Teel Time: Clemson, Miami rate as favorites to play in ACC football title game
Clemson and Miami haven’t clashed on the football field since 2010 and aren’t scheduled to play again until 2015. Here’s forecasting they’ll meet in the interim – at the ACC championship game Dec. 7 in...
View ArticleNC State coach Dave Doeren has options at quarterback
RALEIGH — Dave Doeren needs a quarterback. The new N.C. State coach has to find a new quarterback, one who has to replace a succession of NFL quarterbacks and one who fits what Doeren wants to do with...
View ArticleChoices, choices
RALEIGH — RALEIGH Dave Doeren needs a quarterback. The new N.C. State coach has to find a new quarterback, one who has to replace a succession of NFL quarterbacks and one who fits what Doeren wants to...
View ArticleBirth announcements, July 14
Parkwest Medical Center Kyle and Mandy Baisley, Knoxville, a boy, Nolan Dobbs Shawn and Toshia Howard, Knoxville, a boy, James Joseph Justin and Jennifer Conner, Knoxville, a boy, Ethan Wayne Brian and...
View ArticleOklahoma high school athlete signing list: Sunday, June 30, 2013
A list of the Oklahoma athletes who have signed to play college athletics. By Scott Wright Football Ned Adair, Fort Gibson (ECU) Christian Aduddell, OCS (OBU) Dominique Alexander, Tulsa Washington (OU)...
View ArticleCFL season preview: A key question for each team
Can Emmanuel Arceneaux help fill the void in B.C. left by Geroy Simon and Arland Bruce? The CFL season's set to get rolling Thursday night at Winnipeg's new Investors Group Field with the Blue Bombers...
View ArticleCollege football countdown | No. 57: West Virginia
Story Highlights West Virginia started 5-0 last season but dropped six of eight to end the year 7-6The Mountaineers need to address competitions at quarterback and wide receiverThe defense should be at...
View ArticleTraining camp preview: Texans muster forces for title run
0 Texans forecast: Loaded with talent, Super Bowl is goal 0 / 6 Gary Kubiak (AP) Editor's note: With offseason work across the league coming to an end, the focus shifts to the steamy summer workouts...
View ArticleTop Questions Around AFC North (Baltimore Ravens)
(Source: Baltimore Ravens) Bengals the new favorite? Steelers offense changing? Browns bringing big change? The Ravens have won the AFC North the past two years. But every offseason brings a lot of...
View ArticleBengals offseason report: Fully loaded, ready to pounce
Story Highlights The Bengals used seven of the 10 draft picks on offensive playersAndy Dalton failed to lead the team to an offensive touchdown in its last two playoff lossesDalton expects the...
View ArticleFantasy forecast 2013: Bengals edition (Cincinnati Bengals)
(Source: Cincinnati Bengals) It is no secret that the National Football League is the most popular of the "Big Four" sports entities in the United States of America. With the growing popularity of the...
View ArticleOur official District 17-4A Dave Campbell’s Texas Football review
We had more to say about this year’s issue of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football than we could contain in newspaper print. Chris Dukes of the Bastrop Advertiser and Joe Harrington of the Pflugerville Pflag...
View Article2013 NFL training camp preview: Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals went 10-6 and snared a wild card berth in 2012. Will the momentum continue? Have the Bengals truly changed their culture and broken with their past? Are the sins of past teams no longer...
View ArticleReplacing the 2013 lottery picks How do the dozen college teams that lost...
Saying goodbye is never easy. Especially when you're bidding farewell to a Wooden Award winner, a first-team All-American, a 20-point-per game scorer -- or perhaps even a player who turned pro before...
View ArticleCollege football countdown | No. 62: Tennessee
Story Highlights Tennessee begins anew under former Central Michigan and Cincinnati coach Butch JonesJones has gone 50-27 as an FBS coach, winning at least nine games three timesHe'll need to make...
View ArticlePuckett Selected as new head football coach at Lake County
Now thanks to Lake County he has his chance as Puckett has been named head football coach at the Tiptonville school. He replaces David Barger, who resigned last month and is now the Defensive...
View ArticlePicking the Districts: Part I, Class A (1A and 2A)
Some teams will compete in 7 on 7 tournaments over the next several weeks while other teams will get ready for the season with team building exercises and practice. However they do it, the 2013 season...
View ArticleCovering the Entire State, Part V: Class 5A Capsules
Teams Dropping From 5A to 4A- Craigmont, Jackson Northside, Knoxville Catholic, Sullivan South Teams Dropping from 6A to 5A- Karns, Lincoln County, Oak Ridge, Rhea County, Teams Going up to 5A from 4A-...
View ArticleTraining camp preview: Manning-Welker sparks Broncos' Super Bowl dreams
0 Broncos preview: Peyton, Wes and Super Bowl stampede 0 / 6 Peyton Manning (AP) Editor's note: With offseason work across the league coming to an end, the focus shifts to the steamy summer workouts...
View ArticleSEC teams seek to extend football dominance in BCS era
The quest for eight straight begins this week for football teams in the Southeastern Conference. League schools have combined to claim the past seven national championships of the BCS era and head...
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