| Glass of Birds' defense is primarily half-full http://www.philly.com/inqui... Defense Articles Philadelphia Inquirer - It's easy to look at the Eagles' defense with an optimistic eye as the team prepares to close out its season Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. To see the half-full glass, consider how far the defense has come in a year - while getting younger. When ... |
| Geoffrion's defense not part of family tree http://www.usatoday.com/spo... Defense Articles USA Today - Blake Geoffrion's great-grandfather Howie Morenz was an NHL scoring champion in 1927-28 and 1930-31. His grandfather Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion became the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season and won the scoring title in 1954 ... |
| Carpenter silenced by Texas defense http://msn.foxsports.com/cf... Defense Articles FOXSports.com - Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter talked smack in the days leading up to Thursday night's Holiday Bowl against Texas. The Longhorns responded by smacking the signal caller in the mouth. In bowl games, motivation level counts for a lot more ... |
| Military Paper Challenges Defense Dept. http://www.nytimes.com/2007... Defense Articles New York Times - WASHINGTON — Top editors at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes are asking for full disclosure of the paper’s relationship with a Department of Defense publicity program, called America Supports You, after disclosures that money for the ... |
| Israel Eases Gaza Blockade for a Day http://www.newsday.com/news... Defense Articles Newsday - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday and urged him to ease restrictions. Before agreeing to Tuesday's one-time shipment, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert strongly defended the blockade. He told ... |
| Bay protection eroded, bit by bit http://www.baltimoresun.com... Defense Articles Baltimore Sun - The law was designed to prevent such incursions into what is often considered the bay's last line of defense. Cutting down shoreline trees causes erosion, and the wetlands and marsh grasses that might look like weeds actually filter out pollution and ... |
| Andy, Rocket rift widening http://www.newsday.com/spor... Defense Articles Newsday - Andy Pettitte is said by friends to be upset with Roger Clemens because of Clemens' aggressive defense to the charges leveled against him in the Mitchell Report. Most of all, Pettitte didn't care for Clemens' public airing of his taped phone call ... |
| Iraq's Latest Dispute Is Over the Flag http://www.foxnews.com/wire... Defense Articles FOX News - The fiscal budget for the calendar 2008 has been stalled in parliament because the Kurds want to set aside a chunk of the defense expenditure for their own force, the peshmerga. There are also strains over the future of Kirkuk, an oil-rich city that ... |
| Giants' defense is a confident bunch http://www.newsday.com/spor... Defense Articles Newsday - Jeff Feagles had just called "heads" for the overtime coin toss, and the silver piece landed tails up. The Lambeau Field faithful went nuts and Packers defensive end Aaron Kampman raised his arms. He later said he just felt his team would march down ... |
| Perimeter defense fails http://www.philly.com/inqui... Defense Articles Philadelphia Inquirer - The second half of the season did not start any better than the first half for the 76ers. What's worse from their perspective is that it began in almost identical fashion. Unable to defend the three-point shooting of the Indiana Pacers, the Sixers ... |