Darren Sproles

Sports, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways

2013-02-13 19:30:00

Cupid's juiced. Lance Armstrong's head is corked. Is there anything left to love about modern sports, the apparent bastion of liars, cheats and psychopaths? Well, here are 100 Valentines dedicated to all that's still good about sports. "There are really...

Chris Paul is a big Drew Brees fan

2011-12-27 16:33:47

Unique set of skills highlight Tavon Austin at the right time

2013-04-23 14:36:00

Imagine the football field as a chess board, its synthetic green grass replaced with two-toned squares. Picture wideouts as rooks rocketing up and down the edges of the board and backs as bishops slashing through a front line of pawns. Tight ends and...

St. Louis Rams trade up to select Tavon Austin in the first round

2013-04-25 21:38:00

Representing Dunbar High with a maroon suit and maroon tie, Tavon Austin strolled into Radio City Music Hall around 7 p.m. Thursday night to see his lifelong dream fulfilled. At 7:34 p.m., he and 22 other top prospects were introduced to the crowd....

Tavon Austin in St. Louis could be the next 'Greatest Show on Turf'

2013-04-25 18:37:00

One of my favorite assignments in the past year or so was the feature I did this week on former Dunbar and West Virginia star Tavon Austin, who for weeks has had talent evaluators in NFL organizations and in the media salivating about what he might do...

Ray Lewis doesn't disappoint in his final game at M&T Bank Stadium

2013-01-06 18:41:00

Minutes after a grinning Ray Lewis swaggered out of the tunnel and did his trademark dance much to the delight of fans and teammates, the Ravens' star middle linebacker was suddenly all business again. The smile quickly left Lewis' face as kickoff...

Ray Rice's first down doesn't stand alone in Ravens lore

2012-11-27 16:02:00

Ravens fans are still atwitter about Ray Rice's 30-yard mad dash for that game-saving first down Sunday in San Diego, and why not? It brought the Ravens back from the dead. It put them in position to eliminate the Pittsburgh Steelers from AFC North...

Scoreboard -- Nov. 3, 2012

2012-11-03 22:23:00

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

Enemy film breakdown: Some statistics, and the one player Michael Vick must account for on the Saints' otherwise bad defense

2012-11-02 16:24:22

Peyton, Broncos shred Saints 34-14

2012-10-28 20:56:00

Peyton Manning threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns as Denver routed the Saints 34-14 Sunday night. The Saints defense, ranked last in the league, allowed 530 total yards. The Saints defense allowed touchdown drives of 98 yards in the first quarter,...

Scoreboard -- Nov. 2, 2012

2012-11-02 22:48:00

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Oklahoma at Iowa State, 11 a.m. (ABC); Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Temple at Louisville,...

Scoreboard -- Nov. 24, 2012

2012-11-24 22:36:00

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| �Soccer -- Premiere League, Liverpool at Swansea, 7:15 a.m. (ESPN2). �National Football League -- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, noon (FOX); Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at New...

, for a 5-yard loss on fourth-and-2 with 30 seconds remaining. "That just shows that Ray really watches film and he's really a smart player," Sproles said. "We ran that play the whole game, and he finally just shot the gap and he read it right.

2012-12-30 00:00:00

I won't pretend to know how the backfield will shake out from week to week in Nola. I do know Ivory has back-to-back double-digit games and also turned out one of the more spectacular TD runs of the season on Sunday.

2012-11-13 13:15:00

, but I do know that Sproles' ability to catch the ball and run away from pretty much every linebacker in the game is unmatched. At some point on Saturday, Jim Schwartz might as well have tried putting a cornerback on Sproles, just to try and get his defense off the field on third down.

2012-01-01 00:00:00