Archive for November 28th, 2008
Girls basketball season tipoff: Keystone’s Irish got skills from talented father
There’s a laidback game of one-on-one taking place in the Keystone gym. The big guy is on defense. He moves in from behind his driving opponent, stuffs an attempted layup and the ball goes out of bounds. He and the offensive player laugh about it, because the big guy has a slight advantage. [...]
Romo heats up to keep Cowboys sizzling
IRVING, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys are ready for December. On the verge of collapse just a few weeks ago, Tony Romo, DeMarcus Ware and the Cowboys guaranteed they will be a team to watch in the final month by crushing the Seattle Seahawks 34-9 Thursday for their third straight victory. [...]
Titans roll over winless Lions
DETROIT — The Tennessee Titans wanted to re-establish the run to get back on track after losing for the first time. The Detroit Lions were very accommodating. Chris Johnson ran for 125 yards and scored twice in the first quarter and LenDale White had two touchdowns in the second and finished [...]
McNabb leads Eagles to rout of Cardinals
PHILADELPHIA — Donovan McNabb got pulled for Kevin Kolb again. This time, he earned a seat on the bench with a superb performance instead of a stinker. McNabb threw four touchdown passes, Brian Westbrook tied a team-record with four scores and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Arizona Cardinals 48-20 on Thursday night. [...]
BCS picture getting messy again
Remember the dramatic end to last year’s college football season? The national title chances for Ohio State and LSU looked doomed, until a series of unexpected upsets resurrected those teams and eventually matched them in the national title game. If you liked last year’s twists and turns, chances are that this year will [...]
No. 4 Texas rolls over Texas A&M in college football rout
AUSTIN, Texas — All Texas and Colt McCoy can do now is wait. McCoy passed for two touchdowns, ran for two more and No. 4 Texas snapped a two-game losing streak to rival Texas A&M with a 49-9 victory Thursday night, a performance that may or may not have been impressive enough to [...]
Cavs roll over Thunder for best start in club history
CLEVELAND — If this had been a pickup game, the Oklahoma City Thunder would have demanded new sides to be chosen. Possessing nine of the top 10 players in uniform, the Cavaliers did anything and everything they wanted – and they did it with remarkable ease – in cruising to a 117-82 victory Wednesday [...]
Iraqis ratify pact; U.S. troops to leave by 2011
BAGHDAD — The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq’s parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three years, marking the first clear timetable for a U.S. exit since the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
The vote [...]
Shoppers camp out for Best Buy deals
ELYRIA — Deeply discounted laptop computers at Midway Mall’s Best Buy inspired a few dozen hardcore deal seekers to camp in front of the store Thursday night despite temperatures in the low 30s.
Today, also known as Black Friday, is the official start of the holiday shopping season.
The first to pitch his tent [...]
Mom, daughter support each other in cancer battles
HURON — Less than six months after learning she had a rare form of brain cancer called adenoid cystic carcinoma, Dawn MacLean-Patterson began living every mother’s worst nightmare.
Her 16-year-old daughter, Taylar MacLean, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
MacLean-Patterson, 49, immediately put her own treatment, and her self-pity, on hold to make sure her daughter [...]