Larry Brown has made the trip to Lubbock before as a member of the TCU football team during the days of the Southwest Conference.
While the Texas Tech fans always proved to be a rowdy group and not something a visiting team looked forward to, he was excited about this year’s trip to the Hub City [...]
For almost two months, Sidney Crosby has trudged to a podium to talk to reporters at least once a day, twice on game days. But after the Pittsburgh Penguins were denied in their last-second bid to tie Game 6, losing 3-2 to the Detroit Red Wings, Crosby remained slumped in his dressing room stall.
That Crosby [...]
Ohio University failed to protect a student who had an epileptic seizure and fell face-first into a fire while on a wilderness trip, according to a lawsuit filed by the student’s parents.
The school is responsible for the severe burns to Christopher Mance’s face, arms and hands because officials knew about the student’s history of epilepsy [...]
He may be right about the desperation surrounding the Brumbies campaign that has them lying ninth with just three wins and four losses.
They need to get something going if they are to be playoffs contenders.
But there should be an equally desperate air about the Blues. Yes, they lie third, but they are in a poor [...]
Opera Factory’s Sally Sloman
The composers in this case are all living New Zealanders.
So if you go along to the companys Newmarket base over the next 10 days, you might find yourself sitting next to the person who wrote the music youre hearing.
There are few better musical nights on offer in the whole of New Zealand [...]
They flew last night to Sydney for the first leg of their journey to South Africa where they play the Bulls in Pretoria this weekend.
It always loomed as an important game but has now become a `must-win after the loss to the Crusaders two weeks ago and Saturday nights controversial 13-13 draw with the Sharks [...]
%26bull; Marks leaves his mark
They flew last night to Sydney for the first leg of their journey to South Africa where they play the Bulls in Pretoria this weekend.
It always loomed as an important game but has now become a `must-win after the loss to the Crusaders two weeks ago and Saturday nights controversial 13-13 [...]
Members of the New Zealand team arrived in Christchurch yesterday with local hero Godfrey awash with colours in his Rainbow jersey and gold medal draped around his neck — the spoils for winning the omnium track event at the world championships in Manchester this week.
Its only just sort of starting to sink in, especially on [...]
Nacewa injured a knee as the Blues ran in seven tries against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, notching another half century in the republic after blitzing the Lions in similar fashion last weekend.
A third successive bonus point win has elevated them to a one-point lead on the table ahead of the Crusaders.
But the Sharks are lurking [...]
Waddell beat his arch rival Drysdale by three lengths in the single sculls race at the national championships at Lake Karapiro yesterday and is a red hot favourite to beat his rival in this weeks best-of-three Olympics race-off.
But last night Rowing NZ high performance manager Andrew Matheson threw a lifeline to three-time world champ Drysdale [...]
