Rookies get life lessons before maiden season
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Before the on-court schooling begins,  the NBA&#39;s rookie class of 2007 are being taught lessons in life  beyond the hardcourt.
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Three Jets rookie defensive backs, including Roderick Bryant, have displayed poise and maturity beyond their years in training camp.
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The Chicago Bears planned to have Craig Krenzel spend a season on the sidelines, watching and learning as so many rookie quarterbacks do.
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Robert Gallery refuses to evaluate himself this early into his rookie season. He'll have all offseason for that.
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Brett Favre might start a game with a rookie center for the first time in his 14 NFL seasons.
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On an opening day that held few surprises, the first-round matches offered personal milestones on divergent paths for rookie John Isner and another young American, Donald Young.
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Phil Mickelson&#39;s notable move was to take a pass on playing a practice round Wednesday. The reason: Team captain Hal Sutton told his players to prepare for Friday&#39;s first day however each sees fit.
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What a way to test a rookie quarterback: Give him his first NFL start against the defending NFC champions and their vaunted defense.
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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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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The Celtics rookies quickly learned the importance of early wake-up calls. With ankles taped at the team hotel, Al Jefferson, Delonte West, Tony Allen, and Justin Reed needed to show up well before the veterans or risk being bumped to the back of the line. It could be a long wait for any rookie who overslept. Then ...
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Sport: World No 1 developed his skills as a teeanger  against backdrop of racism at his first club.
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The rookie made a case for himself as the future of the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, only it wasn&#39;t the rookie most were expecting.
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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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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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It was a simple warm-up drill during yesterday's practice, players lifting their feet as they quickly raced over bags placed on the ground.
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Trev Faulk will be making his first career start, and he might get a chance to tackle his cousin for the first time.