View the video of the Mike Leach-inspired WSU Cougar Pirate Flag on ESPN Gameday See also: http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/leach_mike_coach.htm The response of among WSU Cougar football fans regarding Mike Leach’s hiring by Washington State University was immediate. Within days of Mike Leach’s hiring by Washington State, the now-famous tradition of flying the Cougar flag on ESPN Gameday took [...]
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Bubba Smith Died of Medication Overdose
Los Angeles County Coroner’s office revealed that former all-pro football player turned actor and commercial pitchman Bubba Smith died of acute drug intoxication, along with a heart condition.The autopsy found that Smith, who died at the age of 66, on Aug. 3at his Baldwin Hills home, had phentermine,which is a weight-loss drug, in his system. Coroner’s officials [...]
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Washington State University Cougars trounced the Idaho State Bengals in front of a nice home crowd of over 22,000. While the score of 64 to 21 is a good way for the Cougars and their embattled coach, Paul Wulff to start with, the victory came with a high price. Starting Quarterback Jeff Tuel suffered a [...]
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Original Source: San Francisco Chronicle Tim Lincecum didn’t wait for Bruce Bochy to take the ball from him. The Giants‘ ace reached out to the manager before he had finished his last stride onto the mound and made a very conspicuous handoff. Then Lincecum, a native of Washington State, walked to the dugout with his [...]
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Matt Hasselbeck, the only man to quarerback the Seattle Seahawks to a Superbowl, was told by the team his services were no longer needed. Hasselbeck then signed with the Tennessee Titans to serve as a mentor for another Northwest icon, rookie Jake Locker, late of the University of Washington. To replace Hasselbeck, the Seahawks are [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Judge Declares Mistrial in Clemons Case
Judge Declares Mistrial in Clemons Case (original story from the New York Times) The federal judge presiding over Roger Clemens’s perjury trial today declared a mistrial because the prosecution revealed information Thursday that he previously deemed inadmissible. The part of the tape that worried him included comments made by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, [...]
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Dick Williams, who managed several baseball teams, including Oakland and Seattle, has died at the age of 82: http://is.gd/ELTPLI (Sent via SEA Baseball News for Android by ZenMobi – http://zenmobi.com) Posted from WordPress for Android
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2010 – Don Coryell, American football head coach (b. 1924) died. Posted from WordPress for Android
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World Series of Poker tourneys begin in Las Vegas (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110531/ap_on_sp_ot/us_world_series_of_poker Posted from WordPress for Android
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Jim Tressel resigns as Ohio State’s football coach (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110530/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_ohio_st_tressel_resigns Posted from WordPress for Android
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