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Lawrence Okoye: Discus thrower signs for San Francisco 49ers
British/Nigerian Lawrence Okoye signs with the San Francisco 49ers (photo: espn.go.com)
British Olympic discus thrower Lawrence Okoye has signed for the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent.
Okoye, who finished 12th in the discus at London 2012, has never played a competitive game of American football.
“It’s going to be a baptism of fire but I don’t set limits on myself,”...
2013 NFL Draft: Ziggy Ansah drafted by Detroit Lions at No. 5 overall
Ezekiel Ziggy Ansah
NEW YORK — Rated by the NFLDraftScout.com team as the No. 1 defensive end prospect in the land, Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah didn’t have to wait long to hear his name called as the Lions picked Ansah with the No. 5 overall pick in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday.
The former BYU standout originally wasn’t supposed to be in this spot. When he landed...
Lights out Super Bowl! Ravens make final stand to beat Niners for NFL title
Joe Flacco
NEW ORLEANS – The Baltimore Ravens shook off an unprecedented Superdome blackout and a near improbable second-half comeback by the San Francisco 49ers, to hold on and capture one of the greatest, and certainly wildest, Super Bowls 34-31.
In the end it was the aged, but still game, Ravens defense that delivered one final goal-line stand to clinch victory. A fourth-down pass from Niners...
NFL PPK National Champion Matiwos Rumley to be an honorary captain for AFC Championship game
NFL PPK National Champion Matiwos Rumley will join Kevin Faulk and Matt Light as honorary captains for the AFC Championship game.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Patriots fan and 2012 NFL PUNT, PASS & KICK (PPK) national champion Matiwos Rumley will join former Patriots Kevin Faulk and Matt Light as an honorary captain for Sunday’s AFC Championship game.
Matiwos (pronounced Ma-tee-YOSE), 7, of Hebron,...
Junior Seau dead at 43 from gunshot wound to chest
Oceanside, CA – Police have confirmed that former San Diego Charger linebacker Junior Seau has died of a gunshot wound to the chest on Wednesday. He was 43.
Police are investigating his death as a possible suicide.
Police reported that a woman, who indicated that she was Seau’s girlfriend, called police at about 9:35 a.m. reporting that she had returned home and found Seau unconscious in...
