IFAB kills the snood, Sepp Blatter claims he was a footballer

03/06/11 "You can have my snood when you pry it from my cold, dead neck!" The same week League Two side Burton Albion decided to launch their official club snood , the International FA Board has unanimously decided to ban the neck warmers starting July 1 (or immediately, depending on the source). So the likes of Alex Ferguson , Roy Keane and Paul Ince can all rest easy knowing that footballers won't soon ...

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Birmingham City hope Carling Cup victory over Arsenal will aid battle against relegation from Premier League

02/28/11 Alex McLeish believes that Carling Cup victory over Arsenal will breath life into his team's battle against relegation.

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West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson sees Stoke City jinx as an opportunity to end 29-year hoodoo

02/27/11 Roy Hodgson, the West Brom manager, determined to see Albion beat Stoke City away from home for the first time since 1982.

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Seagulls Scene: Win puts Albion top for 24 hours

02/27/11 Top of the table! That's where the Albion proudly sat as I wrote this early edition of Seagulls Scene. The three points from the win against Southend at Roots Hall on Friday night soared our Seagulls clear at the top.

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Ending trophy drought will 'mentally unblock' Arsenal, says Wenger

02/25/11 Arsene Wenger has said that the prospect of winning tomorrow's Carling Cup final with Birmingham City would lift a "weight" from his team. Arsenal have not won a major trophy since 2005, with a different generation of players.

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Local sports summary for Monday, Feb. 14

02/14/11 Carmi-White County junior Evan Worlds won three straight matches in the consolation bracket Saturday at the Class 1A wrestling sectional at Vandalia, but came up one win shy of a trip to the state tourney. Worlds' strong performance on Saturday helped him finish fourth in the 189-pound bracket. The top three from each weight class advance to this weekend's state meet in Champaign.

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Hodgson's task clear after West Bromwich collapse

02/13/11 Michael Appleton began the week hoping to become West Bromwich Albion's new head coach. He ended it feeling he had endured a "microwaved lesson" in management after a canter turned into a collapse against West Ham. Now the heat is on Roy Hodgson.

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Football transfer rumours: Roman Pavlyuchenko to Spartak Moscow?

02/12/11 Today's Mill enjoyed the bit with the water gun As the Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy wakes up this morning to news that West Ham United are set to be named as the preferred bidder for the Olympic Stadium, he might be forgiven for wondering what it was all for. All that time and money wasted drawing up plans for a venue that will never be built and chasing Pele for a supportive quote. I ...

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Manchester derby heads weekend bill

02/11/11 UEFA.com's pick of the weekend's matches takes in two derbies, Juventus versus FC Internazionale Milano and Real Madrid CF's latest bid to stay on the coat-tails of FC Barcelona.

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Fulham v West Bromwich Albion - live! | Barney Ronay

01/05/11 Fulham score three for the first time in the league this season to beat West Brom and escape the relegation places 7.36pm: Hello and welcome to live coverage of Fulham v West Brom from Craven Cottage. Not so much a violent collision of top flight heavyweights as a rather elegant coming together, the Premier League equivalent of a footballing tickle. Fulham don't so much set out to beat the ...

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Hughes hopes win will calm Fulham

01/04/11 Fulham boss Mark Hughes said his side's 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion, which moved them out of the relegation zone, would "settle everybody down" at the club.

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Premier League - Managers: Fergie calls for focus

01/04/11 Managerial reaction to the first three games of the Premier League's midweek programme, with Alex Ferguson calling for his team to focus.

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Di Matteo admits he faces test to arrest West Brom slide

01/04/11 Fulham West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion boss Roberto di Matteo admits he faces a massive test of his managerial powers after defeat at Fulham . A fifth straight defeat is their worst run of results in six years. Di Matteo said: "We knew we were up against a big side today and we are missing five centre-halves and we don't quite have the resources to put an 11 out that could handle ...

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Spring registration dates set for CCC-Columbus learning centers

12/27/10 Registration dates have been set for 2011 spring semester classes at learning centers in Albion, Arcadia, Brainard, Cedar Rapids, Central City, Clarks, Clarkson, Columbus, David City, Fullerton, Genoa, Greeley, Howells, Leigh, Lindsay, Loup City, Ord, Osceola, Palmer, Polk, Rising City, Schuyler, Scotia, Spalding, St. Edward and Stromsburg.

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Sports Watch /This week on TV

12/26/10 1 PM, 4, NFL: New England at Buffalo. 4 PM, 29, NFL: N. Y. Giants at Green Bay. 5 PM, TWC13, AHL: Syracuse at Rochester. 8:15 PM, 2, NFL: Minnesota at Philadelphia.

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Community meets, greets, eats Christmas dinner

12/25/10 WATERVILLE -- Lisa Osenga's husband, a combat medic in the Army, was deployed to Afghanistan in October. Soon after, her daughter, son-in-law and grandson -- who lived with her in Oakland -- moved to Oklahoma.

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SATURDAY'S LATE SPORTS SCORES

12/12/10 EAST Albany, N.Y. 64, Cent. Connecticut St. 63 Albright 86, Penn St.-Berks 70 American International 64, Felician 62 Binghamton 70, Manhattan 69 Brooklyn 69, Potsdam 57 Buffalo 78, Wis.-Green Bay 64 Castleton St. 87, Framingham St. 73 Cincinnati-Clermont 69, Rio Grande 66 College of N.J. 79, Delaware Valley 69 Columbia 76, Bryant 72 Daniel Webster 79, Wheelock 77, OT Dartmouth 71, Army 68 ...

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Calhoun County challenged to get healthy

12/08/10 Among the strategies being implemented to make Calhoun County a healthier community, one literally carries more weight.

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Saturday's Women's Basketball Scores

11/07/10 Mount Vernon Nazarene 69, Trevecca Nazarene 65 Shawnee St. 69, Marian, Ind. 62 Walsh 81, Milligan 48 SOUTH Campbellsville 91, Morris 40 Freed-Hardeman 85, Cumberlands 77 Lee 73, Bryan 48 Tenn. Wesleyan 79, Asbury 60 Union, Tenn. 83, St. Francis, Ill. 57 MIDWEST Cardinal Stritch 56, Viterbo 44 Davenport 97, Olivet Nazarene 69 Dordt 76, Jamestown 69 Kansas Wesleyan 71, Culver-Stockton 57 Purdue ...

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Thursday's College Basketball Scores

11/04/10 Lee 99, Tenn. Temple 76 EXHIBITION Baylor 68, Midwestern State 59 Butler 80, Hanover 41 Creighton 79, Northern St. 67 Duke 81, Cal Poly Pomona 60 Georgia 85, Augusta 48 Northwood 85, Florida Atlantic 81 Pittsburgh 73, Indiana, Pa. 56 W. Kentucky 84, Xavier, N.O. 69

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