Word games

Breakout players to watch for 2009-10 - At first glance, Randolph seemed like a coach (or general manager) killer who defines the P-word (potential), but lacks the focus and determination to make Mind Over Matter: Computer games challenge people with MS - The suite includes a shopping list game, which challenges players to remember words. Another game, Word Connect, requires players to build a string of Hard Scrabble existence? Not for 'full-contact' spellers - At age 66, he is one of the older Word Freaks in the Denver-Boulder Scrabble Club. He's even written a book of his own about the game, called Letterati, Announcer Ron Santo suffering with Cubs - again - And just as he sat in silence moments later when a Padre hit a homer to win the game, so too did Ron Santo. "You didn't hear a word,'' the younger Santo First Time for Taxis, Lo Mein and Loss - Although the characters in A Gate at the Stairs also have an annoying tendency to play coy little word games and make lame little jokes it's a kind of How to Win Gold at the World Surfing Games - Use which ever word you like, Cairns is coach or mentor or svengali or taskmaster du jour right now. Two weeks after his young prodigies, Brett Simpson and Carter ready for season to get underway - Word is LSU is telling him he can play wide receiver now so he will probably switch to LSU soon. Curtis, like many recruits these days,

Slim's the Word - Appearing in 12 games as a sophomore, Powe totaled eight tackles and 1.5 sacks. He also notched an interception in the team's 45-0 shellacking of in-state Pitching, defense might be enough for Tigers - the only ally most teams need to win key games, especially when it comes in tandem with another Tigers virtue. PLUS: Defense. There's the other word. 'Classic Word Games' gets teens ready for school - This Nintendo DS game actually makes the learning of new words fun. With 14 games housed in one little DS cartridge, Classic Word Games packs a lot of Eye-opener: How impressive was Vick? - Invariably, word gets out that you're having personal problems, they get exaggerated and spread like wildfire." The Los Angeles Times' Chris Dufresne has a Time for Singletary to step down as "face of the franchise" - Namely, replacing Singletary as the first face your brain assembles when you hear the word "49ers." When the coach/general manager/owner is the face of the Mum's the word on Hazem El Masri's big day - She has attended just one of El Masri's 313 NRL games in the past 13 years - his 250th first- grade appearance a few seasons ago. El Masri said yesterday: Welcome to The Daily Schism - after the first couple of pre-season games. -I wonder if the Vikings' radio play-by-play team can work the word "schism" into a few plays this year.

Famitsu to Reveal New Okami Game - The word "Okamiden" itself seems to be a wordplay combining "Okami" and "Gaiden," suggesting that this won't be Okami 2 but a spin-off. 'Heathers' To Play Their Reindeer Games on TV - No word yet on whether OG stars Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty, Christian Slater or Martha Dumptruck will return, but considering they could all use the work Do Brain Workouts Sharpen Thinking? - The game even includes pictures of brain scans showing the mind is much more active when doing math problems or word games than when thinking idly or Mum's the word on Hazem El Masri's big day - She has attended just one of El Masri's 313 NRL games in the past 13 years - his 250th first- grade appearance a few seasons ago. El Masri said yesterday: Baby steps before big breakthrough - Every coach throws around the f-word, but there's a sense here that Dantonio means it. Michigan State needs him to follow through, given the recent What About Bob (Sanders)? - The key word here is WHEN he is on the field. Even the 2009 season has begun inauspiciously for Sanders and the Colts, as Bob is not likely to even cast a

NY Mets avoid series sweep, beat Florida Marlins 10-3 - There was no immediate word after the game on the status of David Wright, who was scheduled to be reexamined by doctors Thursday in New York. Southern Miss awaits word on linebacker Williams - Williams, who missed eight games last season with a broken jaw, played linebacker alongside star Gerald McRath last season and took on a leadership role Mum's the word on Hazem El Masri's big day - She has attended just one of El Masri's 313 NRL games in the past 13 years - his 250th first- grade appearance a few seasons ago. El Masri said yesterday: Time for Singletary to step down as "face of the franchise" - Namely, replacing Singletary as the first face your brain assembles when you hear the word "49ers." When the coach/general manager/owner is the face of the