Articles filed under Football
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Cohen excels in classroom, on fieldJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Bartlett graduate Joel Cohen is a textbook success story. In high school at Bartlett, Cohen sported an unsightly 1.6 grade-point average. "To be totally honest, I was la...
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Mendenhall leaving Illinois to enter NFL draftJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Four years ago, when a former Illinois assistant coach got a peek at Rashard Mendenhall's highlight reel from his junior year at Niles West High School, he proclaimed Wa...
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Bowling Green coach joins NU football staffJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Pat Fitzgerald's recruiting duties this winter haven't been limited to finding top high school players. The 33-year-old football coach for Northwestern needed to replac...
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MLB, NFL, USOC funding anti-doping researchJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - DENVER -- Major League Baseball and the NFL agreed to join the U.S. Olympic Committee to fund anti-doping research, contributing $3 million each to create the most exten...
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Falcons want to talk to CarrollJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The Atlanta Falcons are interested in Southern California coach Pete Carroll for their head coaching job. A person familiar with the team's coaching situation told The A...
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Seau just keeps goingJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Junior Seau was hurt. The cart came out to take him off the field. Would the inspirational leader return? Seau was with San Diego then and Rodney Ha...
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Fans can ride the rails to watch AFL teamsJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Two Arena Football League rivals, the Chicago Rush and the Grand Rapids Rampage, have teamed up to create the Amtrak Classic, a home-and-away series that will offer the ...
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Mendenhall leaving Illinois for NFL draftJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Rashard Mendenhall will skip his senior year at Illinois and enter the NFL draft after rushing for a school-record 1,681 yards while leading the Illini to the Rose Bowl....
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Unfazed by flub, Romo's ready againJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - IRVING, Texas -- First, a teary apology by Tony Romo to his teammates after the botched hold that cost the Dallas Cowboys their first playoff victory in 10 years. Then c...
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Holmgren returns to Green Bay, perhaps for last timeJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Shhh! It's so blasphemous it should be whispered, especially around Green Bay. Mike Holmgren has one up on Vince Lombardi. Two up, even. Lombardi and ...