European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 13 2007 stars and stripes Page 35 Bledsoe retires seasons in n j the associated press Drew Bledsoe retired wednes Day ending a 14season career in which he made two super bowls the top Overall pick by new England in the 1993 draft out of Washington state the fou time pro bowl quarterback played for the patriots Buffalo Bills and dal Las cowboys he was a starter for All three teams but ended up As a backup with the cowboys Bledsoe threw for 44611 Yards and 251 touchdown passes in his career i feel so fortunate so honoured to have played this game that i love for so Long with so Many great players and in front of so Many wonderful fans he said i fulfilled a childhood dream the first time i stepped on an nil Field and the league did not let me Down one time i retire with a smile on my face in Good health and ready to spend autumns at my kids games instead of my own in excited to Start the next chapter of my life the 35yearold Bledsoe lost his starting Job to Tom Brady in new England in 2001 when Bledsoe got Hurt in the second game of the season and to Tony Romo in dal Las after game 6 of last season he also asked for his release from the Bills after the 2004 sea son when the team informed him it was going with up Losman As the starter the next year Bledsoe didst want to be a backup there after he led the Bills to the Brink of the playoffs he then signed with the cow boys and was their starter for All of 2005 and part of06 Back injury sidelines Morenstam at least a month reunion a Annika so Ernstam withdrew thursday from the Ginn open because of a ruptured disk in her Back that will keep her from playing on the Lyga tour for at least a month Ive been playing with quite a bit of pain for the past several weeks Morenstam said in a state ment i  take it much More and decided it was time to see someone after the prom yesterday i withdraw with deep re Gret Morenstam 36 said doctors in South Florida discovered a rup tured disk and a bulging disk she Annika Morenstam withdrew thurs Day from the Ginn open because of a ruptured disk in her Back that wiil keep her from playing on the Lyga tour for at least a month said she would see a neurosurgeon in Miami later thursday to figure out what to do next she still plans to open her Annika Academy at Ginn reunion re sort on monday Morenstam has won 69 times on the Lyga tour including 10 majors during her 13year career this is her first significant injury six wins will earn Navy Poinsettia bowl bid san Diego Navy will re turn to the Poinsettia bowl if it wins at least six games this sea son if eligible Navy would play the second selection from the Moun Tain West conference the Date for this years game Hast been set although it will be played be fore Christmas last season Navy Cut a similar oneyear Deal with the Meineke car care bowl Navy earned a bowl bid for the fourth consecutive season and lost 2524 to bos ton College the midshipmen played in the inaugural Poinsettia bowl in san Diego two years ago and beat col Orado state 5130 the Poinsettia bowl is sponsored by the san Diego county credit Union Harvard hires fired Michigan coach Amaker Detroit Harvard hired Tommy Amaker to coach its mens basketball team less than a month after he was fired by Michigan i called today and accepted the offer Amaker told the associated press on wednesday if s a terrific Opportunity for me Ive been fortunate to be associated with some of the finest academic institutions in the country and none is greater than Harvard Amaker who played at Duke and was a Blue devils assistant has been a head coach at Michi Gan and Seton Hall his experience As a player and assistant at Duke where ath Letic and academic Success is Par amount makes him a terrific fit Harvard athletic director Bob Scalise said in a statement were looking Forward to the support of the Harvard Community As we pursue our first Ivy league championship in mens basketball Frank sullivans contract with Harvard was not renewed after the Crimson went 1216 Overall and s9 in the Ivy league last sea son and 178245 Over 16 years Harvard Hast played in the Mcaa tournament since 1946 Amaker was fired March 17 by Michigan after failing to Lead the wolverines to the Mcaa tournament during his six seasons there Michigan was 2213 last sea son 10983 Overall with three 20win seasons but just 4353 in the big ten under Amaker in four seasons at Seton Hall Amaker led the pirates to a 6855 record a trip to the round of 16 in the 2000 Mcaa tournament and three not bids Boyle passes up Duke to keep coaching Cal women Berkeley Calif Joanne Boyle is staying at California in Stead of bolting for Duke the Golden bears women basketball coach verbally agreed wednesday to a seven year con tract to remain in Berkeley through the 201314 season after leading her team to Bac Toback Mcaa tournament appearances she turned Down Alma mater Duke on wednesday after being offered the Job to coach the Blue devils women team through the process i have been flattered and humbled that Duke even considered me Boyle said in a conference Call i told the kids the reason people Are calling me is because of our Success and what were building at Cal that was ultimately Why i  leave weve built some thing pretty special in two years and i dont know where this Jour Ney is going to go the bears led by a highly regarded Sophomore class including pac10 player of the year de vane Hampton lost in the first round of the Mcaa tournament to notre Dame 6259 last month Boyle who had three years remaining on her previous Deal was the top candidate to replace new Texas coach Gail Goestenkors at Duke Boyle was on the Blue Dev ils staff from 19932002 in her first season in Berkeley the Golden bears reached their first Mcaa tournament since the 199293 season and finished with a winning Overall and conference record for the first time since that season when Cal went 1910 and tied for fourth in the conference jazz retire Dan ties no 4 Salt Lake City before John Stockton and Karl Malone the Utah jazz had Adrian Dantley the jazz Are finally getting around to honouring Dantley the teams career Leader in scor ing average 21 years after he was traded from the franchise he helped save Utah retired Dan ties no 4 on wednesday hanging it from the rafters in an Arena that didst even exist when he was playing Here he started it All the other Guys All came later said Frank Layden Dan ties coach and Gen eral manager when he played for the jazz from 19791986 Dantley now an assistant coach in Denver was in town wednesday for the nuggets game at Utah he spoke at a news conference wednesday afternoon and was honoured during halftime of the game a few hours later when the giant old style jazz Jer sey with no 4 was unveiled in glad this Day has finally come said Dantley who played his last game for the jazz in 1986 jazz owner Larry Miller admit Ted that the gesture was Long Over due for Dantley who was the Cornerstone in the jazz transition from one of the worst teams in the league to a perennial playoff contender coyotes fire front office Glendale Ariz the Phoe Nix coyotes cleaned out their front office wednesday firing general manager Mike Barnett and two other executives after the franchises worst season since it moved from Winnipeg in 1996 Wayne Gretzky who owns a share of the team and is its manag ing partner will return for a third season As coach next fall but the front office Felt the fall out from me teams third consecutive Las place finish in the Pacific division also dismissed were director of hockey operations Cliff Fletcher and assistant general manager Laurence Gilman the Bottom line was How would we Best be served going for Ward coyotes chief executive officer Jeff Shumway said at a news conference we believe we need a general manager that can help us build from the inside out the coyotes finished last in the Western conference for the first time since the franchise came to Arizona and their 67 Points were the teams fewest since that move Phoenix Hast made the playoffs since 2002 Tyson court Date set for Possession dui charges Mesa Ariz former heavy weight Champion Mike Tyson appeared in court thursday and was Given an aug 20 trial Date on charges of drug Possession and driving under the influence of drugs Tyson fresh out of a stint in a California rehabilitation facility said Little during the Short proce Dural hearing his attorney Rich Ard Schonfeld said the 40yearold Tyson has been sober for 72 Days the charges Stem from Tyson arrest dec 29 in Scottsdale Tyson a resident of Paradise Valley was pulled Over after Leav ing a nightclub and an officer found bags of cocaine in his Back pocket and another in a pack of cigarettes in his car according to court records Tyson pleaded not guilty on Jan 22 in Maricopa county Supe rior court to felony drug posses Sion and paraphernalia posses Sion counts and 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