Renown filmmaker to speak tonight (Beaumont Journal)
Award-winning moviemaker Ken Burns will present "Sharing the American Experience" Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lutcher Theater. The lecture is presented by Lamar State College-Orange as part of the ongoing Distinguished Lecture Series. ...more...Icehawks Finalize Roster As They Prepare For Season Opener (OurSports Central)
PORT HURON, Mich. - Stan Drulia, head coach and general manager of the Port Huron Icehawks, announced that the team finalized its roster as they prepare to open their inaugural season Friday, October 19 at Flint....more... Majors record third consecutive home win (OurSports Central)
Mississauga, ON - The Mississauga St. Michael's Majors continued their 6-game homestand this evening against their crosstown rivals, the Brampton Battalion. The Majors impressively secured a 7-3 win allowing them to notch their third straight home game....more... Whalers' Blue-Collar Effort Pays Off in Win Over Oshawa (OurSports Central)
You could tell it was going to be a special night last Saturday when John Tavares and the Oshawa Generals came to play the Plymouth Whalers - without even going into Compuware Arena....more... College sports briefs (Roanoke Times)
Radford women picked to win Big South COLLEGE BASKETBALL Radford women picked to win Big South CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? Radford was picked to win the Big South women?s basketball title in a preseason poll of coaches, sports information directors and media members Tuesday at the league?s media day. ...more... Top of the 2nd (Charleston Daily Mail)
Winfield senior Katie Cloxton recently committed to play women's basketball at Campbell University following her graduation in the spring, making her the third Division I commitment in West Virginia among this year's class of seniors....more... More News (The Progress-Index)
PETERSBURG - No pitcher who ever faced Larry Toombs ever questioned his ability to beat you with the bat, just ask ASA Hall of Famer Ty Stofflet or the legendary Eddie Feigner, of The King and His Court....more... Gordie Howe Kicks Off Book Tour With Stop In Port Huron (OurSports Central)
PORT HURON, Mich. - The Port Huron Icehawks of the International Hockey League announce that they will celebrate home opening weekend and the return of old school hockey with a visit on Sunday, October 28 from legendary Detroit Red Wing and Hockey Hall of Fame member Gordie Howe....more... Outlook: Break the Blackwater Habit (Washington Post)
P.W. Singer, director of the Brookings Institute's 21st Century Defense Initiative and author of "Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry," was online Monday, Oct. 08 at 11:30 a.m. ET to take readers' questions on his Outlook article listing the myriad ways he sees military outsourcing hampering U.S. efforts in Iraq. ...more... |