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Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney fessed up today that it took a Giants fan to talk him into taking the new job as ambassador to Ireland. “He was the one who got to me,” Rooney said of Attorney General Eric Holder, who grew up in Queens worshipping the N.Y. Giants of Y.A. Tittle, Sam Huff and the two Roseys, Brown and Grier. “I was a little reluctant at first” to take up the post in Dublin, but Holder’s sales job brought him around, Rooney said at his swearing-in ceremony in the ornate columned Treaty Room of the State Department. Secretary of State Clinton,... [read full story]
France followed up last weekend's impressive win over world champions South Africa with a comprehensive victory over an outclassed Samoa side at the Stade de France. Three tries in the opening 15 minutes, courtesy of Dimitri...
Manchester United strolled to a 3-0 victory over Everton at Old Trafford to climb above Arsenal into second place in the Premier League. A fantastic first-half strike from Darren Fletcher was added to by Michael Carrick and...
Click refresh for the latest updates, or you can click the auto-refresh button below. Email tom.lutz@guardian.co.uk with any suggestions, insights or insults PEEEEEP! United close the gap on Chelsea to five points and are now...
Huddersfield moved up to third in the table after a hard-fought victory. Garry Liddle put Hartlepool ahead with a header from Neil Austin's free-kick, while Peter Clarke later cleared Adam Boyd's goal-bound shot off the line....
