Posts Tagged ‘Former’

The Buffalo Sabres have hired former defenceman Teppo Numminen as an assistant coach. Head coach Lindy Ruff announced the move on Saturday as the Sabres opened training camp.

Eleanor Mondale, a U.S. vice president’s daughter who carved out her own identity as a broadcast journalist and gossip magnet, has died at her home in Minnesota. She was 51.

Brian Hill has agreed to be an assistant for new Detroit Pistons coach Lawrence Frank, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t made an announcement.

Hard-serving Canadian Milos Raonic will square off against American Pete Sampras in a tennis exhibition in November.

Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez has been arrested in Florida.

Ryan Howard homered in his return to the lineup and Roy Halladay continued the Phillies’ pitching dominance in Milwaukee, leading Philadelphia to a 5-3 victory over the Brewers on Friday night.

Former MLS player Rhine dead at age 35

Posted: September 6, 2011 in Sports
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Bobby Rhine, who played for FC Dallas in its formative days as the Dallas Burn before calling the team’s games on TV, has died. He was 35.

Chicago starter Zach Stewart took a perfect game into the eighth inning and finished with a one-hitter as the White Sox completed a doubleheader sweep of the Twins with a 4-0 victory on Monday night.

The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal sentenced the former chief of the Yugoslav army to 27 years imprisonment for providing crucial military aid to Bosnian Serb forces responsible for the Srebrenica massacre and for a deadly four-year campaign of shelling and sniping in Sarajevo.

Officials say former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Lee Roy Selmon has been hospitalized and remains in critical condition. Selmon, who once served as athletic director at the University of South Florida, was drafted by the Buccaneers in 1976.