Kansas City StarCHRIS OBERHOLTZ/The Kansas City This is the view that so many defenders have had of Olathe Northwest's Nick Bandy: That No. 80 jersey, pulling away. "factbox" --> More News Everybody who has watched Olathe Northwest play football comes away talking about Nick Bandy. A senior four-way starter for the Ravens, Bandy isn't mentioned often among the Sunflower League's most talented...
Taipei TimesOn a recent minus 12°C night in this Twin Cities suburb, two men’s teams skated and stick-handled and zeroed in on goal. But they were not playing hockey. The rink was 110 yards long and 60 yards wide, about the size of a soccer field. Each side had 11 players, and they passed and shot a small orange ball, not a puck, toward the 7-foot-high, 11-foot-wide net. The game was...
The New York TimesROSEVILLE, Minn. - On a recent 10-degree night in this Twin Cities suburb, two men's teams skated and stick-handled and zeroed in on goal. But they were not playing hockey. The rink was 110 yards long and 60 yards wide, about the size of a soccer field. Each side had 11 players, and they passed and shot a small orange ball, not a puck, toward the 7-foot-high, 11-foot-wide net....
Mining WeeklyTORONTO (miningweekly.com) – While Western Australian coal producers start 2011 battling record rainfall levels and floods, the North American coal sector appears all set for a hot year of mergers, acquisitions and asset auctions. Tampa, Florida-based Walter Energy has already got the ball rolling, with an agreement in December to buy Canada's Western Coal for...
NZ HeraldWellington coach Gordon McLeod has coached extensively in the Australian National BasketballLeague. Photo / Getty Images Work has started for a second New Zealand team to become part of the Australian National Basketball League. The Wellington Saints have been conducting a feasibility study into the possibility since November. The criteria for the revamped ANBL will be...
Sydney Morning HeraldWhen Michael Clarke succumbed to injury, talk in the Australian one-day camp turned to an exciting left-handed batsman who had taken the domestic scene by storm. But it was not David Warner. Speedster Ryan Harris has revealed how close comeback king Lee Carseldine came to a national call-up after returning to the Queensland line-up for Wednesday night's Twenty20 preliminary...
Kansas City StarMore News Olathe Northwest defeated Leavenworth 35-0 in a Sunflower Leaguegame at Leavenworth Friday. And if you just look at the score you would think this was a rout, but midway through the second quarter the game was scoreless. "Our defense had to make some adjustments," Ravens coach Todd Dain said. It was senior Nick Bandy who turned the game around for the Ravens, who...
GoalFiona Crawford thinks every Aussie A-League fan should hug and high-five a Kiwi. Despite the FFA’s best efforts to talk it up, Round 12 of the A-League was looking like a weekendfootball wasteland. Lawrie McKinna’s steady Scottish hand would lead the Central Coast Mariners to another consistent victory, this time over local rivals and last season’s wooden spooners...
The Times of India12 Nov 2008, 1841 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: Western Australia Warriors will face Pakistan's Sialkot Stallions in their opening match of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 on December 4 at Chinnaswamy Stadium in...
Kansas City StarMore News Coaches love to talk about the example their seniors set for the younger players on a team, how it sets a tone for the season and ultimately is critical to a team's success or failure. Few athletes at Olathe South High School have ever set a better example that Trip Hiller. Hiller was a standout at linebacker for the football team, leading the Falcons with 81 tackles...