Pro Picks: Bengals and Ravens meet in key contest
It s proving time for the Bengals. And maybe the Ravens, too. Cincinnati sits atop the AFC North along with Pittsburgh at 5-2, and the Bengals have beaten the Steelers and Ravens. Next week, they visit the Steel City. So this is make or break time fo...
 3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 NBA: Bryant reaches milestone
LOS ANGELES ” Kobe Bryant scored 41 points while becoming the youngest player to reach 24,000, leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Ron Artest had 19 points and seven assis...
2.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 NBA: Nuggets stay perfect with win at Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and Chauncey Billups added 24 to help Denver beat the Indiana Pacers 111-93 on Tuesday night, lifting the Nuggets to their best start in 24 years. Anthony, who was averaging 38 points, shot just 6-for-1...
5.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 NFL: Rams and Titans capture first victories
The Titans and Rams are winless no more. The Broncos finally lost a game. And the Indianapolis Colts did just enough to win. They always do, it seems. At Indianapolis, the Colts (7-0) beat San Francisco 18-14 to win their 16th straight regular-season...
6.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 146.0 Farmers grow electricity
WIMER Vern and Gianaclis Caldwell do a lot of the typical things that make a small farm self-sufficient. Besides the 40-some dwarf Nigerian goats they milk to make artisanal cheeses, they also raise chickens for meat and eggs, a steer for beef, hor...
4.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 73.0 Pro Picks: Act 2: Favre returns to Lambeau Field
Let s take a Lambeau Leap here and guess that the welcome back party for Brett Favre won t be all hospitable in Green Bay on Sunday. There just might be a few derogatory chants and critical banners along Lombardi Avenue when the Minnesota Vikings com...
3.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 146.0 Date with Lions gives Rams best chance for win
ST. LOUIS Each week, the winless St. Louis Rams find some reason to be optimistic they ll finally end their slump. No matter who they re playing. This week it s legitimate because they re playing the one-win Lions. Hopes are definitely high for a f...
3.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 73.0 Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC
WASHINGTON (AP) An Oregon company that makes electric motorcycles thinks it has a homegrown solution to the nation s energy woes. To prove it, the company sent two riders on a 10-day odyssey from Detroit to Washington, re-creating the 2008 trip of ...
3.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 73.0 GMAC seeking more federal aid
NEW YORK (AP) GMAC, the former lending arm of General Motors Co., is in talks with the Treasury Department for a third injection of taxpayer aid, a further sign of the U.S. government s entrenchment in the U.S. auto industry. The Treasury Departmen...
3.7K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 73.0 Top dancers eye gold in 2010
ASTON, Pa. Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto are hoping to upgrade that silver medal from the 2006 Olympics in Vancouver. The ice dancers appeared along with a number of other skaters and coaches Thursday as part of what was dubbed a Destination Vancouv...
2.3K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 73.0 Sports Briefs: Senator requests BCS investigation
WASHINGTON Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season, urged President Barack Obama to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series,...
4.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 73.0 Sports Briefs: Group to push for playoffs over BCS
WASHINGTON Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now have a political action committee. A group of college football fans launched the Playoff PAC with the goal of elect...
6.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 146.0 NFL: Brady has big game in the snow for Patriots
Tom Brady finding his form could be bad news for the rest of the NFL. A few other quarterbacks were at their Sunday best, too. Brett Favre and Drew Brees helped their teams remain unbeaten. Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner, who met in last season s...
10.1K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 115.0 Banking focus of chamber lunch
October 2009 Perspectives on Banking the Detroit Lions will be the topic for this week s Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Independent Business Operators luncheon forum Wednesday in North Bend. Carol Mangan, executive vice president and Commercial Bank...
0.5K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 73.0 Redskins have yet to play a team with a win
ASHBURN, Va. ” So, Frank Gifford, are you bummed out that your 1954 New York Giants are about to lose a place in the record books to the 2009 Washington Redskins? Not at all, the Hall of Fame running back said with a laugh. Particularly when...
3.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 115.0 Pro Picks: Cupcake start is over for Giants
At 5-0, the New York Giants match the best record in the NFL. Unlike the Colts, Broncos and Vikings, they ve hardly played anyone worth mentioning. New York s toughest opponent has been Dallas, which had put together a 3-2 mark despite very mediocre ...
3.4K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 73.0 Surprise teams are no flukes
The 2008 version of the Denver Broncos lost their final three games, blew the AFC West title, and got their longtime coach canned. Last year s New Orleans Saints were wonderful to behold when they had the ball, hideous to watch on defense. And the 0...
5.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 73.0 Redskins have yet to play a team with a win
ASHBURN, Va. ” So, Frank Gifford, are you bummed out that your 1954 New York Giants are about to lose a place in the record books to the 2009 Washington Redskins? Not at all, the Hall of Fame running back said with a laugh. Particularly when...
3.7K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 115.0 Pro Picks: Cupcake start is over for Giants
At 5-0, the New York Giants match the best record in the NFL. Unlike the Colts, Broncos and Vikings, they ve hardly played anyone worth mentioning. New York s toughest opponent has been Dallas, which had put together a 3-2 mark despite very mediocre ...
3.4K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 73.0 Surprise teams are no flukes
The 2008 version of the Denver Broncos lost their final three games, blew the AFC West title, and got their longtime coach canned. Last year s New Orleans Saints were wonderful to behold when they had the ball, hideous to watch on defense. And the 0...
5.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 73.0 | 
