Packers' ink deal with Henderson

The Packers faithfull (myslef included) are very happy today to find out that William Henderson has signed on for a 12th season with the beloved Green Bay Packers.

Henderson has played all 11 of his seasons with Green Bay and is sixth in the franchise's history with 174 games played. He played in all 16 games last season, starting eight, and had 264 yards receiving.

LSU Over Duke

Happy Days! Happy Days! LSU and Big Baby left the tears last night for J.J. Redick.

Glen "Big Baby" Davis and the defensive-minded freshmen have LSU just one win away from the Final Four, stifling Redick and sending top-seeded Duke to yet another loss in the round of 16.

Davis scored 14 points despite early foul trouble, freshman Tyrus Thomas swatted away five shots and another freshman, Garrett Temple, shut down Redick to lead No. 4 seed LSU to a 62-54 upset Thursday night in the Atlanta Regional. "It feels good, but it's over," Davis said. "There's another task at hand."

Bears' Azumah Retires

Bears cornerback Jerry Azumah retired because of neck and hip pain the past two seasons, ending a seven-year career with Chicago in which he made the Pro Bowl in 2003.

Washington 75, Utah State 61

The Washington Huskies showed they are serious about competing in the NCAA Tournament with a first-round win over Utah State in the Washington, D.C. Region on Thursday.

Brandon Roy kept Washington rollin' with 28 points which allowed them to blow by the -6.5-point spread.

Georgetown 54 , Northern Iowa 49

No. 7 Georgetown Hoyas gave the Big East its first NCAA Tournament win Friday, a 54-49 victory over No. 10 Northern Iowa. That's good news for bettors who had them in their bracket and great news for bettors who picked them to cover the -4.5 spread. The game's combined total of 103 fell UNDER the posted total (115).

John Little picked up 17 points and heads to the second round where the Hoyas will play No. 2 Ohio State.

Longest Standing Team Monikers

Wow, I found this today and was suprised with some of the teams and their names.

Team, Sport -- First year under current name
"Cincinnati Reds," baseball -- 1878
"Pittsburgh Pirates," baseball -- 1891
"St. Louis Cardinals," baseball -- 1900
"Detroit Tigers," baseball -- 1901
"Chicago Cubs," baseball -- 1902
"Chicago White Sox," baseball -- 1904
"Boston Red Sox," baseball -- 1907
"New York Yankees," baseball -- 1913
"Cleveland Indians," baseball -- 1915
"Montreal Canadiens," hockey -- 1917
"Green Bay Packers," football -- 1919
"Chicago Bears," football -- 1922
"New York Giants," football -- 1925


NOTE: Basketball's oldest names are the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks (both 1946).