Harris County AFL-CIO Council

Goals, victories tough for Bruins to come by
Feb. 05--If focus, effort and energy were measured in goals, the Bruins would have fared better in yesterday's...
Royals making moves, trying to find right pieces
Feb. 05--When the Reading Royals return to the Sovereign Center Friday night, they'll have a much different lo...
Washington tops Bandits in OT
Feb. 05--The Buffalo Bandits' woes grew a bit larger on Saturday night. Duch scored the game-winner 1:13 into...
Penalty kill in overtime saved the day
Feb. 05--UNIONDALE -- The Buffalo Sabres were in pure survival mode late in overtime Saturday night. Just to ...
Sabres escape New York with a win
Feb. 05--UNIONDALE -- When it ended on Jason Pominville's shootout goal, Ryan Miller thrust his arms in the ai...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

Car bomb kills 7, injures 19 in Kandahar
A car bomb detonated Sunday in the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, killing seven people and injuring 19...
Romney rolls to win, others still in
Despite Mitt Romney's convincing win in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, Newt Gingrich says he's not conceding th...
Steelers' Dermontti Dawson, Jack Butler make Hall of Fame
Feb. 05--INDIANAPOLIS -- That richly traveled road from Pittsburgh to Canton gained four more followers Saturd...
Brady, Eli Manning playing for history
Feb. 05--INDIANAPOLIS -- New England quarterback Tom Brady's competitive juices were stewing in the locker roo...
Republicans gear up in case Texas is a player
Feb. 05--AUSTIN -- With the Texas primary date tied up in a legal battle over redistricting, no one is sure wh...

Basketball

Troy drops home game to UL-Lafayette
Feb. 05--TROY -- Troy put together one of its better efforts in Sun Belt play this season, but couldn't close ...
Alabama beats Ole Miss in double OT
Feb. 05--TUSCALOOSA -- Looking for a hero in Alabama's gut-wrenching 69-67 double-overtime victory over Ole Mi...
MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Cougars on the prowl
Feb. 05--The third time was the charm Saturday for the Culpeper Middle School boys basketball team. In their ...
The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va., Jerry Ratcliffe column
Feb. 05--TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State was threatening to blow visiting Virginia out of the gym, having o...
This time there is no baby powder, no Palmer comeback against Doherty
Feb. 05--There was no baby powder to delay the boys' basketball game between Doherty and Palmer this time. Th...

YellowBrix Top Health

Bishop of Ogdensburg rallies opposition to contraception rule
Feb. 04--OGDENSBURG -- Bishop Terry R. LaValley is asking Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg parishioners to...
Komen restores Planned Parenthood funding
Feb. 04--Planned Parenthood representatives and supporters credited a massive outcry among the public in getti...
Raw milk's popularity grows, despite potential dangers
Feb. 04--Pete Kennedy supports what he calls a growing "back-to-local food" movement in America, and considers...
Komen foundation's quick reversal could minimize rift
Feb. 04--The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation bowed to intense public criticism and reversed its decisio...
Planned Parenthood, Komen bond in Mass.
Feb. 03--The national furor over a breast cancer charity's plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood h...

Golf

SUNDAY GRAVY: UConn's ills extend beyond Calhoun's back
Feb. 05--I could really use a cure for this mid-winter boredom. Despite Saturday's 69-46 spanking of an under...
Ripon dethrones Escalon as D-5 wrestling champ
Feb. 05--STOCKTON -- On the bench, the coach vaulted at least a few inches off the court along with his Ripon ...
Area Golf Notebook: Junior Players gets award
Feb. 05--The American Junior Golf Association has cited the volunteer staff at The Junior Players Championship...
Fort LeBoeuf ends Reynolds' run in wrestling
Feb. 05--EDINBORO -- Normally, a victory over Reynolds' wrestlers is cause for excessive celebration by its op...
Service rules state mat once again
Feb. 05--When Service senior Jacob Lunsford won his first state wrestling championship Saturday, he did so emp...

Baseball

USC Beaufort baseball team sweeps series with Mid-Continent
Feb. 05--Deep breaths helped Caleb Daniels through his first collegiate start. The USC Beaufort right-hander ...
Saturday's roundup: Florence wins league wrestling title
Feb. 05--Highlights from Saturday's high school sports action in the Pikes Peak region: At Manitou Springs: F...
Lancers open with sweep of Craven
Feb. 05--It certainly wasn't nerves or a lack of focus that cost Lenoir Community College an opening day no-hi...
Rampart grad Ryder in homestretch of career with Denver
Feb. 05--John Ryder would have considered Colorado College. The 2007 Rampart High School graduate, a defensem...
Doherty rallies for last-minute comeback victory over rival Palmer
Feb. 05--Doherty coach Pat McKiernan wanted to send his six seniors home with at least one win against Palmer....

NCAA Football

Super Bowl non-fans will replace the big game with shopping, sewing, sex
Feb. 05--Loretta Lofgren hates the Super Bowl. "My husband ignores me on Super Bowl Sunday," said Lofgren, 74...
Teens ponder the future at Winter College Fair & Expo
Feb. 05--Otis Evans likened plugging his college at Saturday's Winter College Expo to working at the mall. Ca...
UND MEN'S HOCKEY: Signing day could become vital in the future
Feb. 05--Signing day has become, perhaps, college football's biggest holiday with schools and fans waiting anx...
BRIEF: Dallas standout Dunn is headed to Division II East Stroudsburg
Feb. 05--Dallas' Shane Dunn, the leading receiver in the Wyoming Valley Conference this past season, has decid...
Woeful offense silences Cardinal in loss to Arizona
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The first home conference loss of the season for Stanford -- a 56-43 defeat Saturday to A...

Football

COLUMN: Bradshaw in Super Bowl is a big deal
Feb. 05--It will happen after Kelly Clarkson sings the national anthem and referee John Parry performs the coi...
Elkmont favorite son steps into Super Bowl history today
Feb. 05--ELKMONT -- A man driving a pickup blew his horn at Elkmont High School Principal Stan Davis when they...
Wildcats capture duals crown
Feb. 05--TYRONE -- Central Mountain's Caleb Stover and Philipsburg- Osceola's Tim Dombroski engaged in one of ...
Tiquan Underwood cut on eve of Bowl
Feb. 05--INDIANAPOLIS -- The Patriots offered a harsh reminder last night that the NFL is still a business. T...
XLVI - or 46 - things about the Super Bowl
Feb. 05--XLVI random facts, figures and observations about Super Bowl XLVI: I In case you're not up on your R...

NCAA Basketball

Campbell has another big night when Sooners needed her to step up
Feb. 05--NORMAN -- Scoring Oklahoma's last nine points in a narrow victory over Texas Tech, freshman Sharane C...
Minutes mounting up for 'Eers' Jones, Bryant
Feb. 05--It is early in the first half of the WVU men's basketball team's 72-66 loss to Pitt, on Monday. Kevi...
Lineup change benefits Vols against Georgia, 73-62
Feb. 05--Trae Golden, Tennessee's leading scorer and assist man, didn't get the start against Georgia on Satur...
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn., Mike Strange column
Feb. 05--Not that Dick Vitale noticed, but Jarnell Stokes and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a couple of talented f...
WIAC roundup: Blue Devils win again
Feb. 05--Freshman Brea Boomer scored 14 points and the UW-Stout women's basketball team won its second consec...