| Fleury ended up missing a week of preseason games and practice due to the contract issue. |
|
| Coaches are scared about losing key players to preseason injuries, so they keep them off the field. |
|
| We're going with a quarterback who's never really played, other than preseason games. |
|
| He began his pro career in 2001 with the Los Angeles Galaxy, starting the season opener after impressing in preseason. |
|
| He has arthritis in the shoulder and didn't play in the final three preseason games but is expected to play in the opener. |
|
| Gibbs, three weeks ago at a preseason game in St. Louis, walked briskly to the podium to open a postgame press conference. |
|
| The last two weeks is more in line with what preseason projections of the Eagles expected. |
|
| With the regular season about to begin, the Warrior men split their final two preseason games. |
|
| Simon is working on his stamina after missing the preseason as the Eagles' unsigned franchise player. |
|
| The Grenadian international is slated to join the club in Tucson, Arizona, to resume preseason training. |
|
| The Friars have authored one of the best stories of the season, going from unranked in the preseason to contending for the Big East championship. |
|
| He hasn't played since the third preseason game because of a sprained knee. |
|
| And nobody understands it better than Paul, the point guard who was voted to the preseason all-America team. |
|
| Jones sat out spring minicamps, training camp, the preseason and two games, but he still was voted a Pro Bowl starter. |
|
| Things will even out now that teams are playing more teams outside of their divisions, and the preseason expectations will look more viable. |
|
| If the regular season doesn't mean all that much, then it's kinda pointless to get in a lather over the preseason. |
|
| If it hadn't been for Jackson zinging Rider, which Jackson did regardless of whether he was asked, Rider would have been invisible all preseason. |
|
| The two were superb last season and during the preseason, when the Culpepper-to-Moss bomb was the best part of an otherwise rusty offense. |
|
| He made a couple of small mistakes, but nothing like the touchdown bomb that beat him in the preseason opener. |
|
| Check your owner's manual and perform the recommended preseason lubrication and service on your tractors. |
|
|
|
| Before you know it, the holidays will be over and we'll be back in Phoenix and Las Vegas for preseason testing. |
|
| Hall, who had four quarterback sacks in the first preseason game, will play several roles. |
|
| But he won a starting job late in preseason and has been a hard-hitting ballhawk. |
|
| He has played well in preseason games, but it's time to decide whether he can be the top backup. |
|
| He still needs to learn to play with consistency and must avoid the penalties that plagued him in the preseason. |
|
| He isn't going to participate fully in practice in the early weeks of training camp or play much in the preseason. |
|
| Remember, he didn't have a training camp or a preseason because of a knee injury. |
|
| He likely will practice only once a day and won't play in the first two or three preseason games. |
|
| Hopefully your child's coach held a preseason meeting with all the team athletes and their parents. |
|
| A defense that appeared to be showing signs of age in the preseason is playing as well as ever. |
|
| In the preseason, defenses don't disguise what they are doing to the degree they do in games that count. |
|
| Personnel changes on defense showed positive results during training camp and the preseason. |
|
| I couldn't agree more that the preseason is too long and should be shortened. |
|
| Last summer, Warner had a decent preseason, leading some to believe he had found his groove again. |
|
| Yes, this was a preseason game, but both teams' regulars were getting heavy minutes. |
|
| The most important thing would be to shorten the preseason down to two games. |
|
| He had a hernia operation last spring and missed the preseason with a hip injury, never recapturing his form. |
|
| The growing pains he experienced during the preseason are a thing of the past. |
|
| Teams want the preseason to evaluate players, and the last thing they want to have happen is a number of injuries. |
|
| But he looked rusty and his timing was off after spending most of the preseason on the sideline. |
|
|
|
| He sat out the end of last season with a knee injury, and preseason reports on the knee aren't overly optimistic. |
|
| In two preseason games, he returned a fumble for a touchdown, and he blocked a punt for a safety. |
|
| He was impressive in the preseason opener and has solid skills for the position. |
|
| There's no doubt that our preseason Player of the Year will be one of the hottest hoopsters to watch all season long. |
|
| Roman is lightning quick and improving every day in practice, and Bean showed playmaking ability in the preseason. |
|
| The QB rarely will pick up a football until training camp and will play sparingly in the preseason. |
|
| As a rookie, he suffered a serious shoulder injury making a tackle in a preseason game and later hurt a knee. |
|
| In his second year he fractured two ribs in the third preseason game, sidelining him for a number of games. |
|
| The team committed a whopping 58 penalties in four preseason games and failed to reduce the problems from week to week. |
|
| In terms of training camp and preseason experience, McIntosh isn't even that advanced. |
|
| Michael missed the entire preseason with a shaky knee and now that same knee has hobbled him onto the injured list. |
|
| He hasn't been impressive in the preseason, but a strong outing could endear him to his teammates and the coaching staff. |
|
| Barlow has been bothered by a strained quadriceps muscle, which he hurt in the preseason and re-aggravated recently. |
|
| Although they have been fairly solid in camp and in the preseason, neither will draw a double-team away from him. |
|
| He has started in each of the Raiders' first three preseason games and is expected to be in the lineup tonight. |
|
| Such preseason work will pay off through the grind of a long season. |
|
| Goal sneak Schneider had a fairly interrupted preseason and may not be able to offer as much support in the midfield as the club would have hoped. |
|
| He was penalized five times in his last four quarters of preseason play. |
|
| It would be their first venture to the west coast for preseason drills. |
|
| That momentum needs to continue into training camp and preseason games. |
|
|
|
| He played well in training camp and has looked good in the preseason. |
|
| Perhaps the most important find of the preseason came in the final game. |
|
| Neither the offense nor the defense has found rhythm in the preseason. |
|
| The fuss over how much Vick should play in the preseason is unnecessary. |
|
| The Proenza fellows continue to make strides, bringing more heft and consistency to their preseason collections. |
|
| This first Donnelly team attended a preseason high school camp in the backwoods of Pennsylvania. |
|
| If you believe the preseason predictions, this could be an epic mismatch. |
|
| When Stanford took a preseason trip to Italy, Gold-Onwude mused that it would have been fun to play with Diggins. |
|
| Counting preseason, Portland has played nine games and scored but nine goals. |
|
| In 1985 a preseason NIT tournament was introduced and is played annually in November. |
|
| Once the peak of the run is observed, however, the influence of the preseason forecast on the run-size estimate is reduced substantially. |
|
| The management process for Fraser sockeye follows an annual cycle of preseason planning, in-season management and post-season review. |
|
| Forecasts are used for preseason planning purposes and for in-season management. |
|
| An eight-week preseason strength-training program was developed and implemented on 14 female collegiate basketball players. |
|
| We are looking for volunteers for all levels and positions including preseason tryouts and regular season for the 2010-2011 season. |
|
| In one of the worst weather days since the preseason began, Bichi Borghi gave a new press conference at the club. |
|
| This year, help safeguard your family against illnesses with some preseason training for the cold and flu months. |
|
| The Colts' offensive line has surrendered 14 sacks in the preseason. |
|
| Owners might be concerned about lost revenues if the preseason were shortened, but losing a marquee player certainly doesn't help the league put its best product on the field. |
|
| Owners decided that coaches would fill the additional schedule time produced by the elimination of two preseason games with additional intrasquad scrimmages. |
|
|
|
| Some club officials are privately worded that Johnson never will return to the All-Pro level he enjoyed before blowing his knee out in the preseason. |
|
| When the Kings and the Lakers met in the 2003 preseason, the drama picked up right where it left off. |
|
| He is as heartfelt and genuine at these gatherings as he is at the Friday preseason workouts. |
|
| Plimpton was the writer who was briefly allowed to play quarterback in a Detroit Lions preseason game a half-century ago. |
|
| If coach Ben Howland's preseason idea works, Josh Shipp will start at off-guard position. |
|
| Rainbow Trout will be stocked during the preseason and inseason stocking periods. |
|
| The goal of this study is to verify the feasibility of an approach involving the measurement of the effects of preseason physical training on physical condition and workload, productivity and accidents. |
|
| Brown has said that his shoulder, injured during the preseason, makes shooting free throws more difficult. |
|
| And here's Josh's take on just what shape LA are in after this week's CCL exit: Whatever focus or composure the LA Galaxy put together in the preseason was just shattered across a turf field south of the border. |
|
| The only Holy Cross player named to the preseason All-Patriot League team was junior Kalif Raymond, a return specialist. |
|
| The Ministry of Health authorized these specialists to perform preseason physical sports examinations according to the requirements of the new sports law. |
|
| She accomplished something her older sister never could by becoming a unanimous preseason All-American. |
|
| Oregon was picked to finish fourth in a preseason Pac-12 volleyball poll of the league's head coaches, it was announced Wednesday. |
|
| The Los Angeles Lakers hope the preseason is no indication of their 2012-13 campaign. |
|
| If preseason accolades mean anything, Arkansas State will be a force in the Sun Belt Conference this year. |
|
| In Novice and if the programs are completed prior to November 15th, the Region will determine the methods and number of preseason games that can be played between November 1st and November 15th. |
|
| This combination of solid play and a lack of preseason respect has led them to an undefeated record that even the Packers cannot claim: they have beaten Las Vegas bookmakers' spread every week. |
|
| She became the first female official to work an NFL preseason game last month as the line judge when Green Bay played at San Diego. |
|
| The two leading quantitative baseball projection systems freely available to the public, Steamer and ZiPS, have barely budged from their bearish preseason forecasts for Mr RodrÃguez. |
|
| Connecticut received all 36 votes Friday in The Associated Press' women's basketball poll, marking the ninth time that the Huskies are the top team in the preseason. |
|
|
|
| The Patriots have had six preseasons in which they didn't win a game, including an 0-15 stretch from 1963-65.The Patriots will officially close out the preseason tonight. |
|
| The Portuguese boss admitted Chelsea have worked extensively in preseason on unpicking opponents who set out solely to nullify his side's threats. |
|
| University of Oregon point guard Luke Ridnour was one of 60 players named as preseason candidates for the 2002-2003 Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Awards. |
|
