Newspaper sports editor hurt covering high school football game in Colorado

September 30th, 2009 Review: James' 'Game' plays up feel-good clichesLOS ANGELES — "More Than a Game" is an inspiring story that works very hard to remind you it's an inspiring story at every opportunity. "Hoosiers" looks subtle by comparison — and this is a documentary.

September 22nd, 2009 Rapper DEL THA FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN was forced to pull out of a concert in Colorado on Friday night (18Sep09) after he was involved in a car crash with a drunk driver. The California native was travelling from Colorado Springs to Denver when the car he was travelling in was hit from behind.

September 11th, 2009 Ford to heavily market Taurus in NFL advertisingWASHINGTON — Pro football fans inundated with TV ads for brawny pickup trucks and sleek luxury models will get something different from Ford Motor Co. this season.

September 11th, 2009 Soap opera gets Latinos in tune with health careDENVER — It has all the hallmarks of the beloved telenovela. But this soap opera's story lines are laced with important medical advice for Colorado's Latinos.

August 31st, 2009 The old college try: Seeing all 120 teams possibleMILWAUKEE — Some people climb mountains or compete in triathlons. My goal: Watch one quarter of a game involving every team in major college football — all 120 teams.

August 27th, 2009 Best-selling crime author DOMINICK DUNNE has lost his battle with bladder cancer, aged 83. The revered writer and Vanity Fair magazine contributor died on Wednesday (26Aug09) at his home in Manhattan, according to his son, actor Griffin Dunne.

August 27th, 2009 SEC issues new guidelines on game coverageATLANTA — Responding to a protest by four leading media organizations, the Southeastern Conference put out new guidelines Thursday for media coverage of football games. The SEC issued the latest revision of its credential rules after discussions that involved commissioner Mike Slive and representatives of the Associated Press Managing Editors, Associated Press Sports Editors, the American Society of News Editors and the Radio and Television News Association.

August 17th, 2009 Macduff & NFL: Redskins rookie Jarmon quite an actASHBURN, Va. — Here's a double-feature performance you don't see often: Play in the school's spring football game, then dash across campus to perform on stage at the campus theater.

August 17th, 2009 McDuff & NFL: Redskins rookie Jarmon quite an actASHBURN, Va. — Here's a double-feature performance you don't see often: Play in the school's spring football game, then dash across campus to perform on stage at the campus theater.

July 21st, 2009 Football media pick TCU to win Mountain WestHENDERSON, Nev. — TCU football coach Gary Patterson said Tuesday he was happy that college football media picked his Horned Frogs as the preseason favorite to win the 2009 Mountain West Conference.

July 14th, 2009 School mascots get tips on sideline safetyWhen Jevin Fluegel took the job as his high school's mascot, "Ty the Tiger," he thought the gig would be all about generating school spirit and making people smile. He didn't know it would involve learning self defense, too.

July 6th, 2009 Russians offered football during Obama conferenceMOSCOW — Football or statesmanship? Russians had a choice between the two Monday, with the rebroadcast of a football match that had provoked prominent match-fixing allegations competing on television with a live news conference by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. Millions of viewers were expected to tune in to the rerun of the June 13 Russian league match on the main state-run sports channel.

July 2nd, 2009 LA high school featured in 'Bruno' leaves districtLOS ANGELES — A high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno" has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district. Birmingham High School in Los Angeles had already been planning to become a separate charter school before Wednesday's decision.

June 30th, 2009 LA schools chief fumes over 'Bruno' school photosLOS ANGELES — The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players. Los Angeles Superintendent Ramon Cortines isn't amused by the GQ magazine photos shot at Birmingham High School that feature the "Borat" star in his new incarnation as gay Austrian fashionista "Bruno." The GQ cover story features pictures of Baron Cohen wearing shoulder pads, tight red shorts, an athletic cup and little else as he poses with football players at the school in the San Fernando Valley.

June 3rd, 2009 Dungy, Harrison join NBC's Sunday NFL studio showNEW YORK — An understated coach and an outspoken safety are adding their voices to NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show. The network said Wednesday that Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison are joining "Football Night in America" as analysts.