Bill Burt

By Bill Burt
The Eagle-Tribune

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.

I would pay to watch Coco Crisp run. In fact, a few hundred campers did just that at the Eric Wedge Baseball Clinic at Merrimack College the last two summers.

By John Shinn
The Transcript

NORMAN, Okla.

Sam Bradford has fond memories of the 2007 season. The Oklahoma quarterback experienced one of the best year’s a freshman’s ever had. But none of the memories are from Oklahoma’s last meeting with Texas Tech.

By Michael Kinney
The Transcript

NORMAN, Okla.

When No. 5 Oklahoma faces off with No. 2 Texas Tech Saturday night, the eyes of the college football world will be focused on Norman.
However, while the 83,000 fans in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium will have their eyes glued to Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford and Tech’s Michael Crabtree, they’ll be shadowed by a Bloomin’ Onion.

By Bob Hertzel
The Times West Virginian

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.

It is impossible to imagine that just days after America elected its first black president in Barack Obama, an African-American has little chance to become a major college head football coach in this country.

With Tyrone Willingham at Washington and Ron Price at Kansas State fired in mid-season, there are only four black head coaches among 119 Division I-A NCAA schools.

Chris Beatty is an energetic, sensitive, intelligent young coach, handling the running backs on the West Virginia staff.

By Tom James
The Tribune-Star

INDIANAPOLIS

There’s just got to be something special about playing a team from your home state. That has to be the case for Indianapolis Colts second-year safety Melvin Bullitt, who is a native of Bryan, Texas, and attended Texas A&M.