12/01/2008 -
Kansas City columnist: Oklahoma edging out Texas is 'criminal'
This being America and all, I'll never understand the near-violent opposition to sportswriters settling college sports' No. 1 debate at the ballot box.There should be no surprise that Associated Press and Harris Poll voters picked the right team in the Oklahoma-Texas debate. Meanwhile, the coaches' poll and I'll presume several computer rankings screwed up the Big 12 South standings, giving the ...
Source:
The Oklahoman
http://newsok.com/kansas-city-columnist-oklahoma-edging-out-texas-is-criminal/ar
ticle/3326727
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12/01/2008 -
MSU WR McRae recovering from injury
Mississippi State wide receiver Brandon McRae underwent a successful procedure this morning to clean the wound caused by the broken right leg he suffered in Friday's Egg Bowl.
Source:
The Clarion-Ledger
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081201/SPORTS030102/81201012/1263/rss
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12/01/2008 -
Prep Football: Memphis-area trio named Mr. Football
Long, Brown and Holmes win Mr. Football award
Source:
Memphis Commercial Appeal
http://commercialappeal.com/news/2008/dec/01/prep-football-three-area-players-na
med-mr-football/?partner=RSS
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11/29/2008 -
Ole Miss likely pick of Cotton
OXFORD, Miss. - Cotton might be king in Mississippi again. No. 25 Mississippi, spurred by a chance to play in a New Year's Day bowl, set a school record with 11 sacks, got four touchdown passes from Jevan Snead and routed Mississippi State 45-0 Friday in the most lopsided Egg Bowl in 37 years.
Source:
Knoxville News Sentinel
http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/nov/29/ole-miss-likely-pick-of-cotton/?partner=R
SS
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12/01/2008 -
Many local fans say it was time for a change at MSU
Sylvester Croom is a good man but not a very good head football coach. That was the sentiment of many Greenwood Mississippi State fans Saturday who were glad to see Croom step down five seasons after becoming the Southeastern Conference's first black head football coach.
Source:
The Greenwood Commonwealth
http://www.gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2008/12/01/sports/local_sports/11302008sp
orts1.txt
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12/02/2008 -
SW Miss. Bearish on Tangi WRs
SUMMIT, Miss.?A pair of former Tangi high school rivals have now teamed up to form one of the best junior college wide receiver tandems in the country.
Source:
Hammond Daily Star
http://hammondstar.com/articles/2008/12/01/top_sports_stories/9214.txt
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11/30/2008 -
Under a Tented Roof, an Unknown World Beckons
Staff members at Oldarpoi Maasai Safari Camp in Kenya rest by the fire circle after their morning chores.
Source:
New York Times
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/travel/30personal.html?em
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12/01/2008 -
Harvin Listed As Questionable For SEC Title Game
The SEC title game between the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide may be without one of the marquee players. Florida wide receiver Percy Harvin has been listed as questionable for the game.
Source:
CBS4 Miami
http://cbs4.com/sports/sec.alabama.florida.2.877187.html
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12/01/2008 -
Alabama, Florida gear up for battle of nation?s best
Like the mythical Corleone family in the Godfather series, Alabama settled all family business in a November to remember.
Source:
NBC 13 Birmingham
http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/sports/college/university_of_alabama/article/alabama_fl
orida_gear_up_for_battle_of_nations_best/49056/
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12/01/2008 -
Obama picks Clinton, Gates for bipartisan cabinet
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has nominated former first lady Sen. Hillary Clinton as America's top diplomat on the world stage.
Source:
CTV British Columbia
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081201/clinton_cabinet_081201
/20081201?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
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12/01/2008 -
Triple Helix: Designing a New Molecule of Life
For all the magnificent diversity of life on this planet, ranging from tiny bacteria to majestic blue whales, from sunshine-harvesting plants to mineral-digesting endoliths miles underground, only one kind of ?life as we know it? exists. All these organisms are based on nucleic acids--DNA and RNA--and proteins, working together more or less as described by the so-called central dogma of ...
Source:
Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=triple-helix-designing-a-new-molecule
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12/01/2008 -
Psychology may be helping math scores in Memphis
In one year, the percentage of students passing the state math exam went from 55 to 88.
Source:
WBIR-TV Knoxville
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=70324&provider=rss
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12/01/2008 -
Jones named SEC special teams player of the week
Tennessee's Gerald Jones was named SEC special teams player of the week for his effort in the Vols' 28-10 victory over Kentucky. Jones accounted for 135 all-purpose yards and one touchdown. He returned a kickoff 39 yards, a punt 14 yards and had five carries for 67 yards and a touchdown. He also caught three passes for 15 yards.
Source:
Knoxville News Sentinel
http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/dec/01/vols-jones-gets-sec-honor/?partner=RSS
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12/01/2008 -
In Search of Veggie Dining
I became a vegetarian a little while after my first visit to Kansas. Outside of Dodge City, out on the highway, is a special turnout with an overlook sign. The sign intrigued me, because a cursory glance didn?t reveal any particular natural phenomenon worthy of a special viewing.
Source:
Jackson Free Press
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/in_search_of_veggie_dini
ng/
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12/01/2008 -
Johnson, Pittman two of a kind
If you're looking for the top players in Northern Kentucky, just follow the trail of pamphlets and brochures. It will lead you to the junior standouts whom area coaches voted Northern Kentucky's first- and second-best players in a preseason poll.
Source:
The Cincinnati Enquirer
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081201/SPT0302/812010354/1078/COL02
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