Once Were Lions: The Players' Stories: Inside the World's Most Famous Rugby Team
SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Frustration got the best of Browns coach Eric Mangini, who now regrets suggesting the Detroit Lions faked injuries.
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | yesterday
Browns lame duck head coach Eric Mangini has retracted his earlier claims the Detroit Lions faked injuries on Sunday in an attempt to slow Brady Quinn and the Cleveland no-huddle offense, now ‘fessing up to the Plain-Dealer’s Tony Grossi, “we didn’t do enough to win the game.” “It wasn’t like I was trying to shy away [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Cleveland coach Eric Mangini sparked the ire of Detroit coach Jim Schwartz when he suggested Lions players faked injuries Sunday as a delaying tactic in their 38-37 NFL win over the Browns. "I'm just saying there were a lot of them (injuries)," Mangini said on Monday of injuries to defensive players who later returned to the game. Schwartz was quick to respond.
The Age (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Cleveland coach Eric Mangini sparked the ire of Detroit coach Jim Schwartz when he suggested Lions players faked injuries Sunday as a delaying tactic in their 38-37 NFL win over the Browns.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions Packers: This year the Packers were picked to destroy the Lions on Thanksgiving day and they really lucked out. Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson are both unlikely starter this week making the Lions that much weaker. Aaron Rodgers will feel like he's at Thursday practice in this one. Lions: No, Stafford. No, Calvin Johnson. No chance...
France24 (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has said he too would have dropped Ronan O'Gara in favour of Jonathan Sexton for Saturday's game between Ireland and South Africa here at Croke Park. O'Gara, Ireland's 93 times capped outside-half, was a shock omission from Declan Kidney's starting XV, with the British and Irish Lions player dropped Thursday from an Ireland team against major opposition...
Pride Of Detroit (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
More photos » by Tony Dejak - AP Eric Mangini with his usual "I hate life" expression. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) Browse more photos » Someone call the whambulance , because Browns coach Eric Mangini has been busy whining ever since Sunday about various things stemming from his team's loss to the Lions , and it's getting to the point where all you can do is laugh at just...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says Ireland will be tougher to beat at Croke Park than the British and Irish Lions were in South Africa.
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A Lions player held claim to what was the most embarrassing rule oversight by a player last season with Dan Orlovsky's scramble out of the back end of his own end zone for a safety, so in a way maybe it's fitting that one of the more inane moves seen on the field this year would propel them to a victory. At the end of a Browns-Lions game that proved to be far more enthralling...
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Peter de Villiers says the media have created a false perception that there’s an enduring animosity between the South African and Lions players. The locals are billing the clash as the champions of the north versus the champions of the south, and there’s the added incentive of revenge for the defeat in the British & Irish [...]
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Lions RB Kevin Smith was one of two Lions players to gain more than 100 yards receiving on Sunday in a Week 11 win over the Browns. Smith made four receptions in the game, gaining a total of 104 yards. His longest gain through the air went for 63 yards. Smith's score was from 25 yards out in the second quarter. Smith also carried the balls 12 times for a total of 45 yards.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
• Impact: Delmas (5-11, 202) was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month in September, first time a Lions player gained that honor. Safety, drafted 33rd overall, established himself as a punishing hitter with 37 tackles. Also produced an interception he returned 29 yards.
