Running Back Becomes Holistic Student
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Retired running back Ricky Williams has turned up in an unlikely spot &#151; at a Northern California school for holistic medicine.
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Matt Lawrence recalled vividly the first time he carried the football in college. He was a freshman running back from Bloomfield, Conn., looking to fit in at the University of Connecticut in 2003. He was thrown into the breach in his first game, against third-ranked Virginia Tech, when starter Terry Caulley went down with a season-ending knee injury. So in ...
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He was supposed to uphold the tradition of Michael Johnson and Baylor University. He was to break cultural barriers. He was to restore the 400 meters.
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Javarris James has plenty of speed. He uses it to dart through small holes in the line of scrimmage, dodge pursuing linebackers and blow past defensive backs. He rushed for 300 yards in one high school game and finished his prep career with 72 touchdowns, even though nearly every defense was loaded up with the singular goal of slowing him down.
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The JetsÂ running game is waiting for Kevan Barlow, who joined the team during the last week of training camp, to learn the playbook.
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In contrast to Jim Fassel's ambivalence to special teams, Tom Coughlin devotes considerable time and energy to them. And it is clear his interest is heartfelt.
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Northeastern coach Rocky Hager has employed a running back by committee with some success this season. Yet when the Huskies host Villanova today in an Atlantic 10 showdown, Hager will be forced to take another approach -- running back by availability.
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Florida running back Ciatrick Fason announced Wednesday he plans to forgo his senior year and enter the NFL Draft. The 6-foot, 215-pound junior has been one of the most consistent performers for the 20th-ranked Gators.
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There was a moment before practice yesterday when Boston College linebacker Ray Henderson had an epiphany.
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The evolution of a physique for long-distance running is what made humans look the way we do now -- whether winning a marathon, nursing a strained Achilles&#39; tendon
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The rookie running back arrived in town with a decorated r&#xE9;sum&#xE9; and the desire to fulfill a longtime dream.
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Adrian Peterson was 7 years old when he started pumping iron and preparing his game.
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DAVIE, Fla. -- In the same week that news broke about Ricky Williams&#39; new calling as a holistic healer, there&#39;s now word that he could be back in a Dolphins uniform by the end of the season.
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Running back Leon Washington grabbed a roster spot by being fearless and successful on special teams in the preseason, but Coach Eric Mangini thinks he is capable of carrying more of a load.
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FOXBOROUGH -- After Curtis Martin's first game as a Patriot in 1995, when he rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries, coach Bill Parcells declared that nobody should be sending his rookie running back to Canton, Ohio, just yet. Ten seasons and 12,352 rushing yards later, Martin is ensuring his own place in pro football's Hall of ...
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When talking with high school or college athletes one of the reoccurring themes that tends to pop up is how they happen to have come from athletically minded families.
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Michael Jennings was a track star at Florida State who also wanted to play football but wasn't confident enough to forgo a track scholarship and try the sport as a walk-on for &quot;a team that good.&quot;