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Jan 23rd, 2012
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.
Four years after New York stunned previously undefeated New England in the Arizona desert, they'll play a Super Bowl sequel.
The Patriots are rolling into the Super Bowl having won 10 straight, with their last loss being to, you guessed it, the Giants, 24-20 back in early November. New England last won the Super Bowl in 2005.
Patriots versus Giants, who will lift the Super Bowl trophy?
Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place that "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right w
Jan 18th, 2012
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.
Last year prized quarterback recruit Gunner Kiel said he would go to Indiana and later expressed interest in LSU, but made the decision yesterday to join Notre Dame. Kiel was rated by many scouting services as the top recruit in the nation. At Columbus (Ind.) High School las year, he passed for 2,517 yards and 28 touchdowns, while rushing for 482 yards and 11 scores. Kiel passed for a total of 7,175 yards during his high school career.
In a statement provided by the school, Kiel said, "This recruitment process was a roller-coaster ride at times, but I kno
Jan 17th, 2012
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.
After the divisional playoffs this weekend ended with 3 very close games out of 4, we here at the sports corner have decided to make things a little more interesting. The NFL is entering the conference championships with the Baltimore Ravens against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium for the AFC championship and the New York Giants in San Francisco against the 49ers for the NFC Championship both being played Sunday, January 22.
I am going to place a personal bet with a co-worker on the team based on your comments from this video. So if you want
Jan 13th, 2012
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.
Wilt Chamberlain has heald the NBA record for the most free-throw attempts in a game for 50 years. Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard smashed it yesterday by shooting 39 times from the line as Orlando beat the Golden State Warriors 117-109. Known as a dreadful free-throw shooter, Howard hit 21 of the foul shots and added 12 of 21 from the field to end up with a career-high 45 points and 23 rebounds.
Hall of Fame center Chamberlain set the previous record of making 19 of the 34 free-throw attempts in a game against St Louis in 1962. Howard, howeve
Jan 11th, 2012
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the the Sports Corner.
29-year-old Canadian Sarah Burke was in critical condition in a coma at a Salt Lake City hospital last night. The trailblazing freestyle skier was admitted after crashing during training in Park City, Utah.
The gold-medal hopeful for the 2014 Olympics was preparing for this month's 2012 X Games when she crashed during a run on the resort's Eagle Superpipe. The four-time X Games champion is being treated at the University of Utah hospital, after being airlifted there following the accident.
CEO of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association, Peter Judge,
Jan 6th, 2012
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the the Sports Corner.
Just days after the latest public feud between the coach and young center DeMarcus Cousins, the Sacramento Kings fired Paul Westphal yesterday. The Kings have dropped five of the first seven games of the season, including blowout losses to the Grizzlies and Nuggets the past two nights.
In a statement, President of Basketball Operations, Geoff Petrie said "I want to thank Paul for all of his effort on behalf of the Kings. Unfortunately, the overall performance level of the team has not approached what we felt was reasonable to expect. I wish him the be
Jan 4th, 2012
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.
Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations, Joe Torre resigned Wednesday to join a group trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers who he managed from 2008 - 2010. Torre then retired and joined MLB last February as a top aide to Commissioner Bud Selig. Now, he is joining a group headed by real estate developer Rick Caruso.
In a statement concerning this matter, Torre said, "I have made this decision because of a unique chance to join a group that plans to bid for the Dodgers. After leaving the field, this job was an incredible ex
Dec 30th, 2011
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.
Mark Asper, an Oregon football player performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking Paul Diamond during the traditional Beef Bowl, which brings the teams playing in the Rose Bowl to Lawry's in Beverly Hills for prime rib.
Diamond began choking a bit while eating Wednesday and the Oregon guard helped him cough up the meat. Diamond, whose son Tom is an Oregon senior, says he was breathing throughout and not in too much distress, describing it as "not a big deal."
Asper said after using the Heimlich maneuver, "The first heave was a test heave, because th
Dec 28th, 2011
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.
Damon Harge Jr. is not the average 12 year old. No one is called average when you're one of the only sixth graders in history to suit up for a varsity squad, the understudy of a recent No. 1 NBA draft pick and already being courted by some of the country's most elite college programs.
Up until now basketball has always been very black and white for Harge. If his team needs 40 points to beat this team? He scores them, need 15 assists to pick the defense apart? He's dropping dimes. They need someone locked up defensively? He's not letting him score anymore.
Dec 23rd, 2011
I'm Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the the Sports Corner.
Kris Humphries, the former Mr. Kim Kardashian, played his first minutes as a 2011 New Jersey Net on Wednesday night. Humphries was booed mercilessly by the Knicks crowd each and every time he touched the ball at Madison Square Garden for the Nets' final preseason game.
The Knicks crowd's bloodlust for Humphries was so acute, they were begging Nets coach Avery Johnson to reinsert him in the lineup in the fourth quarter, but Johnson didn't take the bait. When asked after the game, Humphries said he didn't even hear the taunts because he was "so focused.
