D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Sports producer Lindsay Applebaum here with today's top five links, or really just the first blog things I read today: 1) Fred Smoot wins Chris Cooley's fantasy league. His trophy acceptance speech: "This is mine, I totally deserve it, and if it wasn't for me, I wouldn't have this." (Cooley Zone) 2) Blogger visits Candlestick Park ("on a scale of 1-10 of being a dump, it's an 11"), meets...
The Official Blog of Chris Cooley (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
When Fred Smoot said this about Matt Ryan, "He's nothin'...he's a pair of shoes" I'm sure he had no idea that he would be facing Cooley's Zornado, led by the rookie QB, in the championship game of the first annual Cooley Zone fantasy football league . But thats exactly what happened and luckily for Smoot, his words rang true last Sunday. The Falcons lost and Ryan scored only 8...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Carlos Rogers, lights out early in the season but a nickel corner late, gave the offense the ball at the San Francisco 23 in the second quarter with a terrific interception, but it only yielded a field goal. Fred Smoot, who started eight games when Shawn Springs was hurt, was burned by Jason Hill for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. And Springs failed to prevent Bryant Johnson...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
UPDATED: Depth perception gave Jim Zorn the wrong impression after LaRon Landry and Fred Smoot stopped Philadelphia Eagles receiver Reggie Brown near the goal line.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
LANDOVER, Md. -- As Reggie Brown caught the ball near the goal line, cornerback Fred Smoot lifted him into the air, and safety LaRon Landry supplied the shove that kept the Eagles receiver out of the end zone. With no time-outs remaining, Philadelphia couldn't stop the clock as the last seconds ticked away on the Redskins' win.
Football news from a chick™ (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
Jim Zorn sure didn't look like the worst coach in America on Sunday. Instead, he's the coach who got his Washington Redskins turned around a week too late -- with a stop at the 1-yard line on the game's final play. As Reggie Brown caught the ball near the goal line, cornerback Fred Smoot lifted him into the air, and safety LaRon Landry supplied the shove that kept the Eagles receiver...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
... when Baltimore beat the Birds. Then, after the Redskins defeated the Eagles on Sunday, cornerback Fred Smoot became the latest voice to join the ever-growing chorus."That's them," Smoot said flatly. "When they're backed up, they throw their way out."And so they do. Everyone knows it now, and everyone knows why it happens, too - even if Reid insists on claiming that the run-pass...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
The Redskins' defense did exactly that, holding the previously rolling Philadelphia offense to 275 yards and five three-and-outs in a 10-3 win at FedEx Field. That effort, culminated by Fred Smoot and LaRon Landry teaming to stop Reggie Brown a yard short of the game-tying touchdown, allowed for a lighter atmosphere Monday at Redskin Park, even though the team had been eliminated from...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
... my hands on the ball," Brown said. "And they were there to jump on me."The "they" were cornerback Fred Smoot and safety LaRon Landry, part of a Redskins defense that held the Eagles without a touchdown for the first time this season. As Brown leaped to catch the ball near the goal line, Smoot came underneath to keep him airborne, and Landry supplied the shove that kept the...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
As Reggie Brown caught the ball near the goal line, cornerback Fred Smoot lifted him into the air, and safety LaRon Landry supplied the shove that kept the Eagles receiver out of the end zone. With no timeouts remaining, Philadelphia couldn't stop the clock as the last seconds ticked away on the Redskins' 10-3 victory.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
... and unfortunately we didn't get it done in the end," said Brown, who was sandwiched by cornerback Fred Smoot and safety LaRon Landry on the last catch. "It's something that's heavy on your chest."It was a sudden end to a recent revival for McNabb and his team. For three weeks, ever since he was benched in a loss to Baltimore, McNabb had played well and Philadelphia (8-6-1) had averaged...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
... the Redskins could start their celebration.Brown was sandwiched by safety LaRon Landry and corner Fred Smoot, then driven backward. The Eagles had mounted a 90-yard, 16-play drive - something they'd failed to do over and over and over again on an inept offensive afternoon - when they needed 91 to get a chance for overtime.They created a ridiculous mess, tried to make it right, but...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
¶Visiting Philadelphia came up one yard and one timeout short, allowing the to hold on for a 10-3 victory over the Eagles. As the Eagles’ Reggie Brown caught the ball near the goal line, cornerback Fred Smoot lifted him into the air and safety LaRon Landry supplied the shove that kept him from scoring. With no timeouts left, Philadelphia (8-6-1) could not stop the clock as the last seconds...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
... a pass to the receiver.As Brown went into the air to catch the football, the Redskins duo of Fred Smoot and LaRon Landry converged on the Eagles' receiver and prevented him from scoring. Time expired as the line judge attempted to spot the ball on the two-inch line."When Donovan threw me the ball, I just tried to go up there and get it," Brown said. "I wasn't thinking about anything...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
LANDOVER, Md. -- Jim Zorn sure didn't look like the worst coach in America on Sunday. Instead, he's the coach who got his turned around a week too late -- with a stop at the 1-yard line on the game's final play. As Reggie Brown caught the ball near the goal line, cornerback Fred Smoot lifted him into the air, and safety LaRon Landry supplied the shove that kept the receiver out of the...
