Thrusday News --- Jan 14th, 2010

The Bleacher Report says Vladimir Ducasse would look good in the Raiders Black and silver.

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More on Neal Brown's hiring as OC for Texas Tech (mentions UMass).

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Cutting Northeastern football does not seem to be helping the rest of the Huskies' athletic programs.

I would figure hockey would be one of the headline sports at Northeastern now that football is gone. I watched UMass hockey beat Northeastern 4-1 a short time ago. The game only drew an official crowd of 2,160, which seems generous given the noise level and empty seats visible during the broadcast.

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Matt Lawrence is still on the injured reserve list (scroll) at the Baltimore Ravens.

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