UConn's QB spot Frazer’s to lose - Middletown Press
When the UConn football team begins its month-long spring practice session next Tuesday, Zach Frazer will be the starting quarterback, UConn coach Randy Edsall said Monday during a teleconference with state media. Cody Endres, who briefly wrested that title away from Frazer before a season-ending ...
NASCAR puts Carl Edwards on probation - Greensboro News & Record
Reaffirming its stance that drivers police themselves, NASCAR did not suspend or fine Carl Edwards for wrecking Brad Keselowski on Sunday at Atlanta. Instead, NASCAR placed Edwards on probation Tuesday for the next three NASCAR Sprint Cup races. NASCAR also plans to meet with Edwards and Keselowski ...
Robert De Niro set to play Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi in ESPN movie - Wausau Daily Herald
BRISTOL, Conn. — Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming movie. ESPN announced Tuesday that the Academy Award-winning actor has agreed to play the Hall of Fame coach in the film it is developing with Andell Entertainment and the NFL. “Lombardi” will chronicle the years in ...
Riesch beats Vonn to capture downhill finale in Germany - TSN
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- Maria Riesch of Germany beat American Lindsey Vonn by nearly half a second in the final downhill of the season to keep the race for the overall title alive between the two Olympic champions and good friends. Vonn, who took gold in the Olympic downhill, could have ...
Twins closer Joe Nathan may face Tommy John surgery - Los Angeles Times
Tests on Nathan's right throwing elbow of Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan have revealed a significant tear in the ulnar collateral ligament, an injury that could require season-ending Tommy John surgery. Nathan's 246 saves over six seasons are the most in the majors during that span. General ...
Browns release former Pro Bowl QB Derek Anderson - Springfield News Sun
CLEVELAND — Quarterback Derek Anderson's uneven five-year stint with the Cleveland Browns is over. The team released the one-time Pro Bowl quarterback Tuesday, one day after the Browns acquired backup Seneca Wallace in a trade from Seattle. Anderson made the Pro Bowl in 2007 when he threw 29 ...
Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties - comcast.net
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager. Now that arrangement is over, with the team announcing his departure in an e-mailed statement ...
Pacers beat 76ers to end 4-game losing streak - Columbia Missourian
Dahntay Jones scored 25 points, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 107-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night that snapped a four-game losing streak. Brandon Rush had 24 points and nine rebounds, and Troy Murphy added 19 points for the Pacers (21-43), who won for just the second time ...
Saint Mary's stuns Gonzaga for WCC men's basketball tournament title - Contra Costa Times
LAS VEGAS — The Orleans Arena had all but cleared out, save for a few still-beaming fans of the Saint Mary's College basketball team, when center Omar Samhan stood atop a ladder, cut the last threads off the net and put it around his neck. Finally, he and the Gaels had reached the top. "I wanted ...
Sorgi to back up younger Manning in quarterback switch - Republic
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - After six years backing up Peyton Manning in Indianapolis, Jim Sorgi will get a chance to do the same for Peyton's brother Eli. The New York Giants announced Tuesday that they have signed Sorgi to a one-year deal. Contract terms were not disclosed. Sorgi will compete with ...
