Articles Archive for December 2008
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Former NFL wide receiver Andre Rison was arrested for public drunkenness at a San Antonio hotel.
Rison, who was selected for the Pro Bowl five times in the 1990s, was detained after police responded to a call about a public disturbance at 2 a.m. Monday, KENS-TV, San Antonio, reported. He was ... read more
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The final bowl game on New Year’s Day is the only one to pit conference champions as ACC king Virginia Tech, a BCS bowl regular, faces Big East champ Cincinnati, in its first-ever BCS bowl and first Jan. 1 bowl since 1951.
World Politics »
Defying U.S. Senate leaders and his own state’s lawmakers, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder... read more
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How dominant has Southern Cal been against the Big Ten in recent years? How about eight straight wins against the conference by an average of 25 points, including this year’s 35-3 thumping of Big Ten co-champ Ohio State.
Th... read more
Entertainment »
Actress Mia Farrow sat in the front pew of a Brooklyn church Tuesday morning to bid a sad farewell to her adopted daughter Lark Previn, a mother of two who died Christmas Day after a long illness.
Farrow and her family listened intently as a priest at St. Saviour Roman Catholic Church in Park... read more
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With two strong defensive clubs in South Carolina and Iowa taking the field in Tampa on New Year’s morning, you may want to consider the under of 43 on WagerWeb.com.
The Hawkeyes defense ranked No. 8 nationally in allowin... read more
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What a difference expectations make: Wednesday night’s Chick-Fil-A-Bowl features two teams that didn’t really expect to be here, but for vastly different reasons.
Unranked LSU, of course, is the defending national champion, so no one in the Bayou thought the Tigers would slip to a... read more
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The best part of Wednesday’s Sun Bowl matchup between No. 24 Oregon State of the Pac-10 and No. 18 Pittsburgh of the Big East would have been to see two of the nation’s top running backs in the Beavers’ Jacquizz Rodge... read more
