Aaron Curry

Giants draftee Cooper Taylor fulfills tall order after heart troubles

2013-05-12 00:44:03

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Cooper Taylor has the height of a quarterback and the build of a tight end, but the agility -- and the playbook -- of a safety. He also has the heart of a champion . . . and not in the overused cliche sense. While at Georgia...

Fayetteville's Aaron Curry signs with New York Giants

2013-05-11 02:04:02

Fayetteville's Aaron Curry, whose National Football League career appeared in jeopardy after being released by Oakland in November, is getting a second chance with the New York Giants. The 27-year-old linebacker announced via his Twitter account...

LB Curry Announces Signing With Giants

2013-05-10 14:16:00

Linebacker Aaron Curry, who has had a motley career since the Seattle Seahawks made him the fourth overall pick of the 2009 NFL draft, tweeted Friday that he signed with the Giants. Curry's original contract with the Seahawks, a six-year, $60 million...

Ex-first-round pick Aaron Curry getting shot at LB with Giants

2013-05-11 00:04:01

The most conspicuous player at the Giants' rookie minicamp Friday was the first-round pick. Of the Seahawks. In 2009. Aaron Curry, once the fourth overall selection in the draft, was an interested -- and rather interesting -- spectator as the newest...

Free agent Charles Dieuseul wants to make a name for himself with Giants

2013-05-10 00:14:01

It's not pronounced "Diesel" like the combustible fuel. But for a high-energy player who drove his team to a national title and is now chugging toward the NFL, maybe it should be. "Most people call me 'Diesel' because they can't pronounce my name," said...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel On the Packers column

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Ted Thompson has had some excellent drafts in Green Bay over the years, but it could be argued that 2009 was his finest. Yes, 2009, when the gnashing of teeth from National Football League general managers over the paucity of top-rated players was...

Scoreboard -- Nov. 21, 2012

2012-11-21 21:40:00

|TV SPORTS| |THURSDAY| �Men’s College Basketball -- Old Spice Classic, first round, West Virginia vs. Marist, 11 a.m.; Vanderbilt vs. Davidson, 1 p.m.; Texas-El Paso vs. Oklahoma, 6 p.m.; Clemson vs. Gonzaga, 8 p.m. (ESPN2); DirecTV Classic,...

Scoreboard: Nov. 17

2012-11-16 21:53:00

|TODAY| |COLLEGE FOOTBALL| �Indiana State at Youngstown State �North Dakota State at Illinois State �South Dakota at South Dakota State �Western Illinois at Southern Illinois �Missouri State at Northern Iowa |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| �State...

Coffee Companion (11/9): your daily Ravens fix

2012-11-09 06:15:00

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday....

Teel Time: Offensive line needs to rise up if Virginia is to upset Georgia Tech

2012-09-12 05:56:00

Virginia tailbacks Perry Jones and Kevin Parks rushed for a combined 235 yards last season against Georgia Tech. That’s more ground production than the entire team has generated through two games this season. So might Saturday’s game road...

Commentary: When it comes to NFL Draft, trusting Carroll, Schneider is key

2012-04-15 23:15:00

With the NFL Draft less than two weeks away, we start by putting our Bud Light Spotlight on former Seahawks quarterback and current ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer – and what he and the experts said after the draft last year. "They whiffed on this year's...

Stafford and Johnson Lead Lions to Another Comeback Win

2011-12-18 00:00:00

Calvin Johnson caught nine passes for a career- high 214 yards and two touchdowns, including a six-yard score with 39 seconds remaining to lift the Detroit Lions over the Oakland Raiders, 28-27. Trailing 27-14 late in regulation, Matthew Stafford got...

defended the throwback screen he called on second-and-1 from the Raiders' 7-yard line with 35 seconds remaining before halftime.

2011-11-27 00:00:00