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By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – What do you get when LeBron James and Kevin Durant decide to team up less than three weeks before the start of NBA training camps? The leading
By Dan Pompei, Chicago Tribune – If the Bears have any hope to pass the Packers, pass is the operative word. And there is no opportunity like right here, right now. Three hundred
By Greg Cote, The Miami Herald – BEARS at PACKERS Line: GB by 6 Cote’s pick: GB 34-30 TV: 8:20 p.m. EDT, NFL Network Greatest NFL rivalries? Start here, at least chronologically. This
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former Hawkeye All-American center Bruce Nelson will serve as Iowa’s honorary captain this weekend as the University of Iowa hosts Northern Iowa (2:42 p.m., BTN) in Kinnick Stadium.
By Dom Amore, The Hartford Courant – STORRS, Conn. — Jim Calhoun’s long, remarkably successful and often turbulent tenure as UConn’s men’s basketball coach is coming to an end. NBC Connecticut’s Kevin Nathan,
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — Trying to figure out the hierarchy in the Green Bay Packers’ secondary is a little like staring down at a freshwater
By Brian Hamilton, Chicago Tribune – SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports except football and hockey, both the league and the school announced Wednesday.
By Tom Silverstein and Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — After another fine training camp, Green bay Packers receiver Donald Driver didn’t envision being frozen out of the
By Fred Mitchell, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — With slim playoff hopes dangling precariously in the balance, the Sky probably would have preferred a less imposing opponent Tuesday night than the defending
By Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – SAN DIEGO — They got a long-awaited quality start on the road and created baserunners almost at a whim. What the St. Louis Cardinals couldn’t accomplish
By Bob Dutton, The Kansas City Star – MINNEAPOLIS — Here on Tuesday night, finally, the Royals got a look at the Minnesota Twins that the rest of the league, if the
An Interview With:COACH KIRK FERENTZ, September 11, 2012 – COACH FERENTZ: Injury-wise, I think we are in good shape. I think we came out of the game fairly healthy. Captains remain the
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — If the Green Bay Packers are going to keep defenses from doing what the San Francisco 49ers did Sunday, they’re going to
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins media guide is filled with numerous biographies of players most fans probably had never heard of before this season. Page 68
By Marc Narducci, The Philadelphia Inquirer – BALTIMORE — In their first game, the Baltimore Ravens did nothing to quiet the Super Bowl talk that surrounded the team throughout the preseason. With Joe
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – USA TODAY publishes the Sagarin Ratings, one of the components of the BCS formula. It doesn’t have a prejudice when it comes to ranking all the Division
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette- IOWA CITY — University of Iowa’s athletics department committed five secondary NCAA violations, including two involving the football program, from mid-July 2011 through early August 2012. All of
AMES – Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott was named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday, as selected by a media panel. It is the second time Knott (defense)
By Cam Inman, Contra Costa Times – GREEN BAY, Wis. — Randy Moss celebrated his emergence from a one-year retirement with, in part, a 14-yard touchdown catch Sunday to help spark the
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The University of Iowa women’s soccer team continued its pursuit of the best start in program history, routing LIU Brooklyn Sunday afternoon. Iowa (8-0-0) defeated the Blackbirds (1-5-0),
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – James Morris was everywhere on Saturday. He recovered a fumble, came up with a huge interception, and had 12 tackles. The
By Jim Souhan, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — If Adrian Peterson sends you an e-mail asking for money, claiming he’s a prince from a foreign land with a once-in-a-lifetime deal, cut
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Although her serve let her down, her nerve never did. Serena Williams, playing from behind in the final set, hit soaring lobs
By Cam Inman, Contra Costa Times – GREEN BAY, Wis. — Hauling a season-opening win out of tradition-laden Lambeau Field proved quite possible and very invigorating Sunday for the 49ers. Their 30-22,
By Adam H. Beasley, The Miami Herald – HOUSTON — For months, Ryan Tannehill has been peppered with questions about how he would handle the speed of an NFL game. In the
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune – PITTSBURGH — Alfonso Soriano donned a Deion Sanders Falcons jersey after Sunday’s 4-2 win over the Pirates, part of Dale Sveum’s idea to celebrate the start
By Sheldon Ocker, Akron Beacon Journal – MINNEAPOLIS — Besides holding tryouts to determine who comes and who goes over the winter and which players are the favorites to win roster spots
By Joe Person, The Charlotte Observer – TAMPA, Fla. — The Carolina Panthers’ long week in a state known for perpetual sunshine ended on a dark day at Raymond James Stadium. The
By Dan Connolly, The Baltimore Sun – BALTIMORE — Although they wouldn’t admit it, in the past the Orioles probably would have been quietly satisfied by splitting an 18-game season series with
By Zach Berman, The Philadelphia Inquirer – CLEVELAND — One week into the season, it was almost as if the offseason of solving 2011’s problems did not exist for the Eagles. The
Shane Barron, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – For Iowa’s offense during the 2012 season, the ‘Red Zone’ has more resembled a red light. Now two games into their campaign,
John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – For a while, it was almost identical to last season, the way Steele Jantz was carving the Iowa defense. The Iowa State
Brian Murphy, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – The Vikings would rather chug battery acid than acknowledge the rebuilding project in bloom at Winter Park, where players, coaches and managers appear liberated by
By Cam Inman, Contra Costa Times – GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s the matchup we’ve been waiting for — and waiting — and waiting. Nearly eight months since they figured — but failed
By Danny O’Neil, The Seattle Times – Danny O’Neil’s NFL power rankings 1. Green Bay Unfortunately for Aaron Rodgers, no Discount Double Check on Super Bowls. 2. Houston Hard to find a reason
By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – GREEN BAY, Wis. — The calls and text messages have flooded Jarrett Bush’s cell phone all week. He grew up an hour away from San Francisco.
By Jim Souhan, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – On Sunday, Minnesotans face a difficult choice. What to watch on TV? The Vikings open the season at the Metrodome against Jacksonville. That’s an option. There’s
AMES, Iowa – The No. 18 Cyclones (5-4, 0-0 Big 12) suffered a five set loss (21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 14-16) to Syracuse (5-5,0-0) in the final match of the Iowa State
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – On Thursday morning, with Vikings running back Adrian Peterson understanding his Week 1 status would be a game-time decision, he sat in an office at Winter
By Terez A. Paylor, The Kansas City Star – COLUMBIA, MO. — For three months, Missouri talked the talk. First it was T.J. Moe who proclaimed the Tigers unafraid of the big, bad