Archive for January, 2008



Sports news 20 January 2008

Sunday 20 January 2008 @ 8:48 pm

For a Change, Heat (Not Knicks) Is Reeling
New York Times, United States - 14 hours ago
By HOWARD BECK MIAMI — The Knicks beat a recent NBA champion and the worst team in the Eastern Conference on Saturday night. The Miami Heat own each of

Knicks best Heat in Miami, 88-84
New York Daily News, NY - 8 hours ago
BY MITCH LAWRENCE MIAMI - No wonder Pat Riley and Isiah Thomas probably would rather be doing something other than coaching their respective teams these

NY sends Miami to unlucky 13th
Boston Herald, United States - 10 hours ago
By Herald staff and wire services / NBA roundup Jamal Crawford scored 22 points and Nate Robinson added 19, including a banked jumper with 2:20 left that

Knicks send Heat to 13th loss in a row
Los Angeles Times, CA - 10 hours ago
From AP MIAMI — Jamal Crawford scored 22 points, Nate Robinson added 19 and the New York Knicks beat Miami, 88-84, sending the Heat to its 13th loss in a

Knicks hand reeling Heat unlucky 13th loss
Reuters Canada, Canada - 12 hours ago
MIAMI (Reuters) - The New York Knicks handed the reeling Miami Heat a 13th straight defeat on Saturday, Jamal Crawford sparking the 88-84 victory with a

Thomas, Riley: Misery has company
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 10 hours ago
By Ira Winderman | South Florida Sun-Sentinel January 20, 2008 After being ordered to the bench by owner James Dolan in the 2006 offseason, Isiah Thomas

Crawford, Knicks send Heat to unlucky No. 13
Sports Network - 13 hours ago
Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Jamal Crawford scored 22 points, including four key free throws down the stretch, and the New York Knicks closed the game on a

NBA: Knicks give Heat to 13th straight loss
Taipei Times, Taiwan - 41 minutes ago
The New York Knicks happily exploited another fourth-quarter collapse by the Miami Heat, who sent coach Pat Riley to a new low in the NBA on Saturday.

It has Wade, but Heat is worse than Knicks
Newsday, NY - 10 hours ago
BY ANTHONY RIEBER | anthony.rieber@newsday.com January 20, 2008 The Heat (8-30) brought a 12-game losing streak and the worst record in the Eastern

NBA: New York 88, Miami 84
United Press International - 13 hours ago
MIAMI, Jan. 19 (UPI) — Jamal Crawford scored 22 points Saturday and the New York Knicks closed with a 16-8 run to hand the Miami Heat their 13th straight

Nate Robinson posts another nice line
Rotoworld.com - 13 hours ago
Nate Robinson continues to play very well off the Knicks’ bench, and finished Saturday’s win over the Heat with 19 points, six rebounds, seven assists and

NBA Capsules
SI.com - 13 hours ago
MIAMI (AP) -The New York Knicks happily exploited another fourth-quarter collapse by the Miami Heat, who sent Pat Riley to a new low Saturday night.

Crawford, Knicks hand Heat 13th straight loss
HoopsWorld - 15 hours ago
By Rick Menning PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer MIAMI (Ticker) — Not even the punchless New York Knicks could keep the Miami Heat from going to the mat

NBA Roundup: Knicks keep Riley, Heat reeling; Yao helps Rockets
Winston-Salem Journal, NC - 10 hours ago
AP Jamal Crawford scored 22 points and Nate Robinson added 19, including a banked jumper with 2:20 left that put the Knicks ahead to stay, and New York sent

Knicks 88 Heat 84
WANE, IN - 15 hours ago
AP - January 19, 2008 10:23 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - This may be the low point of Pat Riley’s NBA coaching career. The New York Knicks exploited another

Heat lets another one get away
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 11 hours ago
Miami Heat’s Shaquille O’Neal looks to make a move on New York Knicks Eddy Curry during the first half on Saturday at American Airlines Arena.

Newest title for Heat coach Pat Riley is ‘The Whiner Within’
New York Daily News, NY - 7 hours ago
BY MITCH LAWRENCE “I’m sick and tired of being asked if we have any other offensive options other than Dwyane (Wade),” the author of the book “The Winner

Game Thread: Knicks at Heat- 1-19-08
Posting and Toasting, NY - 18 hours ago
By Seth What up, party people? Your New York Knicks are in the city where the heat is on this evening to take on the strugggggling Heat.

Breaking News Heat unable to halt loss streak
Fox Sports, Australia - 12 hours ago
MIAMI Heat’s woes continued as they suffered their 13th straight National Basketball Association defeat - this time to the New York Knicks.

New York
USA Today - Jan 19, 2008
The New York Knicks and Miami Heat used to have one of the NBA’s best rivalries. These days, they’re just trying to stay out of the basement in the Eastern

Riley preaches ‘D’ with Heat in a free fall
Palm Beach Post, United States - Jan 17, 2008
By TOM D’ANGELO MIAMI — With the Miami Heat’s defense deteriorating by the game, Pat Riley put his team though a training-camp like workout Thursday.

Isiah Thomas: Jamal Crawford may be fixture at point guard
New York Daily News, NY - Jan 19, 2008
BY FRANK ISOLA Thomas revealed last night that Jamal Crawford, generally regarded as a streak shooter, could be the Knicks’ playmaking point guard.

What you thought you knew about Nate..
Protrade, CA - Jan 17, 2008
Alright guys yeah Marbury’s finally done, mission accomplished time to buy Nate Robinson he’s the backup PG right? Think again. Let’s go through the chain

James gets first action of season
Newsday, NY - Jan 19, 2008
BY ALAN HAHN | alan.hahn@newsday.com January 19, 2008 WASHINGTON - Jerome James has been the poster boy of the Isiah Thomas era, a bad contract given to a

KNICKS 88, HEAT 84: Humiliation avoided
Newsday, NY - 10 hours ago
BY ANTHONY RIEBER | anthony.rieber@newsday.com January 20, 2008 MIAMI - Gone are the days when the Knicks and Heat played to a packed house,

New York Knicks (12-27) At Miami Heat (8-30), 7:30 Pm
WFtv.com, FL - Jan 19, 2008
(Sports Network) - A pair of disappointing teams battle tonight, as the New York Knicks will visit the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena.




Sports news 06 January 2008

Sunday 6 January 2008 @ 7:25 pm

San Diego, NY Giants Aim to Improve on Playoff Failures
Washington Post, United States - 15 hours ago
Chargers Coach Norv Turner’s predecessor, Marty Schottenheimer, didn’t win a playoff game last season after going 14-2. (By Ross D. Franklin — Associated

NFL insider breaks down Titans-Chargers matchup
SI.com - 13 hours ago
AP The Titans are going to be OK if they have to play Kerry Collins at quarterback this week. He’s capable of having a big game, and he’ll generally take

Titans are longest of longshots
Los Angeles Times, CA - 9 hours ago
By Lonnie White, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Of the 12 teams that have qualified for the NFL playoffs, the Tennessee Titans have been given the biggest

Best LT has done so far is to imagine getting a playoff win
USA Today - Jan 4, 2008
By Bernie Wilson, AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO — The closest LaDainian Tomlinson has come to a playoff victory is in his daydreams.

Chargers still feeling playoff KO by Patriots
Boston Globe, United States - 9 hours ago
SAN DIEGO - Memories of a cheap-shot-filled regular-season game are motivating the San Diego Chargers and Tennessee Titans for today’s wild-card playoff

NFL Notebook | Giants, Bucs look to end drought
Seattle Times, United States - 9 hours ago
TAMPA, Fla. — One team hasn’t won a playoff game in seven years, the other has gone through hard times since winning the Super Bowl five seasons ago.

Bolts-Titans rematch not for the meek
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago
By Tim Sullivan Describing the Tennessee Titans as “physical” is like describing water as “wet.” They are football players, after all, not librarians.

AFC Playoff Picks: Tennessee Titans vs San Diego Chargers
Point-Spreads.com, FL - 1 hour ago
The Tennessee Titans meet the San Diego Chargers again today in AFC Playoff Picks action when they travel to the West Coast. In that last game the Chargers

NFL Playoffs: Titans back where they should be
Jackson Sun, TN - 5 hours ago
By DAVID CLIMER After a three-year absence from the NFL playoffs, the Titans are back where they should be. And there is reason to believe that this playoff

Titans get more payoff from playoffs
Robertson County Times, TN - 9 hours ago
By JIM WYATT SAN DIEGO — All week players talked about the higher stakes, the extra intensity and the added pressure that greets them with the start of the

Coach Turner stayed the course to get Chargers back on track
Press-Enterprise, CA - 10 hours ago
By JIM ALEXANDER For all of the criticism directed at Norv Turner — and at the people who hired him — during September and October, the coach of the

NFL Playoff Picks: Tennessee Titans vs San Diego Chargers
Sports-Odds.com, FL - 5 hours ago
Tennessee Titans vs San Diego Chargers is a game between two teams that are hard to gauge as they both seem to run hot and cold. Heading into the game San

Chargers try to forget past playoff failures
Kansas City Star, MO - 13 hours ago
By RANDY COVITZ SAN DIEGO | This is when Chargers coach Norv Turner begins earning his paycheck. And when San Diego general manager AJ Smith justifies his

Titans at Chargers
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - 7 hours ago
3: 30 pm, CBS 1 LINE — Chargers by 8 / 2 LAST MEETING San Diego won 23-17 in overtime Dec. 9, 2007, at Tennessee. LAST WEEK Tennessee beat Indianapolis

NFL playoffs point spread: Tennessee Titans vs. San Diego Chargers
Online Gambling Paper, GA - 19 hours ago
The betting odds and point spread preview of the wild card NFL playoff game Tennessee Titans vs. San Diego Chargers on Sunday. The wild card games from the

AFC playoff games today
Los Angeles Times, CA - 9 hours ago
* Story line: This is a rematch of the Chargers’ 23-17 overtime victory Dec. 9 at Tennessee — the Titans’ only loss in their last five games.

AFC Wild Card Picks: Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Point-Spreads.com, FL - 4 hours ago
The biggest favorite in Wild Card playoff action this weekend is the San Diego Chargers. They are a 10 point favorite to dispatch the Tennessee Titans on

When the Chargers have the ball
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago
The Chargers weren’t the same offensive machine they were a year ago, but they still ended the season ranked fifth in the league in scoring at 25.6 points a

Chargers-Titans scouting report
Kansas City Star, MO - 13 hours ago
KEY INJURIES:Titans: Out — WR Roydell Williams (ankle); Doubtful — C Kevin Mawae (calf), G Benji Olson (back); Questionable: RB LenDale White (knee),

PLAYOFF PREVIEW: Titans at Chargers
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 20 hours ago
By Forrest Overin The rematch between the Chargers and Titans comes one month– to the day– after the clubs collided in Nashville in what was a brutally

Game preview: Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
The Huntsville Times - al.com, AL - 1 hour ago
Last meeting: On Dec. 9, former Athens High star Philip Rivers rallied San Diego from a 17-3 deficit to give the Chargers a 23-17 overtime victory.

Titans, Chargers get rematch in playoffs
WBIR-TV, TN - 7 hours ago
Tonight’s playoff game between Tennessee and San Diego wouldn’t be such an eagerly anticipated grudge match without the two. After the teams faced each

Smash-Mouth II: Titans, Chargers get rematch in AFC wild card game
The Canadian Press - 20 hours ago
SAN DIEGO - There’s smash-mouth, and then there’s Shawne Merriman’s mouth. Sunday’s playoff game between the Tennessee Titans and San Diego Chargers

Playoff debut hard to predict
Robertson County Times, TN - Jan 5, 2008
By PAUL KUHARSKY The first playoff game for a first-round quarterback usually makes for a seminal moment in a career. In the past 25 years it also usually

NFL Game Day By Ashley Fox
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 9 hours ago
Why Tennessee will win: The Titans held a 17-3 fourth-quarter lead over the Chargers in early December. They didn’t hold on, losing in overtime on a 16-yard

Titans Young, White questionable
National Post, Canada - Jan 5, 2008
The status of two of the Tennessee Titans’ biggest stars may have the team on shaky ground for its upcoming playoff tilt. Quarterback Vince Young and

Week 18 Picks: Wild Card Weekend, Part IV
Pats Pulpit, MA - 13 hours ago
By tommasse Do you like the way Tennessee defaulted into the playoffs? Loss at home to Jacksonville, loss at Denver, loss at Cincinnati, 8-point win against

NFL: Wild-card weekend preview, Part II
National Post, Canada - 3 hours ago
LenDale White rushed for 113 yards on 30 carries when the teams met a month ago, and the Titans will need similar production this time around,

Titans pulled the pieces together
FOXSports.com - Jan 3, 2008
by Adam Schein From last February until training camp finally opened, when you thought about the Tennessee Titans you thought about the poster child for pro

Titans-Chargers scouting reports
Boston Globe, United States - Jan 3, 2008
Titans on offense: Vince Young’s ailing right quadriceps limited his practice participation this week, but it’s hard to imagine him not making his first




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