July 2009

Mayer and Bell advance to semifinals

Published on: 31st July, 2009

LOS ANGELES – Leonardo Mayer advanced to the semifinals of the L.A. Tennis Open when No. 2 seed Mardy Fish withdrew due to an abdominal strain on Friday. Mayer will face Carsten Bell, who beat John Isner 6-4, 6-4. Isner played with a brace on the left ankle that he Full Article

Moore, Mudd return to Colts in old roles

Published on: 31st July, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Tom Moore and Howard Mudd decided not to follow Brett Favre’s playbook. They’re coming back from retirement – just in time for training camp. The only offensive coordinator and offensive line coach three-time MVP Peyton Manning has worked with in his NFL career are expected to be on the field Monday when the Colts start practicing at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind. “Howard and Tom are both returning, doing the same job they’ve been doing over the years,” new coach Jim Caldwell said on Friday. Yes, they will Full Article

Vikings aren’t only ones trying to forget Favre

Published on: 31st July, 2009

As June turned into July, Chris Brustuen was convinced….

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VMI’s Maypray earns honors

Published on: 31st July, 2009

Tim Maypray doesn’t need Skittles the way Popeye needed spinach to give him strength. He just happens to eat them. Often. “I enjoy a halftime snack,” Maypray admitted with a laugh. Big South opponents might want to make sure there’s a shortage of sugary snacks available when the VMI senior comes to town this fall. It might be the only way to slow Maypray down. Maypray was named the Big South’s preseason offensive player of the year on Friday by vote of the league’s coaches and media. “I’m excited I guess, but as much…

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The call of a lifetime

Published on: 31st July, 2009

NEW YORK — Last October, Rick Knapp drove to Lakeland, Fla., to have dinner with Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland. Leyland had interviewed the former Virginia Tech standout a few days earlier for his pitching-coach vacancy. “How you feeling?” Leyland asked Knapp when they met up again in a parking lot outside the Tigers’ instructional-league complex. “I’m nervous,” replied Knapp, then the minor-league pitching coordinator for the Minnesota Twins. Leyland asked him why. “I’ve been in the minor leagues for 26 years,” Knapp told Full Article

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