Kendall Club

As the 2010 college football season gets under way, there are some players out there that have waited even longer than us for the opening kick-off. While the reasons are many, and some stories more compelling than others, the one constant connecting these young men that they all refuse to quit. No matter the circumstance, or how improbable it seems, these kids have come back after a down 2009 ...

I played football for six years growing up and wore just about as many numbers during that time.

Football season in the mountains is already underway, but starting in february Kentuckians will have another team to root for, the Eastern Kentucky Drillers.

SHIPPENSBURG -- There is no crying in football, but after more than four decades in the game as a player and a coach, it took everything Rocky Rees had not to shed tears.

College football season will officially be upon us Saturday, and that has Bay County Big Ten alumni at a fever pitch after eight agonizing months of empty Saturdays.

After a long, hot summer it's time to get back to school. For many families, this means the kids get to pick up some new duds and notebooks while parents inevitably groan about the expense, and secretly long for the school routine to resume.

For decades, White Plains has been the shopping center for Westchester, especially for back-to-school gear.

Town of Union, NY (WBNG Binghamton) New place to run, new place to tackle and a new place to swim. That's all in store for Maine Endwell student-athletes this year.

He tried ice. He tried physical therapy. He tried anti-inflammatories. But the best medicine for Dan Melleby's injured shoulder wasn't found in the trainer's room or the drug store.

It's hard to find a more inspiring story than that of Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett. It does everything at full throttle and gave the team 48 million reasons to reward him.

A demolition derby driver. The chief of a volunteer fire department. A championship-caliber archer. The operator of a bookstore whose shop once was a bank.

Well it's that time of the year again that I start perusing through those expensive preseason college football mags.

Missouri 23, Illinois 13, FINAL ST. LOUIS — The Missouri winning streak against Illinois continues. Though, not the way most expected. The two-touchdown favorites had to rally from a 10 point deficit to beat the Illini 23-13 Saturday at the Edward Jones Dome.

He tried ice. He tried physical therapy. He tried anti-inflammatories.

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Out there ... The Greenwich Old Timers Athletic Association , celebrating its 50th year of promoting and supporting youth sports in Greenwich, has established the Coach's Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize an individual who, through the years, has best exemplified coaching excellence and commitment to young athletes in the community.

Those aren't cheers you hear when you open the bulky, leather-bound scrapbook that belonged to Clarence Coyle.They're more like echoes.You're in the Los Angeles Coliseum on Thanksgiving Day 1926, where the Montana Grizzlies and their speedy end "Wee" Coyle, all 150 pounds of him, have ventured to play Southern California.

I was walking the dog early Wednesday and felt an unexpected chill. The temperature had dropped to 88 degrees. Football weather, it's called.

I did a high school game last week for ESPN in San Antonio, Texas. What a facility. And 12,000 people showed up for the game. It was amazing. Final preseason game Here's how you look at the final preseason game of the year. The coach knows who his starters are. Most of them aren't even playing.

Antonito coach Aaron Abeyta, Bryan Ruybal and the rest of the Trojans' seniors have lived Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities."