| Injuries lessen Jennings' role on field, not in the clubhouse | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:58:05 AM by Blog57 Team | | Left tackle Jonas Jennings' recent spate of injuries is now threatening his job. When asked if Adam Snyder, who has been playing left guard for the injured Larry Allen, will challenge Kwame Harris for his right-tackle position when Allen returns, coach Mike Nolan said Snyder will challenge for jobs at right and left tackle. That's a bold statement considering Harris' struggles this season (on Sunday, he yielded a sack and was penalized three times). Most figured Snyder would just plug in at right tackle for Harris. Injuries have minimized Jennings' contribution since he signed a six-year, $36 million deal in 2005. Jennings missed all but three games last year, following shoulder surgery. This year, Jennings sprained his ankle in the first quarter of the opener against Arizona, but returned to the game.... | |
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| | | I-65 accident with possible injuries | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 5:01:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | Police and EMS were responding to an injury accident on northbound Interstate 65 at the Woodbine Ave.-Jackson Street exit around 8 a.m. Monday. A sport-utility vehicle was reported as being on an incline off the right side of the roadway. The accident scene was expected to be cleared before 9 a.m. Police also reported a non-injury accident on the westbound Snyder Freeway at Preston Highway. Further details were not immediately available. .... | |
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| | | Chiefs, depleted at QB by injuries, sign Smoker | | Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 10:58:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Kansas City Chiefs, riddled by nagging injuries in the backfield, agreed to terms of a two-year contract with former Michigan State quarterback Jeff Smoker. The Chiefs suddenly found themselves in the market for a backup quarterback for the exhibition opener Saturday against the Houston Texans after Damon Huard sprained a foot earlier this week. Third-round draft pick Brodie Croyle has been practicing only in running drills while he works his way back from a shoulder injury, which would have left only starter Trent Green and Canadian Football League star Casey Printers available to take snaps. Smoker spent the past two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and the St. Louis Rams, who chose him in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL draft.... | |
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| | | Thai king recovering from minor injuries after fall | | Posted Monday, July 10, 2006 5:23:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is recovering from minor injuries suffered in a fall last month, the royal palace said.The 78-year-old King stumbled and fell while exercising on June 24, injuring his back and shoulder, a palace statement said late on Saturday."His condition has gradually improved and doctors recommend the King take some rest and refrain from official duties for some time," the statement said.King Bhumibol, a constitutional monarch who celebrated 60 years on the throne on June 9, is revered by Thais for his tireless campaigning for the poor and for steering the nation of 63 million people through many trials.He has used his influence in three major interventions to end bloodshed or break political deadlocks since the 1970s.The latest was in April when he summoned top judges to his seaside palace and instructed them to sort out the political "mess" left by an inconclusive general election.But there has been little progress since then.Leaders of a campaign seeking to oust Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will resume street protests on Friday to force the embattled leader to resign.Thaksin called the April snap election to defuse the campaign against him, but the poll was inconclusive after a boycott by opposition parties who said it could not be fair.Since then the country has been run by a Thaksin-led caretaker government unable to make major policy decisions.... | |
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