Simply Christmas News

 
Player's Perspective: Isaiah Canaan
ESPN (blog)
“I actually haven't been back since Christmas,” Canaan said. Canaan simply doesn't have time for a vacation -- at least not yet. After averaging 19 points during an All-America junior season, Canaan has been invited to some of the most prestigious ...


 
Barbara Murphy: Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday
Peoria Journal Star
It was during the Christmas holiday season, so I simply had one of my friends make various colored sleeves to put over my cast, and coordinated them with whatever outfit I was wearing to a particular party. Not only were they a great fashion statement, ...

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Christmas comes early for San Fancisco 49ers thanks to Randy Moss
Sportsrageous
By Ranil Weerackoon Christmas has come early for Alex Smith and the San Francisco 49ers. And it's come by the name of one Randy Moss. The 49ers have retooled their offense this offseason, a year after they made it to the NFC Championship game in spite ...

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Grads, politics, vacations hot topics
The Keene Sentinel
Headed to Smith College in the fall, her list of accomplishments is impressive, from senior class president to playing an elf in an elaborate Christmas lights display in her hometown of Winchester. Our interview was poignant and it didn't take long for ...


 
From the pulpit
Omaha World-Herald
In a happier liturgical world, Pentecost would be right up there with Easter and Christmas in terms of enthusiasm and attendance. But, of course, Pentecost barely creates a ripple — even less so when it falls on Memorial Weekend.

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Sunday Liquor Sales a Boon
Litchfield County Times
HARTFORD (AP)—Perhaps out of curiosity or simply to be first, customers began lining up at a couple of Connecticut businesses selling alcohol last Sunday, the first time that Sunday alcohol sales in the state are legal. Mike Edgerton, an owner of ...

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Tim Kawakami: Christmas comes early for 49ers' Alex Smith
Bradenton Herald
"It's like waking up on Christmas," Smith said afterward. "You've got a lot of new toys out there, new presents." Moss, in particular, seemed to be in tune with Smith; at least 60 percent of Smith's throws in full-squad drills went to Moss, ...

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