http://nflfanforum.com/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:58:27 +0000 MyBB http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4343.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:57:19 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4343.html
Ward was sentenced to 12 months' probation, 80 hours of community service and a $2,000 fine. He also pleaded no contest to failing to maintain his lane, according to reports.]]>
Ward was sentenced to 12 months' probation, 80 hours of community service and a $2,000 fine. He also pleaded no contest to failing to maintain his lane, according to reports.]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4342.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:52:08 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4342.html

Ronald Belisario, the troubled Los Angeles Dodgers reliever who missed all of last season because of visa problems in his native Venezuela, said Wednesday that it was a positive test for cocaine that kept him from obtaining the necessary paperwork that would have allowed him to enter the United States.

Belisario, who must serve a 25-game suspension at the start of this season for failing to comply with baseball's drug policy, said he used the drug only once -- he didn't remember when or where -- and that he hasn't sought treatment for drug abuse.]]>

Ronald Belisario, the troubled Los Angeles Dodgers reliever who missed all of last season because of visa problems in his native Venezuela, said Wednesday that it was a positive test for cocaine that kept him from obtaining the necessary paperwork that would have allowed him to enter the United States.

Belisario, who must serve a 25-game suspension at the start of this season for failing to comply with baseball's drug policy, said he used the drug only once -- he didn't remember when or where -- and that he hasn't sought treatment for drug abuse.]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4341.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:40:49 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4341.html http://video.foxnews.com/v/1316735285001...em_outloud]]> http://video.foxnews.com/v/1316735285001...em_outloud]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4340.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:29:12 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4340.html

There's no kidding around about this - goats develop accents, a United Kingdom study suggests.

Scientists previously believed that the calls of goats, which have limited vocal abilities, were determined by genetics. Instead, this research found that kids -young goats - adapt their calls to their social group.

Elodie Briefer and Alan McElligott from the Queen Mary University of London recorded and analyzed the calls 23 young goats on a U.K. farm.

They found that kids that were full siblings had more similar calls at a young age, but as they got older, their calls became more like the calls of other goats in their social groups

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/k...z1n7o9aqVn]]>

There's no kidding around about this - goats develop accents, a United Kingdom study suggests.

Scientists previously believed that the calls of goats, which have limited vocal abilities, were determined by genetics. Instead, this research found that kids -young goats - adapt their calls to their social group.

Elodie Briefer and Alan McElligott from the Queen Mary University of London recorded and analyzed the calls 23 young goats on a U.K. farm.

They found that kids that were full siblings had more similar calls at a young age, but as they got older, their calls became more like the calls of other goats in their social groups

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/k...z1n7o9aqVn]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4339.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:52:06 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4339.html

Glover Teixeira (17-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has signed with the UFC.

After visa issues ultimately forced him out of the U.S. and ruined the possibility of a deal with the world's top promotion, the fast-rising light heavyweight has inked a UFC deal.

MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the signing with a source close to the fighter.

The 32-year-old Teixeira is expected to make his promotional debut in early summer, though a specific date and opponent have not been determined.

Read more: http://mmajunkie.com/news/27514/glover-t...-debut.mma]]>

Glover Teixeira (17-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has signed with the UFC.

After visa issues ultimately forced him out of the U.S. and ruined the possibility of a deal with the world's top promotion, the fast-rising light heavyweight has inked a UFC deal.

MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the signing with a source close to the fighter.

The 32-year-old Teixeira is expected to make his promotional debut in early summer, though a specific date and opponent have not been determined.

Read more: http://mmajunkie.com/news/27514/glover-t...-debut.mma]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4338.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:56 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4338.html

Nate Marquardt is back in the Zuffa family.

Less than a year after his departure from UFC, Marquardt has signed a new deal with Strikeforce to compete in their welterweight division.

The announcement was made via UFC Tonight on Tuesday on Fuel TV.

According to the report, Marquardt has signed a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce and he will compete at 170 pounds in 2012.

While there was no confirmation on his debut date or opponent, current expectations are for Marquardt to meet Tyron Woodley for the vacant Strikeforce welterweight title later this year.

Read more: http://www.mmaweekly.com/nate-marquardt-...trikeforce]]>

Nate Marquardt is back in the Zuffa family.

Less than a year after his departure from UFC, Marquardt has signed a new deal with Strikeforce to compete in their welterweight division.

The announcement was made via UFC Tonight on Tuesday on Fuel TV.

According to the report, Marquardt has signed a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce and he will compete at 170 pounds in 2012.

While there was no confirmation on his debut date or opponent, current expectations are for Marquardt to meet Tyron Woodley for the vacant Strikeforce welterweight title later this year.

Read more: http://www.mmaweekly.com/nate-marquardt-...trikeforce]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4337.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:22:58 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4337.html
Team owner Zygi Wilf, Gov. Mark Dayton and chief authors of the stadium bill met Tuesday at the Capitol in St. Paul.

Bagley said "complicated negotiations" are going on between the Vikings, the state and the city of Minneapolis. He compared the talks to a prenuptial agreement. "We have to live with each other for the next 30 years," he said.

Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/759735...ns-ongoing]]>
Team owner Zygi Wilf, Gov. Mark Dayton and chief authors of the stadium bill met Tuesday at the Capitol in St. Paul.

Bagley said "complicated negotiations" are going on between the Vikings, the state and the city of Minneapolis. He compared the talks to a prenuptial agreement. "We have to live with each other for the next 30 years," he said.

Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/759735...ns-ongoing]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4336.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:21:29 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4336.html

The Miami Dolphins will not offer former second-round pick Chad Henne a new contract when the quarterback reaches unrestricted free agency, league sources told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Tuesday.]]>

The Miami Dolphins will not offer former second-round pick Chad Henne a new contract when the quarterback reaches unrestricted free agency, league sources told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Tuesday.]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4335.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:18:36 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4335.html http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4334.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:17:50 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4334.html

Former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, the projected No. 1 overall pick in April's NFL draft, has been training with quarterback guru George Whitfield.

Whitfield, who worked with last year's No. 1 pick Cam Newton, said Tuesday he had three sessions with Luck in Los Angeles leading into the NFL scouting combine later this week in Indianapolis. He also said he'll move to Palo Alto, Calif., to work with Luck for three more weeks before his pro day on March 22.]]>

Former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, the projected No. 1 overall pick in April's NFL draft, has been training with quarterback guru George Whitfield.

Whitfield, who worked with last year's No. 1 pick Cam Newton, said Tuesday he had three sessions with Luck in Los Angeles leading into the NFL scouting combine later this week in Indianapolis. He also said he'll move to Palo Alto, Calif., to work with Luck for three more weeks before his pro day on March 22.]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4333.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:14:14 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4333.html

Tom Martinez, the longtime coach and mentor of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, died Tuesday on his 66th birthday, a source confirmed to ESPN.com senior NFL writer John Clayton.

The Patriots offered their condolences to Martinez's family on Twitter on Tuesday night.

"Our sincere condolences go out to the Martinez family & all those he mentored throughout his incredible career," the team wrote.

Martinez, whose health had been declining due to complications from diabetes, was seeking a kidney transplant. He had been a mentor to many football players in the Bay Area.

"We were convinced the dialysis was slowly killing him," Martinez's wife, Olivia, told the New York Daily News on Tuesday.

Read more: http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id...dy-dies-66]]>

Tom Martinez, the longtime coach and mentor of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, died Tuesday on his 66th birthday, a source confirmed to ESPN.com senior NFL writer John Clayton.

The Patriots offered their condolences to Martinez's family on Twitter on Tuesday night.

"Our sincere condolences go out to the Martinez family & all those he mentored throughout his incredible career," the team wrote.

Martinez, whose health had been declining due to complications from diabetes, was seeking a kidney transplant. He had been a mentor to many football players in the Bay Area.

"We were convinced the dialysis was slowly killing him," Martinez's wife, Olivia, told the New York Daily News on Tuesday.

Read more: http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id...dy-dies-66]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4332.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:43:14 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4332.html http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4331.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:05:47 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4331.html

Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first lab-grown hamburger later this year.

The aim of the research is to develop a more efficient way of producing meat than rearing animals.

At a major science meeting in Canada, Prof Mark Post said synthetic meat could reduce the environmental footprint of meat by up to 60%.

"We would gain a tremendous amount in terms of resources," he said.

Professor Post's group at Maastricht University in the Netherlands has grown small pieces of muscle about 2cm long, 1cm wide and about a mm thick.

They are off-white and resemble strips of calamari in appearance. These strips will be mixed with blood and artificially grown fat to produce a hamburger by the autumn.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16972761]]>

Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first lab-grown hamburger later this year.

The aim of the research is to develop a more efficient way of producing meat than rearing animals.

At a major science meeting in Canada, Prof Mark Post said synthetic meat could reduce the environmental footprint of meat by up to 60%.

"We would gain a tremendous amount in terms of resources," he said.

Professor Post's group at Maastricht University in the Netherlands has grown small pieces of muscle about 2cm long, 1cm wide and about a mm thick.

They are off-white and resemble strips of calamari in appearance. These strips will be mixed with blood and artificially grown fat to produce a hamburger by the autumn.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16972761]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4330.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:03:23 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4330.html

Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, the narrow-leafed campion, that died 32,000 years ago, a team of Russian scientists reports. The fruit was stored by an arctic ground squirrel in its burrow on the tundra of northeastern Siberia and lay permanently frozen until excavated by scientists a few years ago.

his would be the oldest plant by far that has ever been grown from ancient tissue. The present record is held by a date palm grown from a seed some 2,000 years old that was recovered from the ancient fortress of Masada in Israel.

Seeds and certain cells can last a long term under the right conditions, but many claims of extreme longevity have failed on closer examination, and biologists are likely to greet this claim, too, with reserve until it can be independently confirmed. Tales of wheat grown from seeds in the tombs of the pharaohs have long been discredited. Lupines were germinated from seeds in a 10,000-year-old lemming burrow found by a gold miner in the Yukon. But the seeds, later dated by the radiocarbon method, turned out to be modern contaminants.

read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/scienc...s-ago.html]]>

Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, the narrow-leafed campion, that died 32,000 years ago, a team of Russian scientists reports. The fruit was stored by an arctic ground squirrel in its burrow on the tundra of northeastern Siberia and lay permanently frozen until excavated by scientists a few years ago.

his would be the oldest plant by far that has ever been grown from ancient tissue. The present record is held by a date palm grown from a seed some 2,000 years old that was recovered from the ancient fortress of Masada in Israel.

Seeds and certain cells can last a long term under the right conditions, but many claims of extreme longevity have failed on closer examination, and biologists are likely to greet this claim, too, with reserve until it can be independently confirmed. Tales of wheat grown from seeds in the tombs of the pharaohs have long been discredited. Lupines were germinated from seeds in a 10,000-year-old lemming burrow found by a gold miner in the Yukon. But the seeds, later dated by the radiocarbon method, turned out to be modern contaminants.

read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/scienc...s-ago.html]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4329.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:59:10 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4329.html

Palaeontologists working in the United Arab Emirates have uncovered elephant footprints that are seven million years old, making them the oldest of their kind and possibly the longest preserved trackway in the world.

The find, reported on Wednesday in the British journal Biology Letters, was made at a site called Mleisa 1, in the UAE's Baynunah Formation, a geological outcrop dated to the Late Miocene.

The footprints came from a herd of at least 13 elephants, ranging from adults to a young calf, as they walked through mud.

The traces hardened, became buried and seven million years later became exposed once more through erosion. They are the oldest fossil evidence of an elephant herd.

A larger imprint, distant from the others in the herd, is believed to be that of a male.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Scie...z1n2564GbV]]>

Palaeontologists working in the United Arab Emirates have uncovered elephant footprints that are seven million years old, making them the oldest of their kind and possibly the longest preserved trackway in the world.

The find, reported on Wednesday in the British journal Biology Letters, was made at a site called Mleisa 1, in the UAE's Baynunah Formation, a geological outcrop dated to the Late Miocene.

The footprints came from a herd of at least 13 elephants, ranging from adults to a young calf, as they walked through mud.

The traces hardened, became buried and seven million years later became exposed once more through erosion. They are the oldest fossil evidence of an elephant herd.

A larger imprint, distant from the others in the herd, is believed to be that of a male.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Scie...z1n2564GbV]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4328.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:53:38 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4328.html [/align]]]> [/align]]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4327.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:26:13 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4327.html

Scheduled to take place on April 1, 2012 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida


1 The Rock vs. John Cena Singles match
2 Daniel Bryan © vs. Sheamus Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
3 The Undertaker vs. Triple H Hell in a Cell match[26]
4 CM Punk © vs. Chris Jericho Singles match for the WWE Championship]]>

Scheduled to take place on April 1, 2012 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida


1 The Rock vs. John Cena Singles match
2 Daniel Bryan © vs. Sheamus Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
3 The Undertaker vs. Triple H Hell in a Cell match[26]
4 CM Punk © vs. Chris Jericho Singles match for the WWE Championship]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4326.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:15:33 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4326.html

North Texas football coach Dan McCarney is out of the hospital following a stroke last week.

McCarney felt his left side go numb Feb. 12 and was taken to an area hospital. Doctors later confirmed he had a stroke.]]>

North Texas football coach Dan McCarney is out of the hospital following a stroke last week.

McCarney felt his left side go numb Feb. 12 and was taken to an area hospital. Doctors later confirmed he had a stroke.]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4325.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:13:51 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4325.html

The former top executive of the Fiesta Bowl has reached a plea deal with Arizona prosecutors to settle allegations related to a political donations scandal.

Arizona Attorney General's Office spokeswoman Amy Rezzonico confirmed Sunday that John Junker will appear in court on Tuesday, although she said she was barred from providing details before the hearing.

Junker's lawyer, Stephen Dichter, said in a statement that his client plans to plead guilty to a single felony count in state court and another in federal court related to his role in soliciting political contributions from Fiesta Bowl employees who were later reimbursed by the bowl. The Arizona Republic first reported the deal in Sunday's editions.

The bowl reimbursed employees about $48,000 over a nine-year period.]]>

The former top executive of the Fiesta Bowl has reached a plea deal with Arizona prosecutors to settle allegations related to a political donations scandal.

Arizona Attorney General's Office spokeswoman Amy Rezzonico confirmed Sunday that John Junker will appear in court on Tuesday, although she said she was barred from providing details before the hearing.

Junker's lawyer, Stephen Dichter, said in a statement that his client plans to plead guilty to a single felony count in state court and another in federal court related to his role in soliciting political contributions from Fiesta Bowl employees who were later reimbursed by the bowl. The Arizona Republic first reported the deal in Sunday's editions.

The bowl reimbursed employees about $48,000 over a nine-year period.]]> http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4324.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:00:13 +0000 http://nflfanforum.com/thread-4324.html
Predators chairman Tom Cigarran announced Monday that Poile's contract now runs through the 2014-15 season. Assistant general manager Paul Fenton was also given an extended contract.]]>
Predators chairman Tom Cigarran announced Monday that Poile's contract now runs through the 2014-15 season. Assistant general manager Paul Fenton was also given an extended contract.]]>