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Gneiting weighed 396.2 pounds after the marathon, smashing the past world record of 275 pounds and beating his 2008 marathon time of 11:52:11. |
"I'd like to see the Kenyan improve his marathon time by two hours," he joked. |
Gneiting jogged the first eight miles and walked the final 18, saying afterward that he lost track of where he was after mile 10 because he felt delirious. |
He finished the 26.2-mile race despite heavy rains and strong winds. For much of the race, he was also forced to obey traffic signals and walk on the sidewalk because he was walking far more slowly than the 13-minute-per-mile-pace used for calculating street reopenings. |
10:03 AM ET 03.20 | As soon as the lockout ends, keep an eye on three quarterbacks: Cincinnati's Carson Palmer, who desperately wants out; Washington's Donovan McNabb, who lost his job to Rex Grossman; and, Philly's Kevin Kolb, who lost his job to Michael Vick after he suffered a concussion in the first game.
Where do they wind up?
Palmer goes to Seattle to reunite with his college coach Pete Carroll; McNabb goes to Arizona; Kolb stays put - Vick gets hurt too much not to have quality insurance. |
McALLEN, Texas — A South Texas high school basketball player died after collapsing during a timeout at a tournament in Austin, coaches said. |
Roma High School junior Robert Garza, 16, was playing in the AAU tournament on Saturday with the Hoopsters, a South Texas club team, when he collapsed without any warning. |
"It's unexplainable. He got a glass of water. He 'high-fived' Pablo Adame (a Hoopster teammate) and then it just happened. He collapsed," Hoopster coach Arnold Martinez told The Monitor of McAllen. |
"During pregame warm-ups, he was dunking the ball and laughing with his teammates. Everything looked good," he told the newspaper. |
Paramedics administered CPR, but Garza was pronounced dead at Austin's Brackenridge Hospital just more than an hour later, said Abelardo Escobar, Garza's high school coach. An autopsy was planned. |
09:03 AM ET 03.12 | From the Mavericks' locker-room treadmill, sweat-soaked Dallas owner Mark Cuban declared Thursday night the Nuggets made out better than the Knicks in the Carmelo Anthony blockbuster trade.
This was before his Mavericks slaughtered the Knicks, 127-109.
"They hit a home run," Cuban said of the stash the Nuggets acquired.
Hours later, Anthony, tired of hearing the Knicks gave up too many pieces, shot back: "I'm pretty sure Cuban's happy that I'm out of the West. I'm pretty sure if I had come here, that he would have gotten the better end of the deal. So, that's cool." |
Chalk one up for the Redskins. |
As time passed and a lockout neared, I was beginning to wonder whether they would make any moves before a work stoppage. |
It happened yesterday. The Redskins signed Oshiomogho Isaac "O. J." Atogwe, formerly of the Saint Louis Rams, a true free safety. |
This defense has some holes that need to be filled if it is to improve from last year. With an injury-ravaged secondary, free safety became a big issue for Jim Haslett's 3-4 defense. |
Free safeties need to be able to direct traffic and cover space well. Atogwe is more than capable of taking on these responsibilities. Atogwe was used more like a strong safety in Saint Louis, which meant playing him in the box, closer to the line, which didn't favor his skill set. |
I'm sure that's why Washington was so attractive, because those are the duties of one Laron Landry, who in my opinion may have been the best strong safety in the game until his injury last season. With Landry's presence in the box and Atogwe roaming back off the box, this could be a tandem that potentially could be as effective as what the Redskins tried to do with Sean Taylor and Landry. |
Atogwe's strengths exist within his ability to roam in the secondary. Adding him to DeAngelo Hall at corner may create a spike in the interceptions column.
This was a signing for a reported $26 million over five years. I like the signing and the numbers are reasonable for a player who could vastly improve the secondary. |
The Green Bay Packers cut linebacker A.J. Hawk Wednesday afternoon. |
The former Ohio State standout was due $10 million for the 2011 season–a price the Packers could not justify and unwilling to pay. |
“With A.J., the business side of the game is driving this decision,” Packers Executive Vice President, G.M. and Director of Football Operations Ted Thompson said. |
Seven seasons with the Redskins, none of them boring. |
You shouldered the load and carried this team when required. You brought some levity with your costumes and interviews. You performed at a high level for a team that made the playoffs just twice during your tenure and you gained more than a few tough yards. |
Sorry, Clinton. Wish it didn’t have to end this way. |
Time exacts its toll on all players, but especially running backs, and few of those enjoy monster seasons once they pass 30. Oh, there’s always the occasional resurgent burst, as LaDainian Tomlinson exhibited with the New York Jets in 2010, but the general rule for backs is the one that prevailed for all of society in the 1960s – Don’t trust anyone over 30. |
He also disappeared because of injuries. A concussion in 2009 had him inactive for four games and on injured reserve for the final four. In 2010, in his reunification season with Shanahan, Portis earned the starting job but his body would not let him keep it. A groin injury sidelined him for five games and then an abdominal tear that required surgery finished him, limiting him to five games and a career-low of 227 rushing yards. |
No one should forget what he meant to that Redskins playoff drive in 2005, when the club won its last five games to clinch a wild-card berth post and post a 10-6 record. Portis put the team on his back and on those famously sloped shoulders and carried it to its first postseason appearance since the 1999 season. |
He rushed for 573 yards and six touchdowns in that span. He averaged 26 carries per game and 114.6 yards and finished the season with nine 100-yard games. |
Thanks for the memories. Thanks for making that run at John Riggins’ club record of 7,472 yards. Portis ends at 6,824 in a Redskins uniform. Thanks for giving us Southeast Jerome and some other memorable masquerades that brought some levity. |
Thanks for being the complete player, the type of back who would do the dirty work of blocking. Running backs coach Bobby Turner, who also worked with Portis in Denver, has often talked of how the thing that first caught his eye when he scouted Portis at the University of Miami was the blocking. |
The New York Knicks version of the “Big Three” proved to be to much for the “Big Three” from the Miami Heat to handle in last nights highly anticipated matchup. The Knicks showed tremendous heart to go into Miami and fight back from a 15 point deficit to beat the Heat 91-86. It was a great game and lived up to it’s hype and I think it makes a huge statement to the rest of the NBA that the new look Knicks are serious contenders and will be a very dangerous team in the NBA Playoffs. |
What is even more impressive to me is that the Knicks “Big Three” of Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, and Chauncey Billups have only been together for about a week and the Heat’s “Big Three” of LeBron James, DeWayne Wade, and Chris Bosh have been together for the whole season. That is not a good sign if you are a Heat fan and think an NBA Championship is coming to South Beach this June. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s not happening this season! |
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