Football

Twitterwas launched in 2006, six years after the Bears selected Brian Urlacher with the ninth overall pick in the 2000 draft. Jack Dorsey, the Twitter creator has said the name was chosen because he ran across a definition of the word that was a perfect...

Elvis Dumervil had just settled in to meet the media after the Ravens' workout Wednesday when a voice rang out behind the semi-circle of TV cameras, tape recorders and notebooks. "What the hell, Elvis?!" Joe Flacco yelled in mock outrage. The Ravens'...

Kansas football head coach Charlie Weis announced Wednesday that wide receiver Nick Harwell has signed a grant in aid to join the KU football program in August. One of the top returning wide receivers in the nation, Harwell spent his first three...

There will be no purple smudge on the accomplishments of Brian Urlacher. The sight of him with some sort of cat or bird on his helmet never will make anyone wince. He will not have that moment when he makes us recall Willie Mays with the Mets....

Joe Flacco is no longer barraged with questions about former offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, finding consistency or even his capability to win the big game. Now the owner of one of the richest contracts in the history of the sport and two weeks away...

BOCA RATON — When Jeff Dellenbach accepted the head coaching job at Boca Raton, he brought with him "opportunities." That's what Dellenbach calls his form of punishment. An "opportunity" involves holding a two-by-four plank to the ground and...

— Steve Ross' grim expression before the Super Bowl finalists made their pitches at Tuesday's NFL meetings was the tipoff. The Miami Dolphins' owner sensed his fellow owners would snub South Florida, as they did in awarding the Super Bowls in...

GW Danville is sending a trio of student athletes to the next level. They had a signing ceremony at the school Wednesday for three football players. Jeremiah McGue, who was the Eagles’ kicker and punter, will play at Delaware State University....

Tommy Tuberville is beginning his first season as the head coach at the University of Cincinnati. He has coached in the Southeastern Conference – twice – the Big 12 Conference and now the American Athletic Conference. With close to 33 years of...

“You don’t replace Anquan” Boldin. Those are the words of Tandon Doss, the man who is expected to be one of the leading combatants in the offseason royal rumble to replace the veteran receiver who was traded to the San Francisco...

Deion Hallmon, one of the top returning players off last season's Florida Class 8A state runner-up Cypress Bay team, already had 30 plus college scholarship offers coming into the week. His teammate, another top returnee in saftey/running back...

Sitting in the bleachers at Edgewater several years ago, Donte Abraham admiringly watched the Eagles' football team. The expectation every Friday was that Edgewater would win convincingly. Enamored by the passion in the stands and the confidence of...