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5321. wabbit - 12/10/2006 7:38:26 PM  Troy Smith, the senior quarterback for Tressel's top-ranked Buckeyes and now officially the 2006 Heisman Trophy winner. Every player who's ever won the Heisman had his own special achievements and took his own unique path, but as anyone who tuned in Saturday night could see, few have led a more inspirational journey than Smith...While Saturday night was certainly a happy moment for Ohio State fans, Smith's Heisman struck deeper than that. In a touching segment played shortly before his victory, ESPN showed images of the poverty-stricken streets of inner-city Cleveland where Smith was raised. And many of his comments afterward were directed to that community. Asked by a reporter what he plans to do if the NFL doesn't work out, Smith said, "I'm going to go back to the Cleveland-Glenville area and try to make that place better. My passion for the mean streets of Cleveland runs so deep. I want so badly for there to be change in that community. Who better to start it than a Glenville guy?"
Appalachian State coach Jerry Moore wants his program to reach the level of Youngstown State's dominant teams of the 1990s. He's nearly halfway there. Armanti Edwards ran for 110 yards and three touchdowns and threw for another score and defending national champion Appalachian State beat Youngstown State 49-24 on Saturday to reach the NCAA Division I-AA title game. Kevin Richardson rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns before leaving in the third quarter with a shoulder injury as the Mountaineers won their 13th straight game and advanced to face Massachusetts on Friday night in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Another good season next year for Penn State, and another subpar 2007 campaign for Florida State might help Lions' coach Joe Paterno surpass the Seminoles' Bobby Bowden on the career victory list for major college coaches. Paterno is three behind Bowden's 365 wins. Not that Paterno is counting. "What does it prove? I feel comfortable with whatever success I have had. I don't have to be the guy that wins the most games," Paterno said this week.
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5322. judithathome - 12/10/2006 8:41:38 PM I watched a boxing match last night...Jermaine someone and Kasim Ouma...the Kasim guy has an interesting past. He was captured by renegades in Uganda and made to fight for them at the age of 8 years old; then, he was captured by Ugandan troops and made to fight with them. Finally, he got into a boxing program with the Ugandan army and defected to the US during a match...I was pulling for him but Jermaine won. 5323. wonkers2 - 12/10/2006 10:06:31 PM Auburn Professor Petee gets caught cheating and should be fired. But of course he won't be fired. The Athletic Director wouldn' let that happen. Maybe he'll run for Congress where he'd fit right in. 5324. arkymalarky - 12/11/2006 1:36:44 AM The Jermaine guy's from AR. I've been so busy I don't know much, but he's been making quite a lot of news here for me to know about it--not just because I'm busy but because boxing ain't my thing. 5325. arkymalarky - 12/11/2006 1:39:59 AM Jermain Taylor 5326. wabbit - 12/11/2006 3:52:56 PM  LaDainian Tomlinson had barely swept into the end zone and the record book when he was engulfed by the behemoths on his offensive line. They hoisted him onto their shoulders and carried him toward the sideline, with Tomlinson holding the ball high in his right hand and waving his left index finger, a 48-20 win over the Denver Broncos and the AFC West title all wrapped up.
Facing former boss Bill Parcells for the first time, Sean Payton called for a reverse on a fourth-and-1 and made featured players out of guys who had never scored. Everything he drew up worked so well that the first-year head coach was brazen enough to call for an onside kick while his New Orleans Saints already were well on their way to a 42-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. The onside kick worked too, by the way, making the Saints (9-4) big winners in a showdown for sole possession of the second-best record in the NFC.
As Tom Brady prepared to take a snap, he shouted and pointed across the line, anticipating a blitz from end Jason Taylor lined up at middle linebacker. Maybe Brady's teammates didn't hear him. They failed to block Taylor, who swooped up the middle untouched to force a harried, errant pass. It was that kind of day for Brady and the Patriots, who lost to the Miami Dolphins 21-0 Sunday. The roving Taylor led a disruptive defense that sacked Brady four times, forced him to fumble twice and limited him to 78 yards passing. New England totaled 12 first downs and 189 yards, both season lows, and lost three fumbles, giving them 11 turnovers in the past three games. The Patriots committed nine penalties. Their best play was an illegal forward pass.
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5327. wabbit - 12/13/2006 11:10:36 PM  I hope he's worth it...Daisuke Matsuzaka has reached a deal with the Boston Red Sox for six years, $52 million, a source close to the negotiations has told SI.com. The deal contains escalator clauses that could bring it up to $60 million. The clauses are similar to the ones in the contract of Curt Schilling, another starting Red Sox pitcher, a person connected to the team said. Matsuzaka and the Red Sox came to an agreement shortly before both sides boarded a private jet out of Orange County, Calif., around 9 a.m. PST on Wednesday. Matsuzaka is to take a physical shortly after landing in Boston. The deadline to sign Matsuzaka, the most heralded pitcher in the Japan League, was midnight Thursday. But the sides rushed to finish the deal by early Wednesday so there'd be time to conduct a physical and to get the blood work back.
When Matsuzaka, agent Scott Boras and Red Sox officials all boarded the plane, speculation was high that a deal was at hand after very difficult negotiations over 29 days. "They all took off together," Red Sox owner John Henry wrote to the AP in an email. "Assume a deal is done or close."
SI.com confirmed a deal had, in fact, been struck for the righthanded superstar who was 108-60 in his career with the Seibu Lions and MVP of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, won by Japan, this past spring. The Red Sox won the right to negotiate with Matsuzaka by bidding $51.1 million in the posting process...
5328. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/14/2006 12:02:15 AM What a planet! Can you imagine spending that much to have your heart broken?
[Wabb, don't miss the Sean Scully show at the Met––a Bon Bon!] 5329. wonkers2 - 12/14/2006 5:02:52 AM Big Stranger Rodeo 5330. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/14/2006 7:50:05 AM Hey wonk, did you miss this post or was this where you got it?
Message # 20663 in thread 142 5331. wonkers2 - 12/15/2006 5:36:41 AM I'm pretty sure I stole it from you as I have a number of political cartoons. The ones you post in The Mote save me from searching for them myself. I should give you a credit. 5332. wonkers2 - 12/15/2006 5:37:21 AM I wouldn't have posted it again if I'd remembered where I got it. 5333. robertjayb - 12/15/2006 6:56:04 AM Former top cyclist indicted in steroids probe...(AP)
SAN FRANCISCO — Former elite cyclist Tammy Thomas was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of hindering the government's steroid probe.
Thomas, 36, is accused of three counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury investigating a steroid ring that spanned across many sports.
The indictment adds cycling, a sport often associated with doping, to a probe that has exposed steroid use in professional baseball, football and track and field.
Thomas was banned for life in August 2002 after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug Norbolethone, which was detected in her urine samples.
5334. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/15/2006 4:12:49 PM 5331. wonkers2 - 12/14/2006 10:36:41 PM
I'm pretty sure I stole it from you as I have a number of political cartoons. The ones you post in The Mote save me from searching for them myself. I should give you a credit.
5332. wonkers2 - 12/14/2006 10:37:21 PM
I wouldn't have posted it again if I'd remembered where I got it.
No credit needed, wonk; I just wondered because many of my posts seem to be ignored and I fear I'm being obnoxious. 5335. wonkers2 - 12/15/2006 5:53:24 PM Your posts are great! I read them all even though I may not respond. 5336. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/15/2006 7:23:58 PM Thanks wonk (I knew Lemonciello would be the way to your heart)! 5337. wonkers2 - 12/18/2006 7:41:45 AM We uncorked a bottle tonight. We hadn't chilled the bottle beforehand so we served it over cracked ice. Delicious! 5338. jexster - 12/21/2006 4:43:57 AM One of my brother's clients has given him 4 tickets to their luxury box to see the Houston Tejasans play the Colts on Sunday.
Some people have great Crimmuses.....
 5339. iiibbb - 12/22/2006 10:43:33 PM Duke rape case dropped 5340. wonkers2 - 12/23/2006 12:13:40 AM It was an unfortunate episode for all concerned.
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