2012 January at LinesMaker

Ex-NFL WR Bobby Engram Joins Pitt Staff

PITTSBURGH — Pitts­burgh coach Paul Chryst has hired long­time NFL wide receiver Bobby Engram as the Pan­thers new wide receivers coach. Engram, who played in the NFL from 1996–2009, spent last sea­son as an offen­sive assis­tant with the San Fran­cisco 49ers. He fin­ished with 650 recep­tions for 7,751 yards and 35 touch­downs while play­ing for the Chicago Bears, Seat­tle Sea­hawks and Kansas City Chiefs. The 39-year-old Engram is Penn State’s all-time leader in yards receiv­ing (3,026), receiv­ing touch­downs (31) and 100-yard receiv­ing games (16). He is sec­ond in recep­tions... 

Bisping Continues to Question Sonnen’s Manhood Over Low Testosterone

Inter­est­ing, that was an ama­teur fighter who called out Bisp­ing at presser yes­ter­day and then said he was Chael fan (27:00 mark).…BetLM's sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services. This arti­cle was dis­trib­uted by Syn­di­cated Sports news wire and aggre­ga­tion ser­vice, For more UFC news see: Bisp­ing con­tin­ues to ques­tion Sonnen’s man­hood over low testos­terone.  

Lion’s Den Opens at Children’s Hospital in Ottawa

OTTAWA - At first glance, it might look like a scene from an arcade or a child’s birth­day party: brightly lit walls sur­round­ing a play­room in which kids play inter­ac­tive games online or video games on a row of Xbox consoles. But this isn’t just any room, and these aren’t just any kids. It all starts with the sign hang­ing at the far end of the room that reads, “The biggest assist hap­pens off the ice.” In a part­ner­ship between the National Hockey League, the Ottawa Sen­a­tors and Com­pan­ions in Courage Foun­da­tion, Pat LaFontaine’s char­i­ta­ble endeavor,... 

After All the Shouting, No. 1 Is at Stake

Updated Jan 27, 2012 2:28 AM ET MELBOURNE, Aus­tralia There is every chance the women’s final on Sat­ur­day night at the Aus­tralian Open here at Mel­bourne Park will be a high-quality con­test of great inten­sity between two attrac­tive play­ers of dif­fer­ing experience. EYES ON MELBOURNE Check out all the action from Mel­bourne Park. As an added bonus, Maria Shara­pova — who reached No. 1 in the world in August 2005 before injury struck — and Vic­to­ria Azarenka — cur­rently No. 3 — will be vying for that top rank­ing, with the win­ner tak­ing over from Car­o­line... 

AL Suddenly Has Six Super Teams

Updated Jan 27, 2012 2:45 PM ET A base­ball exec­u­tive asked me Thurs­day if I could remem­ber a time when six teams in one league looked as strong on paper as the Super Six in the Amer­i­can League. I hon­estly couldn’t recall, but I will say this: It’s going to be tremen­dously fun this sea­son watch­ing the Rangers, Angels and Tigers as well as the Yan­kees, Red Sox and Rays. Not all of the Super Six will ful­fill expec­ta­tions. The 2008 Tigers were a last-place flop after adding first base­man Miguel Cabr­era and left-hander Don­trelle Willis. The 2011 Red Sox, pro­claimed... 

Ward Burton to Race NASCAR Truck Series at Daytona

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For­mer Day­tona 500 win­ner Ward Bur­ton is get­ting back behind the wheel in NASCAR. He’s bring­ing his son along, too. Bur­ton signed with Hill­man Rac­ing and will drive in next month’s sea­son open­ing Truck Series race at Day­tona Inter­na­tional Speed­way. Hill­man also agreed to start a dri­ver devel­op­ment pro­gram for Burton’s 19-year-old son, Jeb. Jeb Bur­ton has been rac­ing in NASCAR’s Whe­len All-American Series and even­tu­ally will drive Hillman’s No. 27 Chevro­let in the Truck Series. Ward Bur­ton last com­peted in... 

Fernandes: First Point Caterham’s 2012 Target

Cater­ham boss Tony Fer­nan­des has admit­ted he will be a happy man if his team can score their first world cham­pi­onship point this sea­son, after their new CT01 chal­lenger was offi­cially revealed to the pub­lic on Thursday. Caterham’s best 2011 race plac­ing was 13th, a result they achieved in Aus­tralia, Monaco and Italy, but with the addi­tion of KERS just one of sev­eral fac­tors set to lift their per­for­mance in 2012, Fer­nan­des is keen to break into the top ten. “Tar­get wise, I have been quoted as say­ing I want us to score a point this year and that really... 

Hearts on Fire Wins Oaklawn Park Feature

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Hearts on Fire edged Quest for Suc­cess by a neck Thurs­day in the $ 41,000 fea­ture race for fil­lies and mares at Oak­lawn Park. Rid­den by Alex Birzer, Hearts on Fire ran 6 fur­longs in 1:13.92 and paid $ 14.20, $ 6 and $ 5.20. Quest for Suc­cess returned $ 4.40 and $ 3.40, and Bent Mis­sile paid $ 3.60 to show. Our sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services. This arti­cle was dis­trib­uted by Syn­di­cated Sports news wire and aggre­ga­tion ser­vice, For more horse rac­ing and bet­ting news see: Hearts on Fire wins Oak­lawn Park fea­ture .  

Dolphins Expected to Hire DC Coyle, OC Sherman by Friday

The Miami Dol­phins are expected to announce the hir­ing of Kevin Coyle as defen­sive coor­di­na­tor and Mike Sher­man as offen­sive coor­di­na­tor on Fri­day, accord­ing to league sources. Both coaches had strong inter­views, and the Dol­phins are in the process of hav­ing them signed to deals by Friday. Coyle, the Cincin­nati Ben­gals’ defen­sive backs coach, inter­viewed with the Dol­phins on Wednes­day. Coyle has coached the Ben­gals’ sec­ondary for nine sea­sons and worked under Ben­gals defen­sive coor­di­na­tor Mike Zim­mer, who was linked to the Dol­phins’... 

Pees Takes Over as Ravens Defensive Coordinator

The Bal­ti­more Ravens wasted no time find­ing a replace­ment for recently departed defen­sive coor­di­na­tor Chuck Pagano, pro­mot­ing line­back­ers coach Dean Pees to take over con­trol of the team’s defense on Friday. Lat­est mocks all in one place “Just always respected his work,” Ravens coach John Har­baugh said dur­ing a news con­fer­ence. “All the way through the ranks he’s been con­sid­ered one of the top coaches around.” Pees had coached the line­back­ers in Bal­ti­more for the past two sea­sons after serv­ing as the New Eng­land Patri­ots defen­sive...