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Last night, former Pittsburgh offensive coordinator, Ken Whisenhunt lost his first game as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in the second game of a Monday Night Football double header. In the first game, Cincinnati beat the Baltimore 27-20 thanks to 24 points off of 6 Raven turnovers. The late game was just as sloppy as San Francisco beat Arizona 20-17 despite being outgained 261 yards to 194 yards.

ESPN is reporting that number 1 overall pick, JaMarcus Russell, and the Oakland Raiders have agreed to a 6 year, $61 million deal, including $32 million in guaranteed money. It is the richest contract ever signed by a rookie.

The US Women's Soccer team managed a 2-2 tie against Korea in their opening game of the 2007 Women's World Cup. Heather O'Reilly scored in the 69th minute to tie the game after the Koreans pulled ahead with 2 second half goals. The American team extended their streak of games without a loss to 47 games. In the 2 1/2 years under coach Greg Ryan, the Women's team has yet to lose a game.

Buffalo Bills tight end/special teamer Kevin Everett remains in intensive care after sustaining a spinal cord injury in Sundays game against the Broncos. The teams orthopedic surgeon has said he is cautiously optimistic but that a full recovery remains highly unlikely. He warned that Everett, who is still on a respirator and in a deeply sedated state, is still very susceptible to life threatening blood clots, infections, and breathing failure. He is showing voluntary movement in his legs and has feeling in all his extremities. More will be known about the extent of the damage to the spinal cord over the next several days as the swelling in the spinal column goes down. I can say from personal experience however, that doctors are notoriously pessimistic concerning spinal cord injuries. So much can go wrong, that they don't like to get families and patients hopes up and tend to understate the chances for recovery. I'm not a doctor, but in any case involving the spinal cord, any sort of feeling and voluntary movement, especially this early in the recovery process is very promising. Our thoughts and prayers remain with Everett and his family.

In other, far less serious injury news, Portland Trailblazer center, Gregg Oden, the number 1 pick in this years NBA draft, will undergo exploratory arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday after experiencing pain in his right knee. An MRI showed possible cartilege damage. This comes after missing most of the Blazers summer schedule due to surgery on his tonsils in July. Coming into the draft, injuries and future health were about the only concern about Oden. Hopefully he can get all of these problems out of the way before the season, but if we keep going like that, the Blazers will be starting the Bionic Man at center this winter.

Take a moment today to remember the victims of 9/11 and events of 6 years ago.