Sunday, April 13, 2008

Sunday Stories

Greg Bishop of The New York Times writes how former G.M. Charlie Casserly is back to his roots... "Before he went into football, Casserly worked at Springfield College and two high schools, all in Massachusetts, where he taught physical education and biology, and served as a guidance counselor, athletic director and football coach." ...
  • Greg Bishop


  • George Vecsey of The New York Times writes that Fenway Park still looks the same, but there are changes to the old ballpark... "The Fenway experience has been extremely yuppied-up in recent years, a uniquely American blend of the sacred and the profane." ...
  • George Vecsey


  • Mike Lupica of The Daily News writes that Jackie Robinson's legacy is still felt today... "That is why you talk today about all the young men and women who have become Jackie Robinson Scholars over the last 35 years, to whom he is not just a name out of history and the history books but a path - because of the foundation the great Rachel Robinson started - to a better life." ...
  • Mike Lupica


  • Detroit Free Press staff reports that Michigan players notice a difference between Rich Rodriguez and Lloyd Carr...
  • Detroit Free Press


  • Rick Gosselin of The Dallas Morning News writes how college football players have a tough decision to make as to whether to enter the NFL... "Teams have drafted juniors with the first overall selection in the last three drafts and in 11 of the 18 drafts since the NFL opened the door to underclassmen in 1990. Juniors have gone 1-2 in the last two drafts. Juniors went 1-2-3 in 1994 and 1-2-3-4 in 1997. Fourteen juniors were selected in the first round in 2007 and a record 15 in 2004." ...
  • Rick Gosselin


  • Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times writes that Master's leader Stewart Immelman is not scared of Tiger Woods... "Seems Tiger the Tease might have met his match this weekend in the steely form of Trevor Immelman, who knew that Woods had shot 68 but didn't crack like Phil Mickelson and so many others. Maybe it's because holding the lead at Augusta National is silly putty compared to his ordeal last December, at the Vergelegen Medi-Clinic in his hometown of Somerset, South Africa, where doctors removed a tumor from Immelman's diaphragm." ...
  • Jay Mariotti


  • The Los Angeles Times has a various bloggers...one of them is Kareem Abdul Jabbar...check out the NBA all-time leader scorer's blog...
  • Kareem Abdul Jabbar
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