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Washington Wakes Up Too Late
Down 23-3, the Commanders rally within six at San Francisco, then the flag, the clock and the moment beat them again.
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Mistakes Keep Killing the Cowboys
Green Bay wins 23-13 at Lambeau: two Prescott interceptions, a scoreless first half, and a 2-4 hole no Dallas team has ever climbed out of.
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Second Chances Win on Sunday
A blocked kick gets kicked again, a torn hamstring heals in time, and the NFL's wildest Sunday ends the way Sundays should, earned.
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Bachmeier Makes Notre Dame Remember Him
BYU stops No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo, beaten by the quarterback it once turned away.
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Five Top-Eight Teams Fall Saturday
No. 1 and No. 2 go down on the same day, and the kick that beat Georgia came off the foot of a young man who almost didn't get to kick again.
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The Scan Drew the Line
He played a full game with a clot in his calf. Now the hardest snap is the one he won't take.
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Freedom coach has motivation in mind
In the 1970s, Artie Owens often gained inspiration to run hills and practice sprints from watching the Philadelphia Pioneers track team and U.S. Olympic speedster Bob Hayes on Wide World of Sports. The means of motivation worked as Owens went from a three-sport star athlete at…
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Parkland’s Andre Williams speedy back-to-back
During many of his long touchdown runs during the football season, Parkland senior Andre Williams got a good rest before going back out onto the field and trying to go the distance again. Not so in track and field when you run the 110-meter high hurdles and 100 dash, but…
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Liberty athletes pick their colleges LETTERS OF INTENT
A standout Liberty swimmer is headed to Duke and two star women’s basketball players have decided to extend their athletic and academic careers at Lehigh and Bloomsburg, respectively. The college decisions were announced at a press conference at Liberty’s art gallery Tuesday…
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Liberty athletes pick their colleges
A standout Liberty swimmer is headed to Duke and two star women’s basketball players have decided to extend their athletic and academic careers at Lehigh and Bloomsburg, respectively. The college decisions were announced at a press conference at Liberty’s art gallery Tuesday…
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Brown handed reins at Liberty
Dave Brown has four daughters under the age of 10 and his wife, Sarah, is not open to the idea of having more kids. So, Liberty’s new football coach won’t get the opportunity to coach his own son one day. “I think we’re good. I think we’re going to wrap it up right where we are…
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Banas new football coach at Quakertown
Quakertown High School athletic director Sylvia Kalazs considers new head football coach George Banas to be the perfect fit for the Panthers. Twenty candidates applied for the job, vacated in January by John Donnelly, who left to take over the same position at Central Bucks…
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Liberty’s Lewis threatening records
Liberty senior Stephen Lewis had an unusual Thursday by most early-season track and field standards. But Lewis has his own expectations and they are high and will rise even higher as the PIAA Track and Field Championship weekend nears. On Thursday, during a dual meet against…
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Hurdlers point toward states
Liberty’s Stephen Lewis is lean and fast. Parkland’s Andre Williams is lean, fast and powerful. Both are outstanding senior hurdlers coming off top five finishes in the Class 3A 110-meter hurdles in the PIAA Track and Field Championships last year. Lewis was fourth in the 110 in…
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Mountain Hawks roll over American in semis
LEHIGH79 AMERICAN57 Lehigh senior Dave Buchberger was on from downtown. Freshman C.J. McCollum was on from everywhere. Then, there was senior guard Marquis Hall simply playing an all-around smooth game and senior forward Zahir Carrington rebounding with force. The sensational…
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Small stands tall in Lehigh’s postseason run
The Patriot League tournament is now about survival and in the case of Lehigh junior guard Prentice Small, about just getting on the floor and staying on it by any means possible. If that means chasing around the opponent’s toughest guard, so be it. If that means, diving…
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Lehigh looks to add to record season
Lehigh is on a 13-game winning streak and has the determination to extend it three more games and advance to the NCAA women’s tournament for a second straight year. Lehigh (26-3) opens defense of its Patriot League tournament title in quarterfinal action at Holy Cross in…
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ESU wins despite lousy second half
Many of the 1,000-point scorers in East Stroudsburg’s history were honored on Saturday before the tip-off of the Warriors game against Cheyney at Koehler Fieldhouse. During a second-half scoring drought that lasted nearly nine minutes, East Stroudsburg coach Jeff Wilson probably…
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Local football stars make their college choices official
The decision of where they wanted to play college football had long been made by Parkland’s Andre Williams, The Morning Call’s player of the year, and star quarterbacks Anthony Gonzalez of Liberty and Tyler Smith of Wilson. But there’s still nothing like the day of unrestrained…
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Stars make it official **Parkland’s Williams, Wilson’s Smith, and Liberty’s Gonzalez, West lead bevy of local football players signing with colleges **NATIONAL SIGNING DAY
The decision of where they wanted to play college football had long been made by Parkland’s Andre Williams, The Morning Call’s player of the year, and star quarterbacks Anthony Gonzalez of Liberty and Tyler Smith of Wilson. But there’s still nothing like the day of unrestrained…
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Bethlehem native Chuck Bednarik vows to help Eagles from above
— Chuck Bednarik, the Eagles’ Hall of Fame two-way performer, light-heartedly joked about the Super Bowl in the form of a question. “The Super Bowl, that’s a nice name, isn’t it?” he asked, decked out in his Hall of Fame jacket Monday night at the Philadelphia Sports Writers’…
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Bednarik sees Eagles title — someday **Hall of Famer from Bethlehem says quarterback is the key to make it happen.
Chuck Bednarik, the Eagles’ Hall of Fame two-way performer, light-heartedly joked about the Super Bowl in the form of a question. “The Super Bowl, that’s a nice name, isn’t it?” he asked, decked out in his Hall of Fame jacket Monday night at the Philadelphia Sports Writers’…
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Writers recognize courage of Koons
Frances Koons, one of the greatest distance runners in Lehigh Valley history, has had no greater triumph than beating cancer and then returning to the track and again succeeding in national races. The former Villanova All-American hopes to compete for the United States in the…
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Writers recognize courage of Koons **Philly sports writers name CCHS grad, a cancer survivor, most courageous athlete.
Frances Koons, one of the greatest distance runners in Lehigh Valley history, has had no greater triumph than beating cancer and then returning to the track and again succeeding in national races. The former Villanova All-American hopes to compete for the United States in the…
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