Rookies get life lessons before maiden season
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Before the on-court schooling begins, the NBA's rookie class of 2007 are being taught lessons in life beyond the hardcourt.
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AMHERST -- They're talented but inexperienced, so flawless play is a bit much to expect of the University of Massachusetts Minutemen at this stage of the season.
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They are 22 years old, rookies barely out of their junior years at Miami and Louisiana State, but one is already starting for the defending Super Bowl champions, while the other is trying to break through the group of young defensive ends in front of him.
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Kiddie City broke camp yesterday, and now the Bruins get down to serious business. Training camp, the first under the direction of new coach Dave Lewis , officially gets under way today with veterans and a sprinkling of holdover rookies reporting for duty at the Ristuccia Center.
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A growing number of first-year coaches have something that not even Pat Summitt can boast on a rÃ©sumÃ©: W.N.B.A. playing experience.
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The lessons learned in the cattle fields of Burns, Ore., will come in handy Sunday in Baltimore if Kellen Clemens is called upon to make his first N.F.L. start.
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When he first arrived in New England as a wide-eyed rookie in 1996, Lawyer Milloy listened closely to the older players in the locker room. He still remembers the words of Bruce Armstrong and Ben Coates.
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The first year, it was the growing pains of learning a new system. The second year, it was the growing pains of a freshman quarterback.
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In some ways, this is shaping up as a fine rookie season for Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Michael Clayton, a first-round draft pick this year out of LSU.
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Rich McKay likes what he sees among today's NFL rookies.
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In the NFL, where it doesn&#39;t take long for one man&#39;s soup du jour to become everyone&#39;s flavor of the month, the latest recipe for success has arrived: Start a rookie quarterback.
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New data gives a peek into how the players are posed to do.
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Patriots FOXBOROUGH -- One of the messages that rookies often hear when they first arrive at Gillette Stadium is that it doesn't matter when they were drafted. All that counts, coach Bill Belichick says, is how they perform on the field.
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Though Vince Young says that growing up, the streets taught him to never run from anyone, it is his impressive speed and agility that has made him a standout in his rookie season.
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Fred Smoot couldn't wait to get rookie cornerback Cedric Griffin to training camp. Entering his sixth NFL season, Smoot has become an expert in the time-honored tradition of rookie hazing.
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When the National League Rookie of the Year is revealed Monday, fans will get a glimpse into whether or not the writers favored numbers or intangibles.
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Tom Lehman, making his debut as U.S.   Ryder Cup captain at the K Club this week, owned up to his   first rookie mistake on Wednesday.