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These are the 2010 Ohio Division I state champions, Jackson HS. A bunch of heady, high-motor, blue-collar boys who someone managed to inflict double-digit defeats on their more athletic opponents in the state tournament. http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/bk/boys/2010/d1semi2.htm

Found this site and it's very interesting. sports.cbs2chicago.com/fb/findplayer.asp?type=position&position=95 Just for the heck of it looked up the stats for Pro Bowler Jammal Brown and non-Pro bowler Jon Stinchcomb of the NO Saints. The column headings are: Year, Team, Games, Games...

Interesting post at American Renaissance (www.amren.com) site: How would Blacks feel if Whites filed a discrimination lawsuit against university athletic departments claiming discrimination in the basketball programs? After all, the racial makeup of basketball teams across the country do not...

The photograph speaks for itself: http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/photo/index.html#45998 Although, to be fair, I believe that there is a teenaged Kenyan girl who is very likely to medal, even win, the 800 meters in the Olympic Games.

"We never have any doubts in our confidence," said Utah's Andrei Kirilenko, who blocked Bryant twice in overtime and converted a three-point play with 35 seconds remaining to help the Jazz pull away. I sense an "inadvertent" Kobe Bryant elbow to the face of Andrei Kirilenko in the next game.

She's doing something I like a lot, taking on the black super-athletes at their strengths, rather than doing a "white event" and avoiding them: Sweden's Carolina Klüft, the world's greatest all-round athlete, has decided not to defend her Olympic Heptathlon title in Beijing in order to...

Note: Adam Nelson is listed as 6-0, 255 lbs. in his USATF profile, hardly a giant. With massive 22.40m put (about 73'6"), Nelson improves to No. 3 all-time Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA - Arkansas will always have a special place in Adam Nelson's heart. It is especially so after his victory...

They are all white. Interviews : Ryan Grinnell of Boise State by Tom Borish (1/30/08) Grinnell leaped to 53-04.50 in the triple jump this season (BSU Media Relations) 1. You recently earned the NCAA automatic qualifying standard of 53-4.5 in the triple jump. How does it feel to get...

LSU quarterback Matt Flynn threw 4 TD passes and was awarded the Offensive Player of the Game Award in LSU's BCS championship game win. Will he get the same hype and credit as the great JaMarcus Russell or does he lack the elite athleticism due to his lack of African ancestry?

TEEN sprint queen Lauren O'Sullivan is a hair's-breadth off becoming Australia's fastest 200m runner. The Brisbane schoolgirl, 15, - who shocked the athletics world in October when she declared she would not even consider an Olympic spot because of her age - smashed a 23-year-old national...

Celebrated scientist attacked for race comments: "All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really" By Cahal Milmo Published: 17 October 2007 One of the world's most eminent scientists was embroiled in an...

Once ignored, now stars Why NFL scouts thought so little of Romo, Brady October 14, 2007 As they prepare to play one another Sunday in Dallas, neither the Patriots nor the Cowboys would be 5-0 if each had not benefited from the mistakes of other teams. NFL teams made 198 selections in...

TE Witten makes Dallas offense go Alex Marvez / FOXSports.com The spotlight is on two No. 81s â€â€￾ Terrell Owens and Randy Moss â€â€￾ entering Sunday's Dallas-New England game. But it's No. 82 that makes the NFL's top-ranked offense click. Tight end Jason Witten leads Dallas in...

Gonzalez breaks tight end TD record Tony Gonzalez, who admits he "hated football" when he first played as a youngster, has now caught more touchdown passes than any tight end in NFL history. The eight-time Pro Bowler of the Kansas City Chiefs caught a 3-yard pass from Damon Huard in the...

Browns coach Romeo Crennel indicated Monday he will examine ways to shake his woeful defense out of its slumber heading into Sunday's visit from the Ravens. We're going to look at everything and consider everything, then we'll decide what we think is best," Crennel said. "We'll take a look...

From 9/24/07 Sporting News: "Broncos QB Jay Cutler obviously has arm strength, but it was interesting to see him run the option against the Bills. He moves well for a 6-3, 233-pounder. This revelation doesn't mean Cutler will become more fantasy-worthy, but at least now we know there's...

Article from New Jersey Star Ledger: An NFL scout who has watched tape of the Giants' first two games agreed to assess the Giants defense on condition of anonymity because evaluations aren't supposed to be discussed publicly. Here's his take: "I don't blame 'Spags' (defensive coordinator...

Good article from IAAF website (www.iaaf.org): Kallur in pursuit of record wishes for a longer season - IAAF Golden League Sunday 16 September 2007 Berlin, Germany - While the end of the season cannot come quick enough for the athletes who are tired, for Susanna Kallur it is coming too...

From September 17, 2007 Sports Illustrated, pages 10 & 12, no kidding: "Vince Young directed Tennesse to the win, contributing 22 rushing yards to the team's total of 282." "New England won 38-14 behind Tom Brady, who completed 22 of 28 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns." Pretty...

Borzov's 100 and 200m meter victories in 1972 Olympics. Thank goodness for Jeremy Wariner, world's best 400m. sprinter, but when will there be another Borzov? speedendurance.com/2007/07/22/video-of-sprinter-valeri-borzo v-100-meters-olympic-champion

All of the top first-year starter QBs in the article "In the new QB we trust" in the 8/20/07 issue of Sporting News are white. What's become of all the black QBs the major colleges seem hell-bent on recruiting? Featured are Tim Tebow (Florida), Matt Flynn (LSU), Tyler Donovan (Wisconsin)...

Quote from 8/20/2007 Sporting News, College Football Preview issue: "Wisconsin's Luke Swan is way faster than people give him credit for. He's easily one of the fastest receivers in the league." (p.45) That's OK if you have underestimated University of Wisconsin senior wide receiver...

He will probably redhirt this year to rehab a shoulder injury, but read what Sporting News (7/9/07. p. 55) has to say about Boston College Linebacker Brian Toal: "One of the nation's toughest players . . ." "He has a galvinizing, charismatic personality and is vital to team chemistry."

Only a satirist would dare to say what many know. http://www.thebrushback.com/Archives/eradicated_full.htm MIAMI--History was made Sunday night when two black head coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, went head to head in a Super Bowl for the first time. The game represented a major...

Will she continue her great times outdoors? I hope so. Sprints Preview - IAAF Golden League Tuesday 12 June 2007 Women's 400m Oslo will feature the first of what should be several 2007 face-offs between (Sanya)Richards and British rising star Nicola Sanders, who caught the continent's...