Articles filed under Football
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Plenty for NFL to smile aboutOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Jerry Jones is in Britain this week to support the cause. He thinks it's great that the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins have come overseas for a regular...
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Athletic, smart Hagberg leads Burlington C. back to playoffsOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - With each new football season comes question marks on any team. Who will fill the void left by graduation is clearly the biggest question coaches face when they begin pr...
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Falcons are back and eager to runOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Junior running back Mike Trumpy has run for 1,638 yards already this season. Whether it was a yard short or a point short, the most narrow of margins has denied Wheaton ...
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Tigers: 'We want to be aggressive'Oct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - On the heels of a third straight DuPage Valley Conference football title, Wheaton Warrenville South has a new slogan. "Go for two." Pretty clever stuff. Pretty realisti...
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Wildcats want to make amendsOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Neuqua Valley calls do-overs. In an emerging theme of atoning for past losses, the Wildcats see just such an opportunity in their Class 8A first-round game against No. ...
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Smith: Running game improvingOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Every NFL team has at least one run of 20 yards or longer this season -- except the Bears, whose longest run is 16 yards by Cedric Benson on 136 carries. The Bears are 3...
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Urlacher, Griese worry LionsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Jon Kitna could only laugh at the question. Has Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher lost a step, as some people have implied? "Ha," the Detroit Lions quarterback scof...
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St. Charles North hoping to repeat history in MolineOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - There's no truth to the rumor that St. Charles North football coach Mark Gould will be driving the team's chartered bus to Moline Friday. But he certainly knows the dire...
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Ball State's Miller wanted to be IlliniOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois fans tempted to cover their eyes when the punting unit hits the field probably won't want to see this either. The nation's No. 1 punter -- and Playboy's preseas...
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Griese 'respects' new opportunityOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - As Brian Griese can attest, there's nothing like two years of inactivity to make a quarterback appreciate being back on the field. Griese became a starter in just his se...