'Irish will be tough', says Bok coach
IOL (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says Ireland will be tougher to beat at Croke Park than the British and Irish Lions were in South Africa.
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Villa’s Young Backs Arsenal Brother Kyle For England
Young Guns (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In a week which saw Aston Villa’s Ashley Young add to his growing number of England caps, the highly rated winger tipped his 12-year-old brother Kyle Young to one day join him in donning the Three Lions jersey. Ashley is the oldest of three footballing brothers which includes 20-year-old Lewis, who is a fringe player at [...]
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Martin Johnson offers more of the same as safety trumps adventure
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... towering Simon Shaw will be back in harness, hoping to reproduce his stirring summer deeds in a Lions jersey. Martin Johnson's decision yesterday, however, to send home the Northampton pair Courtney Lawes and Ben Foden has more than a whiff of damage limitation about it. Instead of discovering if the two Saints can resurrect their country's fortunes, Johnson has preferred to keep...
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Will OSU, Penn State defenses live up to the hype?
Philly Sports Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... in the country in scoring defense at 9.3 points a game and Ohio State is No. 6 at 11.7 The Nittany Lions are fifth nationally in total defense and OSU is sixth. Last year, Penn State won 13-6 in Columbus in a game where field goals outnumbered touchdowns four to one. “It could be a defensive struggle but you never know how a game is going to turn out,” Ohio State linebacker Ross...
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Let the scrutiny begin of snakebit Seahawks
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... is catching grief. One fan even put up an ad on Craigslist to sell his Matt Hasselbeck jersey.For $1.No, outrage does not make for good business decisions.The woeful Detroit Lions visit Qwest Field today, and besides wondering how cheap those Lions jerseys might go for on Craigslist (Fiddy cents going once, twice?), you're left to survey the early-season wreckage and...