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Monday Night Football Gets Face Lift

ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski to replace Joe Theismann as co-host

Mar 26, 07 11:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monday Night Football will swap one former NFL quarterback–turned–ESPN analyst for another this season when Ron Jaworski steps in for Joe Theismann. The network is looking to freshen up its hit show—cable's most-watched ever—which recently finished its first season on ESPN after more than three decades... More »

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sports • NFL • Ron Jaworski • ESPN • Joe Theismann • Monday Night Football • MNF • Toyn Kornheiser • Mike Tirico • CBS • Sports Emmy • Outstanding Live Sports Series • football

Texans Release Carr, Williams

Huston waives its two best-known players

Mar 25, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Houston Texans released their two best-known players today, quarterback David Carr and running back Domanick Williams (formerly Davis), after years of disappointing performances. More »

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sports • NFL • Houston Texans • Ron Dayne • Domanick Williams • Domanick Davis • Heisman Trophy • football • Houston

Texans Acquire Schaub for
Draft Picks

$48 million deal for Matt Schaub as starter

Mar 25, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former second-string Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Schaub will earn up to $48 million as starting quarterback for the Houston Texans the next six seasons. The Texans, meanwhile, are looking to shop David Carr, who had been the team's starter. In five years, Carr's QB rating was 75.5, and he... More »

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sports • NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Matt Schaub • Houston Texans • Texas • Atlanta • Georgia • football • Houston

Faulty Knee Forces Faulk Out

Former Colts and Rams running back will announce retirement Monday

Mar 23, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The knee injury that sidelined Marshall Faulk last season has officially ended his career. Faulk will announce his retirement Monday, March 26, at the NFL owners' meetings. Faulk retires ninth in all-time NFL career rushing with 12,279 yards, and tied for sixth with 100 touchdowns. In 2000, he ran... More »

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sports • Marshall Faulk • NFL • Indianapolis Colts • St. Louis Rams • NFL Network • NFL MVP • football • Indianapolis • St. Louis

Cricket Coach Murdered

Woolmer now said to
be strangled, after team's surprising loss

Mar 23, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of Bob Woolmer, the English-born Pakistani cricket coach, was ruled a murder yesterday, roiling the sedate world of international cricket  with a crime investigators call “extraordinary and evil.” When Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica last Sunday, it was thought he... More »

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sports • Pakistan • Bob Woolmer • cricket • murder • Cricket World Cup • autopsy

Penn State
Coach Quits

Women's basketball head coach
Rene Portland resigned amid
allegations of discrimation

Mar 22, 07 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland, who resigned last night,  ends her 27-year college career with 606 wins, amid allegations that she discriminated against lesbian players.  Under Portland, Penn State played in 21 NCAA tournaments, including the 2000 Final Four, but the team’s performance slipped the... More »

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sports • Rene Portland • Penn State • Jennifer Harris • women's basketball • basketball • NCAA basketball • women's college basketball • resignation

Duke Baller Bolts for NBA

Sophomore forward/center
Josh McRoberts will enter the draft

Mar 22, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Duke co-captain Josh McRoberts  will enter the NBA draft, he announced yesterday, just a  week after his Blue Devils fell in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.  Duke men’s basketball Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski is OK with that. “It is time for him... More »

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sports • NBA • Duke University • NCAA • Duke Blue Devils • Josh McRoberts • Mike Krzyzewski • basketball • NBA draft • draft

Brawl Could
Cost Pacman
2007 Season

Lawless behavior may earn him a seat on the bench, says Goodell

Mar 22, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman'' Jones may be forced to sit out the 2007 season as the first casualty of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's off-field conduct crackdown. More than 50 NFL players have been arrested since January 2006, prompting Goodell to push tougher punishments, even for those like Jones... More »

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sports • NFL • Roger Goodell • Tennessee Titans • football • strip club • Adam "Pacman" Jones

Son Replaces Dad
As Drake Head Coach

Tom Davis steps down, son Keno steps up as basketball coach

Mar 22, 07 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Keno Davis will replace his father, Dr. Tom Davis, who is retiring as Drake University’s men’s basketball head coach. The elder Davis had coached Division I basketball for 32 seasons, the last four at Drake. Earlier, at Lafayette, he gave University of Maryland men’s basketball Head Coach... More »

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sports • Keno Davis • Drake University • Bruce Pearl • Gary Williams • University of Maryland • University of Southern Indiana • University of Tennessee • Lafayette College • Boston College • Stanford • Iowa • Division I • basketball • Tom Davis

Goodall Wants To Get Tough

NFL commissioner  seeks fast response
to off-field woes

Mar 22, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - NFL Commisioner Roger Goodell could respond more quickly and decisively to off-field disciplinary issues with a change in league rules proposed in response to legal messes players got into last season. Goodell will introduce the idea in a league meeting next week. More »

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sports • NFL • San Francisco • Roger Goodell • football • Greg Aiello

Artest Could Face Jail Time in Domestic dispute

Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged with four misdemeanors Tuesday.

Mar 21, 07 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged Tuesday, March 20, with four misdemeanors stemming from an altercation with his wife earlier this month. The famously temperamental NBA player could spend time behind bars if found guilty on any of the four charges, which include battery and corporal injury to a... More »

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sports • NBA • basketball • prison • Detroit Pistons • Indiana Pacers • Sacramento • Sacramento Kings • Ron Artest • battery • domestic violence • jail

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