Brown Lacrosse Names 2010 Team Captains/Announces 2009 Team Awards Oct 22, 2009
The first ever lacrosse winner of the Brown Athletic Department s Fritz Pollard Award and a 2nd Team All-American in 2008, accolades continued to pour in this year, repeating as first team All-Ivy and All-New England honors, Ivy League Player of the Year, and this time earning 1st Team All-American recognition our first First Team All-American since David Evans and Greg Cattrano in the mid 90 s. He was also named the USILA Goalie of the Year, earning the C. Markland Kelly Junior award. Next, the... (Brownbears.com)
Joe PosnanskiINSIDE THE NFL Sep 30, 2009
Shell is a Raiders legend, a Hall of Famer player, who was also the first African American coach in the NFL (well, second, going back to Fritz Pollard in the 1920s). He actually coached the Raiders to three playoff appearances in five years in his first stint. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)
Brown Honors Student-Athletes at Inaugural Senior Awards Celebration May 6, 2009
Fritz Pollard 19 Trophy. Senior football quarterback MichaelDougherty (Davie, FL) is this year s recipient of the Fritz Pollard 19 Trophy, given to the outstanding male varsity athlete of the year. (Brownbears.com)
SportsBeat: A look back at college football Mar 19, 2009
In the 1916 Rose Bowl game, Washington State dealt a 14-0 defeat to Brown despite the broken-field running of a fleet-footed halfback by the name of Fritz Pollard, the first Negro All-American. In 1917, the second Negro All-American, Rutgers end Paul Robeson, later became a world-famed opera singer. (Needham Tab, MA)
Rooney nominated as ambassador to Ireland Mar 18, 2009
Steelers owner Dan Rooney is awarded the Paul Tank Younger Award from the Fritz Pollard Alliance for his work both on and off the field. Obama said in a statement that he has confidence that Rooney and Secretary of State Clinton "will ensure America's continued close and unique partnership with Ireland in the years ahead.". (ESPN -- Football News)
NFL Insider: Snyder says these aren't the same old Redskins Mar 3, 2009
" Blache stopped short of saying he'll grade Haynesworth by a Reggie White standard. But the dollars say otherwise. It was Blache that Snyder asked to move a bit closer to him, during the negotiations with Haynesworth's agent, Chad Speck, in the wee hours on Friday. Some quick, X's and O's insight? No, this was about the aroma. Blache had a cigar. And it was burning with hope. Quick slants: Since winning Super Bowl XLIII, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has had a bunker mentality. During... (USA Today -- Sports)
Nine Athletes to be Inducted Into Hall of Fame Feb 27, 2009
He was the 1997 recipient of the Fritz Pollard Award, given annually to the Brown outstanding male athlete of the year ... Carpenter also earned All-Ivy First Team honors in 1995, 1996, and 1997, and was given the Fritz Pollard Award in 1996 as Brown's Outstanding Male Athlete. (Brownbears.com)
General Releases Feb 8, 2009
Athletics News - Official Athletic Site of Brown University. 2009 CBS Interactive. (Brownbears.com)
