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...that this sort of opening performance is not necessarily cause for panic. First of all, Harvard’s caliber of schedule is no joke. Hofstra was coming off a near-upset of No. 25 Indiana and beat Princeton earlier in the year. As for Long Beach State, the 49ers had dominated No. 21 Missouri, 4-1, before heading to Cambridge. Just as importantly, last year’s team also took some time to get going, and look where they ended up—the NCAA Tournament. To take the comparison even further, that group’s first...
...Crimson down 3-2 on Sunday, the celebration ended as quickly as it started.“It was a depressing game, definitely a difficult game,” said senior goalkeeper Lauren Mann after the Crimson’s 2-0 loss to the Long Beach State 49ers. “Each game we’re all learning lessons and building off of the mistakes of previous games.”Despite the disappointment, second-year Coach Ray Leone and the senior members of his team believe this past week has motivated the 2008 Ivy League Champions...
...last February's Super Bowl, Fitzgerald made 30 catches for 546 yards, scoring seven touchdowns in the process - all postseason records. His encore starts on Sunday, Sept. 13, when the Cardinals, who suffered a heart-breaking Super Bowl loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, host the San Francisco 49ers in their 2009 opener. On the eve of the NFL season, Fitzgerald talked to TIME about Michael Vick, his fantasy football past and what exactly makes those diva wide receivers tick...
...snaps, he can look for his former rival downfield.Prinecton’s Jonathan Drekker is listed on the Steelers active roster, but he doesn’t yet have a place in their depth chart, while across the country, fellow Tiger Zak Keasey is playing backup to the 49ers Moran Norris at fullback. Dennis Norman, also a Princeton grad, is a backup center for the Jaguars.The only Elis on the NFL radar are Eric Johnson and Nate Lawrie. Johnson was released by the Saints last year before the start of the season to join Lawrie floating in the free...
...luck dates back to the beginning. In 1998, San Francisco 49ers running back Garrison Hearst was the first person other than Madden to appear on the cover of the game, which debuted in 1989. During the playoffs, Hearst suffered a severe broken ankle that torpedoed not only that season but the following two as well. The following year's cover boy, Detroit Lions RB Barry Sanders - who only appeared in a silhouette behind Madden - announced he would be hanging up his spikes before training camp...