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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Tom Borrelli, a sportswriter for the Buffalo News died today after an accident that happened at high school football game. On November 8, Borrelli was climbing up a steep metal staircase (almost like a ladder, really) on the way to the press box at All High Stadium, when he hit his head on a girder above him and fell backwards down the steps to the concrete floor. He was paralyzed from the neck...
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several Canadian newspapers will rely on coverage from their companies' Montreal and Calgary chains for the event
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | yesterday
from Allan Muir of Sports Illustrated, The issue isn’t with the benchwarmers. It’s with the stars. Problem is, while it might be tempting to dramatically whittle down the time of a star—or even send one to the press box—that approach rarely works. That’s why the answer has to come from the players themselves. And it starts with Scott Niedermayer, the player who is wearing the C but doing little...
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BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
The Buffalo News sports writer has been in ICU since November 8th, when he fell down a set of metal stairs leading from the press box at All High Stadium, which is owned & operated by the Buffalo city schools. According to the News, he was going up the stairs when he struck his [...]
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Roar Lions Roar (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
It's going to be cold... and it's a darned open-air press box!!! WEATHER UPDATE: The latest reports are calling for a very windy day in Providence this Saturday, with a 22 mile-per-hour wind and gusts much higher than that. It's possible this will throw a major wrench into Brown's passing game, and if the contest becomes a showdown between the Bears running game and the Lions running game...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
... out after (Saturday),” he told the crowd of several thousand. “I’m not gonna walk out of that press box a loser. We’re going to be Big Ten champions twice in four years!” A man shouted, “Four more years!” while Paterno spoke of the fan support he has received over the years. “I’ve been with 58 football teams that have played their last game at Penn State,” he said. “And I’ve never felt that...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... when talking about the future, though he's never talked about quitting.Paterno will work from the press box for Michigan State -- as he's done most of this season -- and he's not sure how soon he can get back to the sideline after surgery.He has dropped hints of late, though, that he's thinking about 2009.The latest one came Friday night at a campus pep rally, during which his eyes appeared...
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TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... would like to return to working primarily with the in the organization and charting games from the press box.To fill that role, it is believed the Lightning are talking to former Mike Sullivan about coming back to join the team. Sullivan, a former with Boston, was part of former coach John Tortorella's staff but was not retained over the summer. Sullivan, who still has a year remaining on...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... Conference championship twice and played in four NCAA Tournaments. Sample was a fixture in the press box at Reds games since 1980.
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TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... return to working primarily with the goaltenders in the organization and charting games from the press box.To fill that role, it is believed the Lightning are talking to former associate coach Mike Sullivan about coming back to join the team. Sullivan, a former head coach with Boston, was part of former coach John Tortorella's staff but was not retained over the summer. Sullivan, who still...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... when talking about the future, though he’s never talked about quitting.Paterno will work from the press box for Michigan State — as he’s done most of this season — and he’s not sure how soon he can get back to the sideline after surgery.Penn State will play a veritable Big Ten championship game on Saturday when No. 17 Michigan State visits Happy Valley. Win and the Nittany Lions clinch a...
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Paterno also promised that Saturday's game would not mark the end of his 58-year run at Penn State, with 43 as head coach.He's slated for hip replacement surgery next week and then plans to return to the sidelines."Regardless of what you hear or what you read or what you think, I ain't going out after [Saturday]," he told the crowd of several thousand. "I'm not gonna walk out of that press box...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and he has dropped hints of late that he’s looking toward 2009.Paterno will work from the press box for Michigan State — as he has done most of this season — and he’s not sure how soon he can get back to the sideline after surgery.But enough about JoePa.“I am not interested in what’s going to happen until after the Michigan State game’s over, all right'” Paterno pleaded this week.At least...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Undefeated Huskies overwhelm opponents with a no-huddle offense that on average runs a play about four seconds after the referee sets the ball down. The warning comes over the headsets, from high above in the football stadium press box to the coaches on the sideline below.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
... that was taken from the sideline at San Diego Mesa College,” Hamamoto said with a chuckle. “The press box at Mesa is one of the best places in the county to film a game, but you can't see anything from the sideline.” The longer coaches have been around, the more interesting their stories. Former Chula Vista coach Gary Chapman, now an administrator overseeing the playoffs, had a variety of...
