Football: Ridley, Murphy, Ford muscles behind running back corps

Football: Ridley, Murphy, Ford muscles behind running back corps

http://www.lsureveille.com/sports/football-ridley-murphy-ford-muscles-behind-running-back-corps-1.2307376

Too slow. Too young. Too injury-prone. LSU’s running backs have heard it all. Now junior Stevan Ridley, senior Richard Murphy and redshirt freshman Michael Ford can silence the naysayers. The Tigers were ranked No. 84 nationally in rushing yards with 1,596 and No.

Giants QB Eli Manning Plans To Play Against Ravens

Giants QB Eli Manning Plans To Play Against Ravens


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"QB Eli Manning said he'd never practiced in a baseball cap while the players around him wore their helmets. But he was on the field Monday at the Timex Center sans the hard hat. "He looked sharp," coach Tom Coughlin said of Manning, who practiced for the first time since suffering that gash to the forehead in the Jets game. "He got the ball out fast and made good decisions." Manning will play Saturday in Baltimore and hopes to be back in his helmet by Wednesday."

Facing the New Orleans Saints is big for the San Diego Chargers: links

Facing the New Orleans Saints is big for the San Diego Chargers: links

By The Times-Picayune

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/08/facing_the_new_orleans_

saints.html

News and notes on what they're saying about the Saints.

ESPN's Mark Schlereth visits New Orleans Saints

ESPN's Mark Schlereth visits New Orleans Saints

By James Varney, The Times-Picayune

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/08/new_orleans_saints_4.html

Some key players are still out with injury.

ESPN's Jon Gruden visits Saints in 'Champ Camp'

ESPN's Jon Gruden visits Saints in 'Champ Camp'

By Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune

http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2010/08/espns_jon_gruden_visits_

saints.html

"SportsCenter" special, "Gruden's Champ Camp -- A Visit with the Super Saints" debuts at 6 p.m. Tuesday (August 24). 

New Orleans Saints backup running backs hurt Pierre Thomas' chances of getting paid

New Orleans Saints backup running backs hurt Pierre Thomas' chances of getting paid

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/08/new_orleans_saints_

backup_runn.html

By John DeShazier, The Times-Picayune

The NFL is out of the "feature" back system. 

LSU linebacker Stefoin Francois is looking to start at linebacker

LSU linebacker Stefoin Francois is looking to start at linebacker

http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2010/08/lsu_linebacker_stephon_francoi.html

By Katherine Terrell, The Times-Picayune

He is penciled in, but has to earn the spot.