Sports Stories for January 2012
Stories for Tuesday, January 31
Ochocinco's silence is speaking volumes
INDIANAPOLIS — Nothing Chad Ochocinco has ever said has been more surprising.Caught in a crush of people with cameras, microphones and open notebooks at Tuesday’s Media Day for Super Bowl XLVI, Ochocinco — once the record-setting receiver and chatterbox of the Cincinnati Bengals, now the barely-used pass catcher for the ...
NFL Pro Bowl needs to go away
I hadn’t seen a powder-puff football game since high school. That’s when the junior class girls challenge their senior counterparts to a couple hours of pulling, grabbing and general goofiness.It’s not serious and sometimes lapses into hilarious. There’s usually one girl who’s better than most, can’t be caught, often gets ...
Stories for Sunday, January 29
Manning deserves to stay in Indy
It’s becoming clear millions of dollars doesn’t buy you common sense. Witnessing NFL team owners Mike Brown and Randy Lerner over the years is enough evidence in that case, but at least Brown and Lerner have never chased off the greatest quarterback in NFL history.That’s the crime Jim Irsay — ...
Djokovic outlasts Nadal in marathon
MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic ripped off his shirt and let out a primal scream, flexing his torso the way a prize fighter would after a desperate, last-round knockout.This was the final act in Djokovic’s 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 victory over Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final ...
Stories for Thursday, January 26
Gems game this weekend to help teen facing cancer
TROTWOOD — Tina Jenks called it her “worst nightmare.” That’s how the Tipp City resident described the sobering news she received Oct. 31 when her only child, Jimmy, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But adversity can bring clarity and Tina has come to realize a couple things. One is that ...
Commentary: Paterno should've taken own advice
In hindsight, Penn State’s Joe Paterno should have taken the advice he once gave Ohio State’s Woody Hayes in their pregame meeting at Ohio Stadium in 1975.It was the first game between the two football coaches, and while each had already earned a quality reputation, Hayes was 62 — considered ...
St. Henry grad fights for Paterno’s legacy
Jeff Hartings came out of retirement Wednesday.“I look at this differently than some are right now,” he said. “I think the circumstances of the past three months actually add to Joe Paterno’s legacy rather than take away from it. I think one day when we look back and evaluate everything ...
Stories for Tuesday, January 24
Toughman different kind of draw
I knew we were in for an entertaining night after I counted more tattoos than teeth.The Toughman Contest had once again gripped Hara Arena. At my household, there’s no better way for a family of four — including a pair of practicing wannabes — to burn a Saturday night.I’m not ...
Stories for Monday, January 23
Commentary: School mascot creates an uproar
Never let it be said that Draper, Utah, is a Cougar town.School officials at Corner Canyon High School made certain of that. In search of a mascot for a new high school, officials tossed out the students’ selection of Cougars because nearby Brigham Young University — along with at least ...
Sports headlines in brief
SOCCERWambach scores bump her to No. 3VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Abby Wambach scored twice in the first half to move into third on the career goals list for women’s international soccer, and the United States beat Guatemala 13-0 on Sunday to clinch a berth in the semifinals of the CONCACAF ...
Stories for Sunday, January 22
Joe Paterno by the numbers
409: Career college football wins, No. 1 all-time.85: Age when he died Sunday.46: Years as head football coach, all at Penn State University.31: Penn State unbeaten streak before losing to Colorado in September 1970.5: Times he was named national coach of the year.5: Unbeaten and untied Penn State teams.2: No. ...
Penn State has much to learn
Forget curses, Bambinos, billy goats and the rest. Quit moaning over your winless streak, or that your city hasn’t had a title since the 1960s. There are worse things to be in sports — you could always be Penn State.Joe Paterno’s passing aside; the criminal case at Penn State has ...
Stories for Saturday, January 21
Franklin recovers from slow start
BELLBROOK — The plan worked for a while. Then Franklin High School’s boys basketball team became a steamroller. Bellbrook controlled the first 10 minutes with a deliberate pace Friday night before the unbeaten Wildcats dialed up the action and pounded out a 55-30 road win. “We still take control when ...
Remaining NFL teams no stranger to Super Bowl
With a combined 16 appearances, the four franchises vying for the Super Bowl on Sunday are no strangers to the big game. Super Bowl appearances (and record): 8—Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2) 8—Dallas Cowboys (5-3) 6—New England Patriots (3-3) 6—Denver Broncos (2-4) 5—San Francisco 49ers (5-0) 5—Green Bay Packers (4-1) 5—Washington Redskins ...
Commentary: Trotwood grads still have much to prove
It was four years ago that receiver Roy Roundtree and running back Michael Shaw became last-minute members of Rich Rodriguez’s first Michigan recruiting class, the former spurning Purdue, the latter Penn State. The Trotwood-Madison High School graduates have made names for themselves up north, but the future — athletically anyway ...
Commentary: Spare us a 2-Harbaugh Super Bowl
Here are some of the better reasons to root for the New England Patriots and New York Giants on Sunday: • Wins by those teams in their respective conference championship games would produce a rematch of Super Bowl XLII, and who (except maybe for an LSU fan) can resist a ...
Stories for Friday, January 20
They’ve been there before
With a combined 16 appearances, the four franchises vying for the Super Bowl on Sunday are no strangers to the big game. Super Bowl appearances (and record):8—Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2)8—Dallas Cowboys (5-3)6—New England Patriots (3-3)6—Denver Broncos (2-4)5—San Francisco 49ers (5-0)5—Green Bay Packers (4-1)5—Washington Redskins (3-2)5—Oakland/L.A. Raiders (3-2)5—Miami Dolphins (2-3)4—New York Giants ...
Commentary: Spare us a 2-Harbaugh Super Bowl
Here are some of the better reasons to root for the New England Patriots and New York Giants on Sunday:• Wins by those teams in their respective conference championship games would produce a rematch of Super Bowl XLII, and who (except maybe for an LSU fan) can resist a rematch? ...
Stories for Thursday, January 19
Commentary: Could Jim Tressel get Colts’ job?
I thought about looking up Rob Lowe’s Twitter account to find out if Jim Tressel is really a candidate to be the Colts’ new head coach, but I stopped myself just in time.However, while I was thinking about it, I wondered what would happen if Tressel really were hired by ...
UD's Benson receiving support for recovery
Josh Benson, a University of Dayton basketball standout, was resting comfortably at his campus apartment after undergoing surgery for a torn knee ligament Wednesday morning at Miami Valley South, according to his father.“He was in great spirits all the way up to the surgery,” said Willie Benson, who added that ...
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