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Clemens likely to go on trial again
and the right to suffer the ordeal of trial only once. No other improper prosecutorial intent or bad faith will bar retrial following a defense-requested mistrial.” Tomkovicz said that from the record in the transcripts, it appears that Clemens faces an uphill battle in trying to show that the prosecutors acted with the intent required [...]
New deals for Kidney and staff
Ireland coach Declan Kidney and his backroom team have agreed contract extensions through to the end of the 2012-13 season. Kidney’s existing deal will expire after this year’s World Cup but he along with assistant coaches Gert Smal, Les Kiss and Mark Tainton have now committed themselves to staying on with the Irish Rugby [...]
Road to New Zealand: submit your questions for Delon Armitage as England continue World Cup preparations
Wrestle for the ball: Delon Armitage and Matt Banahan compete Armitage has endured a rocky past few months. First, he was handed an eight-week suspension for verbally abusing and pushing an anti-doping control officer and then, just four matches into his return, given a three-week ban for punching Northampton fly-half Stephen Myler. And the player [...]
Same expectations, different backdrop
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) – Trent Richardson keeps a sign in his apartment emphasizing that he “Never Again” wants to experience another miserable loss like last season’s Auburn game. Even more painful memories linger around Tuscaloosa with a city still recovering from a deadly tornado. For that, no special signs are needed. The expectations are the [...]