Favre named 2007 Sportsman of the Year for Packers
Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre is chosen as the 2007 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, marking the fourth quarterback to win in 53 years. He credits leadership, preparation, and setting an example as key to Team performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brett Favre
Green Bay Packers
Sports Illustrated
Favre
Terryshaw
Joe Montana
Tom Brady
NFL
Bautista Traded From Rockies To Tigers For Capellan
Detroit Tigers acquire right handed pitcher Denny Bautista from Colorado Rockies in exchange for Jose Capellan. Bautista posted a 2-1 record with a 12.46 ERA in nine games for Colorado this season while Capellan, once a top Atlanta prospect, joins Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Atlanta Braves
Will Ohman
Omar Infante
Chicago Cubs
Jose Ascanio
Ohman
Chicago
Infante
Cubs
Detroit
Jacque Jones
Cash Infante
Tigers
Braves
Edgar Renteria
Ascanio
Atlanta
Denny Bautista
Detroit Tigers
Colorado Rockies
Rockies
Jose Capellan
Bautista
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Capellan
Milwaukee
Toledo
Tigers Acquire Cabrera and Willis in Blockbuster Trade
Detroit and Miami strike a preliminary deal sending six Tigers prospects including Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller to Florida for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. Other players to change hands include Mike Rabelo Burke Badenhop Eulogio De La Cruz and Dallas Trahern. Traders must pass physicals for finalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Detroit Tigers
Miguel Cabrera
Dontrelle Willis
Florida Marlins
Boston
Johan Santana
Florida
Andrew Miller
Cameron Maybin
Tigers
Baseball
Willis
Mexico
Associated Press
Marlins
Mike Rabelo
Burke Badenhop
Eulogio de la Cruz
Dallas Trahern
Jim Leyland
San Francisco
Cabrera
Paterno Joins Hall of Fame One Year Late
New York reports Joe Paterno, 80, apologized for being a year and 20 minutes late to a College Football Hall of Fame news conference where he was inducted in 2006 after recovering from a leg injury. The rest of the class includes Doug Flutie Ahmad Rashad and 11 others with ceremonies at the Waldorf Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Paterno
Penn State
Joe Pa
Doug Flutie
Oregon
Ahmad Rashad
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Texas A&m
Bobby Bowden
Bowden
Paterno
Suspects in Taylor killing denied bond in death watch
Three men facing murder and armed burglary charges appeared by videoconference from Miami-Dade jail after being denied bond. They are Charles Wardlow 18 Jason Mitchell 19 and Venjah Hunte 20 held under death by own action watch. Eric Rivera 17 also indicted. Police say Sean Taylor was shot during a botched burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Sean Taylor
Washington Redskins
Charles Wardlow
Jason Mitchell
Venjah Hunte
Miami-Dade County
John Thornton Jr
Taylor
Eric Rivera
Miami- Dade
Rivera
Miami-Dade
Wilbur Smith
Smith
Hunte
Michael Hornung
Mitchell
Indiana State hires Miles as head football coach
Trent Miles, a longtime assistant on Tyrone Willingham’s staffs at Stanford, Notre Dame and Washington, was named Indiana State head coach. The Sycamores, winless last season, have won only one of 33 games in three years. Miles, Terre Haute native and former Sycamore receiver, vows to win and lift expectations. He takes over from Dennis Raetz, who coached 18 seasons and won 94 games before stepping down after 1997.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NFL
Baltimore
Samari Rolle
Newngland
Rolle
Ravens
Kil McKinnely
McKinnely
Atlanta
State
Manhattan
Paterno
Franco Harris
John Cappelletti
Lydell Mitchell
Todd Blackledge
Penn State
Alamo
Indiana State
Miles
Terre Haute
Ind
Trent Miles
Tyrone Willingham
Stanford
Notre Dame
Washington
Sycamores
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Northern Illinois
Hawaii
Ilim
Dennis Raetz
Lou West
West
Toledo
Missouri State
Raetz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Magazine
Henry
Denver — Broncos
Travis Henry
Travis
Broncos
Patrick Smyth
Smyth
Tennessee Titans
HFL
Rolle ‘Boy
Rams
Guillen
Royals
Jose Guillen
Kansas City Royals
Seattle Mariners
Seattle
Espndeportes.com
Foxsports.com
Trey Hillman
San Francisco Chronicle
Major League Baseball
Yankees
Joe Girardi
Josh Willingham
Miguel
Dontrelle
Brooklyn
Penn
Bond
BY Matt Sedensky
Hornung
Delaware
THE
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!