Archive for July, 2011
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Dominque Barnes has signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions. The former Youngstown State Wide Receiver grew up in Michigan and will surely flourish in a system needing offense. Barnes always told me he was going to get to the next level, no matter what, so congratulations Dominique ...
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
People on the inside recognize the name of Frank Duarte. Duarte was an active professional boxer from 1973-1989. He was once the number two ranked Bantamweight in the world. Keep in mind, in those days there were only really two governing bodies controlling boxing - the WBA and WBC, so ...
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Former Youngstown State cornerback Brandian Ross (Richmond, Va.) has signed as an undrafted free agent with the World Champion Green Bay Packers. Ross is the first YSU defensive player to sign with an NFL franchise as an undrafted free agent since Russell Stuvaints in 2003.
Ross, a second-team All-Missouri Valley Football ...
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers (22-17) celebrated Christmas in July in more than one way. In the spirit of Christmas, the Scrappers were in a giving mood committing four errors. Despite the generosity, Santa saved the day with some good bats he dumped down the Chimney of the Scrappers clubhouse, as ...
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
When I first met Heather Sahli at a Scrappers game a couple of years ago, I was intimidated. Heather was pointing in a hundred directions and talking out of both sides of her mouth, it was scary. Having gotten to know Heather, it is amazing that someone can multi-task to ...
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
On a balmy day in late July, I entered Jack Loew's Southside Boxing Club to speak with Loew and Kelly Pavlik about the future and how serious a contender Pavlik can be going forward. Having been pretty on-the-spot with Loew lately, I can sense a twinkle in his eyes when ...
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Monday, July 25th, 2011
Meet Jake Lowery. He has started his professional baseball career with a bang. Drafted in the fourth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians, the James Madison alumnus has been a standout for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Lowery recently won the Johnny Bench Award, which ...
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Monday, July 25th, 2011
If 2010 was any indication of what Jamiane Cook is capable of, then two very high preseason honors are predicting he will perform well again for Youngstown State in 2011. Cook has been named to the Walter Payton Award preseason watch list. The Walter Payton award honors the top Offensive ...
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