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AP source: Texans hire Phillips to run defense
HOUSTON (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says the Houston Texans have hired Wade Phillips as their Defensive Coordinator. The person spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the hiring had not been officially announced by the team. Phillips was the head coach in Dallas but was fired in midseason after a 1-7 start. He joins Gary Kubiak’s staff two days after the Texans fired defensive coordinator Frank Bush, secondary coach David Gibbs, ...

Jets appealing NFLs $100K fine from trip incident
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets are appealing the $100,000 fine issued by the NFL last week for violating league rules when assistant coach Sal Alosi ordered players to form a sideline wall, then tripped Miami’s Nolan Carroll during a punt return last month. Meeting with the media for the first time since the fine, special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff says Wednesday that he doesn’t want to discuss it because it is “an unresolved issue” and the Jets ar...

AP source: Penn State's Bradley interviews at Pitt
A Pitt official with knowledge of the meetings says longtime Penn State Defensive Coordinator Tom Bradley has interviewed to be the school's next Football Coach. The job became vacant when Mike Haywood was fired 2½ weeks after being hired. The person says Bradley talked with Pitt Athletic Director Steve Pederson and also met with members of Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg's administration. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the school isn't...

No. 11 Purdue defeats Penn St 83-68
Purdue's Jajuan Johnson collides with Penn State's Andrew Jones in the first half of an NCAA college Basketball game in State College, Pa., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. JaJuan Johnson had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 11 Purdue's defense clamped down on Big Ten-leading scorer Talor Battle in an 83-68 win Wednesday night. Ryne Smith added 20 points before fouling out to help the Boilermakers (14-1, 3-0) overcome an off night for star guard E'Twaun Moore (four points) and win their ninth straigh...

COL BKB: Purdue 83, Penn State 68
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Ryne Smith went 5-of-5 from 3-point range and scored a career-best 20 points Wednesday in leading No. 10 Purdue to an 83-68 victory over Penn State. The Boilermakers pulled away in the second half to their 10th consecutive road win after owning only a four-point lead at the break. Lewis Jackson added 17 points for Purdue and Jajuan Johnson had 15 points to go with 15 rebounds. Purdue is unbeaten in three Big Ten Conference games and improved to 14-1 for the ...

Repella scores 24, No. 6 West Virginia wins again
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Liz Repella scored a season-high 24 points and No. 6 West Virginia survived an early second-half nap to remain undefeated with a 67-46 victory over Seton Hall on Wednesday. The Mountaineers (15-0, 2-0 Big East) saw an 18-point halftime lead dwindle to three points in less than seven minutes before Repella hit her fourth 3-pointer of the game to ignite a game-icing 15-point spurt. Madina Ali added 10 points and 10 rebounds and Sarah Miles hit three layups in the la...

Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Cable TV dispute threatens Penn State-Fla. game Rough week for the Giants? Rough decade for the Redskins Eagles fans welcome Gov. Rendell to Tuesday game with ‘non-wussie’ reserved seat Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. Chuck Todd takes a shot at Sarah Palin? Romney and Reid: Does Mormonism matter in politics?...

Posse
Today seemed like as good a day as any to resume blogging anyway, but the canning of U-M head coach and epic failure RichRod makes it even more auspicious. First, the obligatory Spartan recap:  Yes, I am aware that people wearing our jerseys wandered around Orlando and got hammered into the turf by Nick $aban’s minions.  No, I did not watch the whole thing.  In fact, I have yet to watch a single bowl game in its entirety.  Call it a hangover from the Regular Season,...

Richrod Postmortem
Many of us have unfortunately gone through the same experience as Rich Rodriguez, who was just fired after three years as head Football Coach of the Michigan Wolverines.  That is, we've established our competence, ability, and track record in our chosen profession, and we jump at the chance to take on a new opportunity for more Money, greater prestige, and exciting long-term prospects.  But then we get into that new position, and find it's not a good fit.  There are uni...

Update: Penn State Jihadi Wannabe Arrested For Biting FBI Agent
Larry7 (prev. just Larry) on House Republicans Introduce Bill to Eliminate Obama’s 39 Czars…...

Witness: World Cup qualifier was fixed
BOCHUM, Germany (AP) — A convicted match fixer has testified about how he bribed a Bosnian referee to manipulate a World Cup qualifying match between Liechtenstein and Finland. On Wednesday, Ante Sapina told a German court trying four men on Fraud charges that he met the referee in the Parking Lot of a Sarajevo hotel to discuss fixing the Sept. 9, 2009, qualifying match. The match ended in a 1-1 draw with both goals coming in the second half, as allegedly requested by Sapina. Both teams mi...

Howard, Magic hold on for 7th straight victory
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dwight Howard had 28 points and 13 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic held off the injury-depleted Milwaukee Bucks 97-87 on Wednesday night for their seventh straight victory. Milwaukee lost for the seventh time in 10 games, trudging on without three of its five top scorers in guard Brandon Jennings (broken left foot), guard Carlos Delfino (Concussion-like symptoms) and forward Drew Gooden (plantar fasciitis in his left foot). Orlando avenged an 11-point loss to Milwaukee...

Scandal on Capitol Hill: Hes Conservative! Hes Orange! And He Cries!
I'm a recovering Leftist who's now a Goldwater conservative. A lifelong Arizona resident, I'm a freelance writer. I spend my free time reading, power-walking, shooting and antiquing. What grave danger to America is our leftist media warning us about now? Why, John Boehner, of course.  Our new Speaker of the House.  He smokes! His skin is orange! And he cries! An orange man who smokes and cries may well be Controversial.  One suspects that the true source of most of the media’...

Bryant, Artest lead Lakers to 99-95 win at Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 24 points and four other Los Angeles players reached double figures as the Lakers held off the Phoenix Suns 99-95 on Wednesday night. Jared Dudley led the Suns with 21 points, including three of their 11 3-pointers, but the much bigger Lakers dominated the boards 47-31, including 14-5 on the offensive end. Andrew Bynum scored 14 for Los Angeles, Shannon Brown 13, Lamar Odom 12 and Ron Artest 11, including a wide-open 3 with 1:30 to play after Phoenix had c...

Woods, Golf Digest end 13-year relationship
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Tiger Woods has one less Endorsement deal, ending his 13-year relationship with golf’s biggest magazine. Golf Digest announced Thursday the mutual end to a relationship that began at the 1997 Masters. It was the second-longest Endorsement for Woods behind Nike. Jerry Tarde, the chairman and editor-in-chief of Golf Digest, said in a statement that they agreed to stop Woods’ articles in the monthly magazine, which mainly were instructional tips. Golf Digest...

Crosby misses Penguins game in Montreal
MONTREAL (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is out against the Montreal Canadiens and returning home because of an undisclosed upper body injury. Crosby, who leads the NHL with 32 goals and 66 points, flew back to Pittsburgh on Thursday to be re-evaluated by team doctors. He was injured Wednesday night in the Penguins’ 8-1 home victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Crosby played in Pittsburgh’s first 41 games before sitting out Thursday night. He has recorded only...

StubHub suspends sales of title game tickets
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — StubHub has suspended sales of tickets to Monday’s BCS Title Game because of a seller who did not have enough tickets to fill orders. On Wednesday night, the secondary ticket marketplace removed all tickets to the game between No. 1 Auburn and second-ranked Oregon. On Thursday, the company sent out e-mails to fans who had already purchased tickets, offering them a full refund and an additional payment of twice the ticket price. For example, if a fan paid $1,0...

Mike Mularkey cancels interview with Broncos
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey has canceled his interview with the Denver Broncos, who wanted to talk to him about their head coaching vacancy. John Elway, the Broncos’ new executive vice president of football operations, who is spearheading the search, said via his official Twitter account: “I respect the decision that Mike Mularkey has made to not interview with the Broncos at this time.” Mularkey was set to interview with th...

Megamoney comes from megadonors at OU and Auburn
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Those who cherish the art of the deal might look at the upcoming BCS Title Game between Oregon and Auburn as a matchup between megaboosters Phil Knight and Bobby Lowder. Knight is the founder and chairman of Nike, and is said to have given more than $200 million to Oregon athletics over the last quarter century. Lowder is the founder and former CEO of Alabama-based Colonial Bank, and has written checks to Auburn over the past three decades totaling deep into eight ...

Taurasis B sample positive for banned stimulant
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Basketball Federation says American star Diana Taurasi’s “B” sample tested positive for Doping. Taurasi’s “A” sample tested positive last month for the banned stimulant modafinil, following a Turkish league game on Nov. 13. The Fenerbahce player, who has been provisionally suspended by the team, could be banned for two years. If Taurasi is suspended for more than six months it would put her 2012 Olympics status with the ...

Person familiar with decision tells AP that Jason Garrett is new head coach of Dallas Cowboys
IRVING, Texas. (AP) — Person familiar with decision tells The Associated Press that Jason Garrett is new head coach of Dallas Cowboys Cable TV dispute threatens Penn State-Fla. game Rough week for the Giants? Rough decade for the Redskins Eagles fans welcome Gov. Rendell to Tuesday game with ‘non-wussie’ reserved seat Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. Will it be RICO for the Rizzos?...

Unruly Russian hockey team kicked off NY flight
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — An unruly Team Russia has been booted from a flight at the Buffalo airport while trying to get home after winning the gold at the World Junior Hockey Championships. Airport spokesman C. Douglas Hartmayer says all 32 or so members of the Russian contingent were asked to get off a Delta flight headed to Atlanta after boarding for takeoff early Thursday morning. Hartmayer says the group then left the terminal but didn’t know where they went. Tournament officials...

Derrek Lee signs 1-year contract with Orioles
BALTIMORE (AP) — First baseman Derrek Lee has signed a one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles, who hope he can provide punch to a lineup that ranked 21st in home runs last season. The 35-year-old Free Agent had 19 homers and 80 RBIs in 148 games with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves in 2010. He has 312 career home runs, including 35 with the Cubs in 2009. Luke Scott led the Orioles last season with 27 homers. First baseman Ty Wigginton (22) was the only other player to top 20. Lee...

All 'on track' for south Sudan vote: UN
Preparations for south Sudan's independence Referendum are "on track" ahead of Sunday's historic vote, the head of United Nations peacekeepers in the south says. "Everything appears to be on track for the region's 2638 polling centres, which are scheduled to open at 8am (1600 AEDT) on January 9," said David Gressly, head of the United Nations Mission to Sudan in the south. "The many sceptics who never thought southern Sudan would be ready to hold its Referendum by next Sunday were proven wrong,"...

All 'on track' for south Sudan vote: UN
Preparations for south Sudan?s independence Referendum are "on track" with just three days to go before the historic vote, the head of United Nations peacekeepers in the south said on Thursday. "Everything appears to be on track for the region's 2,638 polling centres, which are scheduled to open at 8 am (0500 GMT) on January 9," said David Gressly, head of the United Nations Mission to Sudan in the south. "The many sceptics who never thought southern Sudan would be ready to hold its Referendum b...