Reggie Williams

Pro sports leagues aim to put workers' comp out of play

2013-03-01 19:46:00

One would think that we've learned from bitter experience not to trust a word uttered by our major professional sports leagues. Yet here they are trying to put another howler over on us. This is their assertion that retired pro athletes — many...

5 things to take away from Lakers' 120-99 preseason victory over Golden State Warriors

2010-10-22 04:33:35

Lakers beat Warriors, 105-102, in overtime

2010-10-23 04:33:39

Lakers approach on addressing long season will prove critical

2010-11-01 21:34:15

Dissecting Ron Artest's shooting against Golden State

2010-11-02 16:34:19

Rookies Can Help, in Small Doses

2005-08-16 00:00:00

If you're relying on rookies to guide you to a fantasy championship, you've got issues. You might as well place a bet on the 49ers winning Super Bowl XL, because the odds are about the same. That said, San Francisco will probably find a way to win a...

Long offseason travels paying off for Kernels outfielder Williams

2013-05-20 07:24:04

Most guys go to Mexico or the Caribbean to get in their offseason baseball work. J.D. Williams traveled a little farther. Half-a-world away, 14-hour plane ride farther. "I probably couldn't do that again," said the Cedar Rapids Kernels outfielder, who...

BRIEF: San Jose: Five-acre blaze on Communications Hill sparked by homeless encampment

2013-04-28 03:54:04

A cooking fire at a homeless encampment sparked a grass fire on Communications Hill on Saturday afternoon, but it was corralled before it caused any injury or serious damage, the San Jose Fire Department said. Firefighters were called at 1:48 p.m.,...

The Sun Remembers: March 10-16

2013-03-10 11:44:00

March 15, 2002: Maryland's march to the NCAA men's basketball championship begins with an 85-70 victory over Siena in the East Regional. Juan Dixon (Calvert Hall), the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, scores 29 for the Terps (27-4). March...

Teel Time: What are chances Virginia Tech's Erick Green leads ACC, nation in scoring?

2012-12-18 12:53:00

Roughly one-third through the regular season, Virginia Tech guard Erick Green leads the ACC – he’s lapping the field, in fact – and ranks second nationally in scoring at 24.8 points per game. The primary question is, what are his chances...

Kansas announces home-and-home with Georgetown

2012-10-25 12:24:00

Kansas men’s basketball has announced that it will play Big East Conference power Georgetown in a four-year home-and-home series starting in the 2013-14 season. Georgetown will visit historic Allen Fieldhouse on December 21, 2013, and also in the...

Time for America to appreciate the 'real refs' in the NFL

2012-09-27 06:01:00

America is no longer held hostage from the buffoonery of the replacement refs in the NFL. The NFL and the NFL Referees Association agreed in the wee hours of Friday morning to the terms of a new eight-year collective bargaining agreement that will return...

Bob Wade's back-to-back undefeated teams in 1981-82 and 1982-83 ran up a 60-0 record and featured four players -- David Wingate , Muggsy Bogues , Reggie Lewis and Reggie Williams -- who went on to play star in the NBA.

2012-05-02 14:44:48

The year in prep sports had a number of special teams and players that made them that way, but the one storyline that first comes to mind is the special run the 2011-12 Dunbar boys basketball team enjoyed in finishing the season as the area s No. 1 ranked team.

2012-03-10 00:00:00

Former NFL star Reggie Williams shakes hands with Hall of Famer Ernie Banks while Vera Clemente, widow of Roberto Clemente , looks on at the Baseball and the Civil Rights Movement Roundtable panel at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

2011-05-13 00:00:00