World Champion Zydrunas Savickas writes he is skipping the Arnold this year. In a recent round of e-mails, World Champion professional strongman Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania says he plans to skip the 2009 Arnold Classic, a world-class competition he has won six consecutive times including the 2008 title.   “I want to have this winter […]

The NHL playoffs feature the Granddaddy of all beard superstitions. The Sixers once wore black sneakers. Some teams refuse to talk to reporters. Some competitors have been known for the unusual practice of leaving their playing shoes at a teammate’s house and not touch them until right before the start of the game.   Whatever […]

PENN QUARTERBACK KEIFFER GARTON As November starts, it means the beginning of the end for the college football season.  With league titles and postseason bids up for grabs, it’s a big weekend for the Philadelphia-area teams.    Friday night, Penn (4-3, 3-1 Ivy) travels to Princeton; it will be the 100th meeting between the Quakers […]

The Giants looked lost on offense without Plaxico Burress. Photo by Peter Wodarczyk – Contrastphotography.com EAST RUTHERFORD: All week the Giants pretended the Plaxico Burress mess was not going to be a distraction.   The Giants were going to go out and play the Eagles the same way they took apart the Washington Redskins last […]

Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell ROCK HOFFMAN’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20 – WEEK 10 1 – Alabama (9-0)2 – Penn State (9-0)3 – Texas Tech (9-0)4 – Texas (8-1)5 – Florida (7-1)6 – Oklahoma (8-1)7 – USC (7-1)8 – Oklahoma State (8-1)9 – Utah (9-0)10 – Boise State (8-0)11 – TCU (9-1)12 – Georgia (7-2)13 – Ohio State (7-2)14 – LSU (6-2)15 – Michigan State (8-2)16 – Ball State (8-0)17 – Missouri […]

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy 1 – Florida (7-0) 2 – Alabama (8-0) 3 – Texas (7-0) 4 – USC (6-1) 5 – Iowa (8-0) 6 – LSU (6-1) 7 – Cincinnati (7-0) 8 – Boise State (6-0) 9 – Oregon (6-1) 10 – TCU (7-0) 11 – Georgia Tech (7-1) 12 – Penn State (7-1) 13 – Oklahoma State (6-1) 14 – Virginia Tech (5-2) 15 – Ohio […]

Villanova’s Matt Szczur can do it all. On Saturday, when the fourth-ranked Villanova Wildcats (6-1, 3-1 CAA) go for their seventh win of the 2009 season on Homecoming Day at Villanova Stadium against Rhode Island (1-5, 0-3 CAA), head coach Andy Talley will be aiming for much more. The Wildcats mentor will be looking for […]

Alabama running back Mark Ingram 1 – Florida (6-0) 2 – Alabama (7-0) 3 – Texas (6-0) 4 – USC (5-1) 5 – Iowa (7-0) 6 – LSU (5-1) 7 – Cincinnati (6-0) 8 – Boise State (6-0) 9 – Oregon (5-1) 10 – TCU (6-0) 11 – Miami (5-1) 12 – Georgia Tech (6-1) 13 – BYU (6-1) 14 – Penn State (6-1) 15 – Virginia Tech […]

Quarterback Donovan McNabb, center, (5) is sacked by Oakland Raiders defensive end Greg Ellis, left, in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Oakland, CA The Eagles fooled everyone Sunday. No one thought it could happen, but it did. The Eagles dropped a shocking 13-9 loss to the Oakland Raiders on the road.  […]

Steve Maneri had the game-winning touchdown against Army For the second week in a row the Temple Owls had a lead, lost it but ultimately won the game. By early in the second quarter on Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field, the Owls (4-2) were up 13-0 but Army (3-4) fought back to tie it […]