Bouncers fly as Fletcher talks a good game
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If England&#39;s bowlers summon up as many bouncers in tomorrow&#39;s Champions Trophy final as did their coach Duncan Fletcher yesterday, then Brian Lara can expect another torrid time.
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WASHINGTON -- The heavy lifting has been done. The long plane rides to exotic lands and the tough nights on the road playing in front of raucous crowds are a memory for now.
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The club where 'Bolton Bullet' Amir Khan learnt to box is inundated with calls from youngsters.
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WALTHAM -- Thanks to Ricky Davis and rookie Tony Allen, the high-flying acrobatics of last season have returned to the Celtics' offensive repertoire.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Maybe this one will come back to haunt the Celtics on the day the ping-pong balls fall, but in the here and now, yesterday's 96-88 overtime victory over the Nets had an unmistakable feel-good quality about it.
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There is a season, turn, turn, turn for Rolly.
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Darren Fletcher is determined to show Sir Alex Ferguson that he is worthy of a Manchester United place at any stage of the season, not just the end.
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WHILST Nicolas Anelka appears to play his own version of `I&#39;mA Celebrity Get Me Out of Here,&#39; the rest of the City squad are getting on with making a decent fist of life in the Premiership jungle.
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One of the marks of a great player is the ability to produce when it matters. This was England&#39;s most important one-day game of the season.
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Wayne Rooney scored twice to keep alive Manchester United&#39;s fading hopes of winning the Premiership. Alan Shearer and Patrick Kluivert went close for Newcastle before Rooney volleyed home Darren Fletcher&#39;s cross.
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Forgotten man Darren Fletcher insists he still has a big part to play at Manchester United. With all the chopping and changing Sir Alex Ferguson has been forced into this season, most United fans are scratching
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WALTHAM -- As the final five seconds of their 29th straight victory ticked off the clock, the third straight sellout crowd at the Dana Center standing as one, the five Bentley players on the floor formed a tight circle near the sideline and bounced up and down, arm in arm, smiling ear to ear.
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In the middle of the room, the dominoes were moving fast and furious yesterday. In the corner, linebacker Clint Ingram dribbled a basketball and let it be known he can play that game, too. The music coming from where the offensive linemen dressed was worth dancing to, so they did.
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Defensive players dream of making game-breaking hits like the one Mansfield cornerback Brett McDermott delivered yesterday.
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Wayne Rooney is not the only youngster generating a buzz of excitement around Old Trafford at the moment.
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After what was billed as the day of destiny for Great Britain&#39;s success-starved players and fans alike, there was a certain sense of inevitability about the result.
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Michael Vaughan is still upbeat about England&#39;s chances of success in the Champions Trophy despite seeing them take a backward step at Lord&#39;s.