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| Watson, Wilfork on sidelines |
NFL Football |
12/17/2006 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -Tight end Benjamin Watson and nose tackle Vince Wilfork were listed as inactive for the first time this season by the New England Patriots for Sunday's game against the Houston Texans. Two other top Patriots players - safety Rodney Harrison for the sixth straight game and running back Laurence Maroney for the second - also were inactive. Watson, the Patriots leading receiver, hurt a knee, and Wilfork injured an ankle in last Sunday's 21-0 loss at Miami. Harrison is recovering from a b |
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| Zamberlin named new Idaho State head coach |
Division I-AA College Football |
12/16/2006 |
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| laces Larry Lewis, who was dismissed after a 2-9 season, and takes over a program that has won just 10 games in the last three years. "Coach Zamberlin brings a solid head coaching record to Idaho State University as well as experience at other NCAA Football Championship division programs, including Eastern Washington, University of Richmond, and UMass," athletic director Paul Bubb said. Zamberlin was a member of the New England Patriots from 1979-82 and played for the Kansas City Chiefs during the 1983-84 seasons. |
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| Texans' Cook placed on IR |
NFL Football |
12/16/2006 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - The Houston Texans placed starting fullback Jameel Cook on injured reserve Friday with a right knee injury. Cook, who has played in 11 games this season, is expected to have surgery on his knee on Monday. He finished the season with three carries for 18 yards and 18 receptions for 107 yards. The Texans signed wide receiver Derrick Lewis from the practice squad to take the vacated roster spot. Houston plays the New England Patriots this weekend. |
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| Pats In Need of Rebound Against Texans |
NFL Football |
12/15/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New England Patriots will be trying to get a step closer to their fourth consecutive AFC East title on Sunday, when Bill Belichick and company welcome the Houston Texans to Gillette Stadium. The 9-4 Patriots can actually wrap up the division with a win and a loss for the Jets in Minnesota, though New England is likely to be more focused on strong play than any potential postseason scenarios. The Pats come off their most lifeless performance of the season, a 21-0 road blanking at the hands of |
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| Idaho State hires Zamberlin as football coach |
Division I College Football |
12/15/2006 |
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| r a 2-9 season. ``Coach Zamberlin brings a solid head coaching record to Idaho State University as well as experience at other NCAA football championship division programs,'' athletic director Paul Bubb said. Zamberlin played in the NFL with the New England Patriots (1979-82) and Kansas City Chiefs (1983-84). He was a fifth-round draft pick by New England in 1979 from Pacific Lutheran in Tacoma, Wash. At Central Washington, he had a 63-41 record and won Great Northwest Athletic Conference titles in 2004 and 2 |
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| Patriots need improvement in home final |
NFL Football |
12/14/2006 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -When the NFL schedule came out, Sunday's visit by the Houston Texans to the New England Patriots looked like an easy win for the home team. Deep into a season, with too many penalties and turnovers and too few talented wide receivers, a win of any kind would satisfy the three-time Super Bowl champions. After splitting their last six games, they're hardly peaking for the playoffs. ``We better get it turned around quick,'' fullback Heath Evans said. ``Otherwise, this'll get ugly real qu |
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| Jets, Vikings each fighting for playoffs in coaches' first years |
NFL Football |
12/14/2006 |
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| e, you're running after practice,'' Jets receiver Laveranues Coles said. Punishment laps typically aren't used beyond high school, but Mangini is serious about fielding a disciplined team - following the style he learned as a longtime assistant to New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. ``That's probably something that has helped guys out and kept it a conscious thing in our mind to keep from making mistakes and getting penalties,'' Coles said. Vikings coach Brad Childress, also in his first year, has been |
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| Ravens wary of upset-minded Browns |
NFL Football |
12/14/2006 |
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| rting quarterback will probably be Derek Anderson, a former Ravens sixth-round pick who never climbed above No. 3 on the depth chart in Baltimore. Browns coach Romeo Crennel has attempted to transfer the success he enjoyed as an assistant with the New England Patriots into the Cleveland organization. But he acknowledged this week it can't be done ``until we can get to the point where we have enough championship-type players on the team.'' The Ravens are already there. But that won't guarantee them a victory on |
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| Bell's play a spark for improving Dolphins |
NFL Football |
12/14/2006 |
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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -As it turns out, Yeremiah Bell's highlight-reel moment was a broken play. It was in the fourth quarter the Miami Dolphins' 21-0 win last Sunday over the New England Patriots, and Bell's job was to blitz from his safety position. But a couple Patriots went into motion and wound up blocking Bell's path, so he just instinctively ran around a wall of defenders toward quarterback Tom Brady. Moments before Brady would have thrown the ball, he was hit by Bell - who wound up running in a long semi- |
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| Reaction to Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt's death |
NFL Football |
12/14/2006 |
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| .'' - New York Jets chairman and CEO Woody Johnson. --- ``When you walked in a room and you saw him and saw he was a part of something, you knew it was something that was branded with integrity and solid and something you could stand behind.'' - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. --- ``He was not one to flaunt it. He just did it.'' - Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams. --- ``He was the man who invented the American Football League and coined the term Super Bowl, but when Lamar was talking about socc |
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