for the fish, snaps a football: nickname? Seattle Times, United States - Josh Jarboe got kicked out of high school for bringing a handgun, and now the prize recruit has been kicked off the Oklahoma football team for recording a ...

UConn Football Tough To Gauge Hartford Courant, United States - So, sixth place is where the media covering the Big East predicted the defending conference co-champs — your UConn Huskies football team — will finish this ...

College football primer Indianapolis Star, United States - College football practice begins this week with intriguing story lines from Bloomington to South Bend. How interesting could this season be in Indiana? ...

Virtual Gridiron Arrives Early with Maden Update Washington Post, United States -Football fans can put him on any team without having to wait for the official season kickoff on September 4. EA Sports is celebrating two decades of video ...

Big 12 quarterbacks rule college football Kansas City Star, MO - Fast-break football made the Big 12 the nation’s highest-scoring conference last season and accounted for some freakish stats. But it wasn’t as if the Big ...

John Mark Stallings, the son of former Alabama football coach Gene ... The Birmingham News - al.com, AL - John Mark Stallings, 46, the son of former Alabama head football coach Gene Stallings and among the most beloved members of the Crimson Tide family, ...

Pledged football players wait it out Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - LaRod King has known since March where he plans to play his college football. He'd put it in writing, if anyone would let him. Instead, the North Hardin ...

College Football Predictions and Ratings are Not One and the Same Offshore Insiders, GA - Their preseason publication is part of our research and a major reason why GodsTips enters the football season as the most prepared sports service in the ...

Bus Cook: Favre just wants to play football Hattiesburg American, MS - "The whole reason Brett applied for reinstatement was because he wants to play football. And the Packers have taken the position that he's not playing again ...

Eternal question just gets on Lions coach's nerves Chicago Tribune, United States - Paterno doesn't want anyone to tell him the time has come for him to retire as Penn State's football coach. He resents being asked. ...

Boy Dies At Pee-Wee League Football Practice News4Jax.com, FL - The second practice of a Westside Pop Warner football team ended in tragedy on Saturday. Officials told Channel 4 an 11- or 12-year-old boy died after

Analysis: Critical time for PSU football York Daily Record, PA - By FRANK BODANI Football practice has just begun -- and so has the most critical behind-the-scenes month in recent Penn State history. ...

Difficulties behind starting a football program Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - BY TROY JOHNSON - johnsont@ledger-enquirer.com -- Bill Curry has a vision of what Georgia State's football program could become, but first things first. ...

CSU football undergoes a remodel ReporterHerald.com, CO - By Mike Brohard It took until July for Colorado State’s new football coach to get his family moved from New York to Colorado, but it’s done. ...

OSU football schedule: Pivotal games NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - Wide receiver Todd Nelson signs a football during Oklahoma State fan appreciation day in Stillwater on Saturday. by MATT STRASEN, THE OKLAHOMAN •Aug. 30 vs. ...

Phillips to be UK's 1st black head football coach Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - When Mississippi State hired Sylvester Croom in December of 2003, making him the first black head football coach in Southeastern Conference history, ...

U-Fantasy.com Launches Free Fantasy College Football Website PR Web (press release), WA - U-Fantasy.com has brought fantasy college football to the millions of NFL fantasy football fans who are searching for somewhere to play the college version ...

Beavers name football captains for 2008 season NRToday.com, OR - CORVALLIS — Oregon State seniors Victor Butler, Brandon Hughes, Andy Levitre and Sammie Stroughter have been named football team captains for the 2008 ...

Fassel: 'This is what football is all about' Canton Repository (subscription), OH - "This is what football is all about — the Hall of Fame," Fassel said Saturday during pre-HOF induction ceremony celebrations. "This is awesome. ...

Lufkin hosting football camp Lufkin Daily News, TX - The free football camp is a chance for players to learn from the Lufkin coaching staff, which has helped turn Lufkin into one of the state's premier ...

College to teach women finer points of football Clovis News Journal, NM - Greyhound football coach Mark Ribaudo, along with several assistant coaches and players, are taking on the job of teaching area women the game of football. ...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Tide fans get sneak peek today Montgomery Advertiser, AL -Following practice, the Crimson Tide football team, along with Saban and the coaching staff, will be available for autographs on the field. ...

Ohio State football Columbus Dispatch, OH - By Tim May In the past six years, Jim Tressel coached one Ohio State team to a national championship, took two more to the national title game and has won ...

LSU football starts anew Shreveport Times, LA - By Glenn Guilbeau • gguilbeau@gannett.com • August 3, 2008 BATON ROUGE — For LSU football fans, the two words carry the same significance as those four ...

KU football preview to air on FSN KUsports, KS - The Fox Sports Network will be broadcasting a 30-minute preview segment on the Kansas University football team airing throughout August on FSN Kansas City ...

NSU football players report today Alexandria Town Talk, LA - NATCHITOCHES -- The maximum load of 90 players will report to camp today when the 2008 Northwestern State football season officially begins for the players. ...

Football: Crenshaw holds its own against the nation's best Los Angeles Times, CA - Figured I'd give Crenshaw Coach Robert Garrett some time to rest before bombarding him with questions about how he thought the Cougars played during the ...

Storm win National Indoor Bowl Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - As for the idea that coming out on top will benefit the Storm next season, Riggs preferred to focus on the fact that the new Indoor Football League will ...

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