Archive for July, 2007
Got it Covered
Jason David knows he shouldn’t admit it, but he’s too honest of a guy to tell anyone that he doesn’t think about Sept. 6 quite a bit. David will make his New Orleans Saints debut that Thursday night against Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison and the defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. David had spent all [...]
Lee Looking to Start
Justin Harrell and Donald Lee almost certainly would be starters if the Green Bay Packers opened the season today. Both were listed as such on a depth chart that was approved by coach Mike McCarthy and given to reporters Friday. That Harrell, the Packers’ first-round draft pick, was listed as a starter ahead of fourth-year [...]
Tubbs Not Yet Ready to Perform
The list no Seahawk wants to be on has a rather harmless name: PUP.What it stands for is not so benign: Physically unable to perform. And that’s where defensive tackle Marcus Tubbs finds himself on the day before training camp opens. The bad news is that Tubbs, a former first-round draft choice who was expected [...]
Jenkins the Key
While it’s true Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson did next to nothing during free agency to improve his team — hello, lonely cornerback Frank Walker — let’s not forget what could turn out to be the club’s most important offseason signing.Or re-signing, anyway. If Cullen Jenkins, who signed a four-year contract extension worth [...]
Fiedler Speaks to Area Youth
After honoring TV, newspaper and radio interview requests Thursday night, former NFL quarterback Jay Fiedler, who with Demetrius Ford co-founded Trinity Sports & Entertainment Group Inc., owner of the East Kentucky Miners, spoke to the Pikeville High School football team. During his time in the NFL, Fiedler completed 1,008 of 1,717 passes for 11,844 yards [...]
Tomlin: A Man of His Words
This is the book on the new Steelers head coach. It is an unpretentious, red-covered photo album. He picked the photographs and wrote the red-ink captions, including the description in his second album proclaiming: Greatest Runner on Earth. “This boy … he’s sick. I’d never even read this book,” his amused mother, Julia Copeland, was [...]
GlineTV: Mike Tomlin Press Conference
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin talks about his first training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Marcus Tubbs: A Seahawk to Watch in ‘07
If Lofa Tatupu is the heart of the defense, then Marcus Tubbs must be the guts. Take just one look at the Seahawks run defense and red zone defense in 2005 with Tubbs, then look at 2006 without him. Or if you’re not a Seahawks fan, look at the difference Haloti Ngata made for the [...]
Favorite Son, Fortunate One
Mike Tomlin is proud to be from the Peninsula. And we’re proud of him. He began by telling the crowd of family, friends and gawkerazzi that he is no different than they are — an accurate, if incomplete, assessment. Mike Tomlin is indeed a Peninsula guy. He can navigate Mercury Boulevard and can get to [...]
