Dec 07
Rutgers coach Greg Schiano met with Michigan athletic director Bill Martin earlier this week to talk about the Wolverines’ coaching vacancy, according to newspaper reports Thursday night.
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Dec 07
Jelena Jankovic was officially appointed a UNICEF ambassador to Serbia on Thursday in Belgrade.
The world's third-ranked tennis player will try to justify the role that has been given to her, determined to promote a healthy lifestyle. Jankovic believes that the right to be healthy is one of the basic children’s rights and will therefore promote sport as a way to keep young people away from alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes. Jankovic also believes that everyone should do their share to make children and young people choose the physically active lifestyle, crucial for their overall health.
Jelena Jankovic is the second Serbian tennis player to have volunteered to help promote the rights of children after world number four Ana Ivanovic became a UNICEF national ambassador in September. (source: B92)
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Dec 07
Every few weeks Maria Sharapova is included in some top-earners list, and the latest one is Forbes magazine’s annual 20 Under 25 list, which ranks the Top-Earning Young Superstars. The Russian money-making machine came in at a respectable third place after bringing in $23 million from June 2006 – 07.
Here's what Forbes had to say about the 20-year-old tennis star:
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Dec 07
The Bucknell women’s track and field team was voted to repeat as indoor Patriot League champions while the Bison men were picked to finish third in the league’s preseason poll, announced on Wednesday.
On the women’s side, Bucknell collected 92 points with 10 first-place votes. Navy followed in second with 88 points and six first-place votes, while Army was third with 76 points. Rounding out the list was Lafayette in fourth (61 points), Lehigh in fifth (51 points), Colgate and Holy Cross tied for sixth (32 points) and American in eighth (18 points).
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Dec 07
For Jawann McClellan returning to Chicago conjures up a number of emotions. He was on the 2005 team that saw their Final Four hopes die in a late rally by the Illini. It also has some family relevance. McClellan addressed the media about the significance of the trip.
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Dec 07
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have their own guarantee: They’d never guarantee a victory like Pittsburgh’s Anthony Smith did.
Some of them can’t even guarantee they’d recognize him.
“I know Aaron Smith,” Patriots defensive end Ty Warren said Thursday. “I don’t know Anthony Smith.”
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Dec 07
Roy Jones Jr.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Roy Jones Jr. vowed to knock out Felix "Tito" Trinidad in the fourth round.
Trinidad promised to dispose of his rival two rounds earlier in their Jan. 19 fight at Madison Square Garden.
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Dec 07
QMJHL
SYDNEY, N.S. – Francis Pare and the Chicoutimi Sagueneens made quick work of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.
Pare scored twice in a three-goal first period that lifted the Sagueneens to a 5-3 win over the Screaming Eagles in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Thursday night.
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Dec 07
Platini took over as Uefa president earlier this year
Uefa president Michel Platini and the G14 body of top European clubs are close to a deal that will give the group more say in the game’s running.
In the past, Platini has called for the G14 to disband, but the 18-strong group is now set to expand to 77 clubs and replace Uefa’s European Club Forum.
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Dec 07
Arizona coach Lute Olson won’t return to the team this season.
According to multiple sources close to the situation, the 73-year-old coach will sit out the remainder of the season, with plans to come back in 2008.
Olson said he was taking an immediate and indefinite leave of absence to tend to a “personal matter” just prior to the start of the season. A little more than a week ago, Olson decided to attend practices but leave the coaching duties to interim coach Kevin O’Neill.
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