NFL head urges careful treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) After testifying for several hours on Capitol Hill and defending how the NFL handles current and retired players with head injuries, commissioner Roger Goodell recalled suffering a concussion himself in high school. Goodell said out...
 5.8K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 124.0 Yankees clinch first trip to World Series since 2003
NEW YORK Alex Rodriguez was in the middle of every playoff rally for the New York Yankees. And once his first trip to the World Series was secured, he was at the center of the celebration, too. Teammates dashed from the dugout and in from the outfi...
6.4K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 124.0 Cirque du Freak creates a monster
It s getting downright batty trying to keep all these vampires straight. You have your traditional vampires ( Nosferatu ), your blond slayer foils ( Buffy: The Vampire Slayer ), your sexy vamps ( True Blood ), your Euro children vampires ( Let the Ri...
4.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 124.0 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 161.0 Sports Briefs: NBA fines Brown for criticizing officials
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ” Larry Brown became the first major target in the NBA s zero-tolerance policy toward criticizing its replacement referees. The Bobcats coach was hit with $60,000 in fines and the Charlotte organization was fined another &...
4.9K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 124.0 Football Recap: Panthers hold off Coquille
Gold Beach fought off a challenge from Coquille to beat the visiting Red Devils 22-15 and improve to 3-0 in Sunset Conference play. Travis Wood ran for 140 yards and Travis Smith added 110 on the ground as the Panthers ate up big chunks of the clock ...
3.9K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 124.0 John Trevor Harding
John Trevor Harding, 90, of Myrtle Point was born May 11, 1919, in Winnipeg, Canada. He died Oct. 4, 2009, in Myrtle Point. John was married to Luella S. Rowe on Nov.16, 1948. The couple had one child, a daughter they named Carol Ann. John remembered...
1.8K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 224.0 Phillies clinch NL East
PHILADELPHIA All those blown saves didn t seem to matter when Brad Lidge jogged in from the bullpen to get the final out and set off a celebration. Kyle Kendrick pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez, and the Philadelphia Phil...
4.8K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 124.0 Lakers roll to easy volleyball win
Coming off two straight losses in league play, the Southwestern Oregon Community College volleyball team picked up a victory Wednesday afternoon. The Lakers beat visiting College of the Redwoods in three games, 25-7, 25-7, 25-15. It was good, we were...
3.0K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 124.0 County dump truck crashes in Coquille
A Coos County dump truck tipped over and crashed Monday when its raised box got tangled in wires outside the county shop in Coquille. Coquille police responded to the 1300 block of West Central Boulevard, where the truck had crashed and was blocking ...
1.1K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 161.0 County on target for road department OT
A slimmed-down county road department, in the final stretch of its summer paving projects, has not spent as much overtime as some expected this peak season. Roadmaster John Rowe attributes it to better planning. We have a lot of projects in the works...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 206.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. All About Steve Mary Horo...
7.4K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 124.0 Teen Idol: Decision day
It s anybody s game at this point. Ask the judges in any talent competition in the week before the final what they think about the contestants chances, and that is what they ll say. Every time. What s different about this year s Bay Area Teen Idol f...
7.4K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 124.0 What about those disagreeing street signs
Question: In Bunker Hill one street sign reads Flanagan Road, and another reads Flannagan Road. Are they different streets? If so, why such a confusing similarity in names? Answer: The streets are indeed one and the same. County roadmaster John...
1.5K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 124.0 Jordan soars into basketball Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Michael Jordan s thank-you list went well beyond friends and family. There was the coach who cut him. The player who dissed him. The media who doubted him. Anyone who ever provided Jordan with motivation to become a better player...
5.7K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 124.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. All About Steve Mary Horo...
7.5K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 124.0 NL: Pirates mark 17 consecutive losing seasons
PITTSBURGH Back in the days of Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell or Barry Bonds, this wouldn t have seemed possible for a team as storied and as successful as the Pittsburgh Pirates. 17 consecutive seasons, 17 without a winner. Until Monday, no tea...
5.1K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 161.0 Oudin pulls off another upset at U.S. Open
NEW YORK When Melanie Oudin wakes up each morning these days, sharing a king-sized hotel bed with her mother, she s basically your average teen visiting the big city. Then the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., gets out on court at the U.S. Open in th...
7.4K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 124.0 Union drops county complaint
COQUILLE Just weeks before a state hearing, the union representing Coos County s fired road workers has withdrawn its unfair labor practice complaint filed against the county in early January. Teamsters Local Union No. 223 dropped its case last wee...
4.0K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 161.0 NL: Giants catch Rockies in race for wild card
SAN FRANCISCO In a matter of five days, the Colorado Rockies playoff push took a big hit. Edgar Renteria hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning and the San Francsico Giants pulled even with Colorado in the NL wild-card race with a 9-5 vic...
4.7K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 124.0 | 
