East Coast Offense (RotoWire via Yahoo! Sports) Why bother drafting Peyton Manning or Tony Romo? Seven QBs passed for more than 300 yards this past weekend, and 11 passed for 273 or more. us.rd.yahoo.com
Sponsored by: (Tallahassee Democrat) Contra Dance: Tanager with Cathy Lemoine calling. 7:30-10:30 p.m. First-timers should arrive by 7:30 p.m. $7, $5 for seniors and students, $3 for children. Tallahassee Senior Center, 1400 N. Monroe St. 878-6280. us.rd.yahoo.com
SPORTS BRIEFS (Richmond Times-Dispatch) NEW YORK - Free-agent season opened yesterday with the New York Yankees planning to give CC Sabathia a record offer for a pitcher. The Yankees formulated a proposal to the big lefty that would exceed Johan Santana's $137.5 million, sixyear contract with the New York Mets both in total and average, a baseball official familiar with the negotiations said. He spoke on condition of anonymity, ... us.rd.yahoo.com
SEC MEN : Calathes not worried in Gators opener (NWAnews.com) GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With stories about his online gambling debt circulating, Nick Calathes easily could have been distracted. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition) us.rd.yahoo.com
Yankees offer $140 million to Sabathia (San Diego Union-Tribune) The New York Yankees have made the opening bid for CC Sabathia, offering the ace left-hander a deal that would be slightly more lucrative than the one Johan Santana got from the Mets before last season. us.rd.yahoo.com
Brown leads Lafayette to season-opening win over Wagner (The Morning Call) Andrew Brown scored 22 points to lead Lafayette to a 73-67 victory over Wagner on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. us.rd.yahoo.com
Men's Top 25 Roundup: Thabeet keys UConn (Asbury Park Press) Hasheem Thabeet had 23 points and 17 rebounds to lead No. 2 Connecticut to a season-opening 81-55 win over Western Carolina on Friday night. us.rd.yahoo.com
Rumor: Apple Cooking Up its Own Search Engine (The Mac Observer) Apple may be looking to build its own Internet search technology if rumors circulating around the Web prove to be true. Such a move could put the company at odds with Google if it chose to push its own search engine on Safari users us.rd.yahoo.com
Events calendar (The Times-News) A fall family festival will be held 6 to 8 p.m. at Valley Christian Church. Halloween fun, games and candy. Free admission. Information: Judy Steinmetz, 733-2588. The church is at 1708 Heyburn Ave. E. us.rd.yahoo.com
|