Detroit Mayor Pleads Guilty, Will Resign

RAW VIDEO: Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick at Hearing

CHICAGO--Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) pleaded guilty this morning to two felony perjury charges and agreed to resign from office, a stunning fall for a politician who was once considered one of Michigan's most promising leaders.

Kilpatrick admitted in Wayne County Circuit Court that he lied twice under oath. He agreed to leave office within 14 days, serve 120 days in jail and pay a $1 million fine. He also pleaded no contest to assaulting a police officer.

"Yes, I lied under oath," a somber Kilpatrick in a hearing carried live on television in Detroit and nationwide on cable channels. Detroit voters elected Kilpatrick twice, only to see city business paralyzed by his March indictment and his fierce determination to beat the charges. He once promised a "full and complete vindication."



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Florida A&M at DSU game preview

Where: Alumni Stadium, Dover (Capacity: 7,000)
When: 7:30 tonight
TV/radio: ESPNU/1450AM
Records: DSU (0-0- 0-0) Florida A&M (1-0,0-0)

Prediction: DSU 27, Florida A&M 17.

Scouting the Hornets

DSU enters the season in defense of its first league championship since 1991. In 2007, the Hornets were undefeated in the MEAC and qualified for the program's first NCAA playoffs. They own a three-game win streak over the Rattlers. Thirteen starters return from a team that set a school record for victories in a season (10). DSU's only losses were to Division I-A Kent State and Delaware in the first round of the I-AA playoffs. With DSU trying new tweaks on offense, it will again rely on the consistency of its defense and special teams. Returning linebackers Josh Pope and Jackie Watkins combined for 14 tackles-for-loss and 3.5 sacks a year ago. DSU added Syracuse transfers Donta Herrod and Quinton Brown in the defensive backfield, two players who should provide leadership.

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Forget the local press predictions, look for the FAMU Rattlers defense to steamroll the Hornets offense and find a way to win!

Teeing up on the road with the DSU Hornets

Wherever DSU football team goes, fine links are never far away

As long as Delaware State University remains in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Hornets football fans are guaranteed a golf trip to Florida every season. The Hornets played at Florida A&M in Tallahassee last year. This season, they play at Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach. It alternates that way every two years. And while DSU isn't playing any road games in the Carolinas this year, there will still be plenty of fine golf destinations for the traveling Hornets fan.

Sept. 13, at Kent It's 420 miles from Dover to Kent, Ohio. A good stop for golfers along the way would be Mill Creek Golf Course, which sits just off Interstate 76 in Canfield, Ohio, 35 miles east of Kent. Both the North and South courses at Mill Creek were designed by the legendary Donald Ross. The South is the longest at only 6,302 yards, but both have plenty of trees, bunkers and streams in play.

Oct. 11, at Bethune-Cookman It's Florida, so there is no shortage of four-star golf. But a good place to start is LPGA International.

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NSU Spartans coach sees room for improvement

NORFOLK, VA - A few stalled drives and too many missed tackles left coach Pete Adrian with this assessment of Norfolk State's romp over Virginia State on Saturday: "I wasn't happy with our total performance. We're going to have to play better."

Much of the anticipation of the season has centered around UConn transfer Dennis Brown, who made his first start as a Spartan. The redshirt junior completed 12 of 30 passes for 126 yards with a touchdown. Brown completed four of his first five passes to lead NSU to a touchdown on its opening drive. However, he also overthrew some receivers, including Dario Walker on his longest pass of the night. Walker had beaten the coverage, but was a step slow for the 40-yard Brown bomb.

Norfolk State University Spartan Legion Band 8/30/08 - 5th Qtr. Labor Day Classic

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FAMU not rattled by Delaware State

There seems to be so much that FAMU has to contend with heading into Thursday night's televised game with Delaware State. The Rattlers are going on the road on just four days rest. They'll be taking on a team that they haven't beaten in their last three meetings. On top of that, the game is at Alumni Stadium, home of the defending MEAC champion Hornets.

And, coach Joe Taylor is telling his players not to make the odds become a distraction. "As a coach you always tell the players that as long as the field is 53 1/3 yards wide and 100 yards long it doesn't matter," Taylor said at Tuesday's meeting with the media. His players seem to be taking heed as they seemingly relish the opportunity to meet the Hornets in Dover.

Delaware State vs. FLORIDA A&M RATTLERS Game Notes (PDF)

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Date: September 4, 2008
Location: Alumni Stadium (Artificial A-Turf) (7,000) in Dover, Del.
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m.
Television: ESPNU. Charlie Neal (play-by-play) and Jay Walker
(analyst) will call the action. Denis Lanius is directing the contest.
Producing the game is John Kittering.
Radio: 1450 WILM-AM will carry the action (Part of the Delaware
State Hornets Radio Network). Scott Klatzkin is in his first season
as DSU’s play-by-play announcer. Kevin Scholla is the broadcast
analyst.
Live Stats: www.DSUHornets.com
Tickets: 1.302.857.TIXX

Grambling's young talent still has growing up to do

GRAMBLING, LA — Grambling traveled to Reno, Nevada on Saturday to play a game it wasn’t supposed to win. And to little surprise, Nevada easily beat the visiting Tigers, 49-13. Though the game may not have been competitive, it gave Grambling coach Rod Broadway and his coaching staff a great opportunity to evaluate their football team.

The consensus? The Tigers have playmaking ability, but they’re inexperienced, and have a lot of growing to do. “We traveled with 62 guys, and 44 of those are freshmen and sophomores,” Broadway said. “There’s a learning curve there. Our problem is simple. We’re young and we’re talented. We just need some senior leadership, and we only have six guys in our senior class. Our guys are going to be okay.”

VIEW PHOTO GALLERY: Grambling at Nevada, 8/30

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Rattlers a mystery without game film

Hornets' Lavan suspects ploy by new coach

DOVER -- There is a new football coach at Florida A&M, which almost certainly means a new look when the Rattlers visit Alumni Stadium Thursday night to take on Delaware State. But the Hornets don't know exactly what that new look is. Hornets coach Al Lavan revealed Tuesday that he had not received the Rattlers' game film from their season-opening 30-20 win Saturday over Alabama State.

College football has a long history of tapes getting lost in the mail or being unavailable because of broken equipment. But the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference requires teams to exchange film and has created a Web-based system to eliminate such gamesmanship, which Lavan reluctantly suspects in the case of FAMU. "There is a procedure to get the tape," Lavan said. "They know they haven't sent it."

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