Eric Weddle has climbed a lot of mountains in his career at Utah. He's played a pivotal role in blazing several successful trails. The journeys include a pair of trips to the top of the Mountain West Conference. In 2004, Weddle helped the Utes reach college football's highest summit -- the Bowl Championship Series. He led all tacklers in the Fiesta Bowl win over Pittsburgh by making 11 stops.
OXFORD, Miss. - One of Dexter McCluster's greatest skills has been his knack for disappearing on a football field. At 5-8 and 165 pounds, McCluster can take the ball and dash between defenders, hiding amid the shadows cast by bigger, taller men.
DAYTON -- Erin Yenney has been one of the most dominant soccer players to compete at Troy High School -- though she'll likely be last to acknowledge it. I never could have gotten as far as I have without my teammates," Yenney said. "I back them up, and they back me up.
OLD TAPPAN -- Dan Falkenstern isn't a 6-foot-4 monster chasing quarterbacks all over the football field. He's not what you'd call a flashy player, dazzling opponents with his speed and daring. On a team that features all-everything quarterback Devin Fuller, folks don't flock to watch Falkenstern play.
They turned the ball over on a botched inbounds play with 21 seconds left in regulation. Their all-everything point guard had a couple of uncharacteristic turnovers in key spots. They were down four points with 2 1/2 minutes left in overtime when Hasheem Thabeet threw an inbounds pass straight to the opposing coach. And when South Florida's Dominique Jones made a putback of his own miss with 6 seconds left in overtime, it appeared the 17th- ranked University of Connecticut men's basketball team's improbable winning streak was finally coming to an end on Saturday.
After all, everything about the lives of our celebrity athletes encompasses abnormality. From a young age, they are conditioned to believe that they are superior in a Darwinian sense. The moment these physical outliers are spotted on playgrounds, they are courted by "street agents" who fill their heads with dreams of dollars, endorsement deals, celebrity and all those other things that fulfill their adolescent desires to be "feared and worshipped." These promising youths (the fittest, the strongest) are promptly shipped off to shoe-sponsored sports camp, where their talents are honed under the adoring gaze of coaches. Money, gifts, promises and special favors from unscrupulous agents, shoe executives and recruiters inevitably follow. And if they hit the big time, their images are beamed...
By David Borges Register Staff STAMFORD -- Kevin Jones brought up the topic during a Stamford High staff meeting recently: Khairi Fortt, Stamford's all- everything linebacker, is the most heavily recruited football player in the history of the city.
I bought the Jeep first, and that proved vital - because when I found the ad for the dog (half golden retriever, half yellow Lab), the snow had fallen and 45 miles of rural driving lay ahead. The vehicle had it all - everything, the salesman told me, but a built-in navigation system.
Ben Still was engaging in some forward thinking when he decided to commit to the Ole Miss Rebels. Still, Memphis University School's all-everything offensive guard, recently told the Rebels he'll sign his national letter of intent in February and doesn't plan on wavering.
There is not a single shred of evidence that Dominique Montoya was an all-everything athlete at West Las Vegas High School in the early 2000s. No shirts.
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