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Willes: Many NHL teams still in the running for playoff berth
We’re now just one week away from the trade deadline and we hope the big Pavel Kubina deal didn’t ruin it for everyone. Speaking of which, here are the generally anti-climactic Monday morning musings and meditations on the world of sports.
Former chairman Quinn leaves Sunderland (Reuters)
LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Former Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn announced on Monday that he was leaving the Premier League club now that their fortunes had been revived under new manager Martin O’Neill. The former Ireland international striker, who stepped down as chairman last October, told the club website (www.safc.com) that he would return to Ireland to focus on his family and business interests outside soccer.
Gold Coast coach quits, club says he was fired (AP)
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP)—The turmoil at Gold Coast United escalated Monday when the struggling A-League club’s owner announced he’d fired the coach, rejecting Miron Bleiberg’s claims that he’d resigned in the wake of his suspension last week. Gold Coast couldn’t be in a worse position, having slumped well off the pace at the bottom of the A-League and losing its foundation coach at the same time as mining magnate owner Clive Palmer was quoted as describing the team as insignificant, the competition as a joke and rating rugby league as a better game
None of baseball's top stories will overshadow the game
Football bore Tebowmania. Basketball unleashed Linsanity. And baseball has … baseball.
D.C. United’s Andy Najar hoping to build on last season (Goal.com)
hen D.C. United’s right-sided phenom Andy Najar is on the soccer pitch, he will make you pay attention
Baseball principles carry over to life
If you can hear the sound of a baseball bat cracking after striking a ball, you’ll probably find John Bemis nearby. Bemis spends a tremendous amount of time around Kalispell’s baseball fields, helping coach his sons’ teams and watching various games. A member of the local baseball board for three years, he’s thrilled sons Andy and Connor both enjoy baseball, so he can continue his lifelong involvement with the sport
Longtime Lions assistant Clemons retires (AP)
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP)—Detroit Lions assistant coach Don Clemons is retiring. The team says Clemons is departing after 27 seasons with the Lions
11 ex-players sue NFL over concussions (AP)
NEW ORLEANS (AP)—Nearly a dozen former NFL players living in Louisiana have sued the NFL, the latest players to accuse the league of failing to protect players from the risks associated with concussions. Several former New Orleans Saints players, including John Fourcade, are among the 11 ex-players named as plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in New Orleans.
Urban Invitational helps MLB try to lure more blacks to baseball
For Michael Robertson at Texas Southern, Waskyla Cullivan at Prairie View A&M and the other coaches at Major League Baseball’s Urban Invitational, coaching at a historically black university is a mixture of outreach and pragmatism. In a sport where black participation is dwindling, Robertson, Cullivan and their colleagues are determined to advance their schools’ traditional mission of expanding opportunities
Rugby: Apprehension in Argentina
The Pumas this year become the fourth team in what used to be the Tri Nations. Michael Burgess visited Argentina and found nervous rugby people who know they face difficult times but believe they will do better than Italy entering the Six Nations.