1001 Excuses

Tech-related homework excuses are a growth area, says a new survey of teachers.

Despite competing without eight suspended players, Austin-East head coach Kwayu Graham made no excuses following a 45-0 playoff loss to Knoxville Catholic High School.  However, Graham said he probably would not have completely suspended the players arrested in a shoplifting sting last weekend.

The Tivy boys basketball team is undermanned, and one of its best players is out with an injury, but those aren’t excuses. That’s what the Antlers have been dealt to start the 2008-09 season.

Ernie Sims won't even entertain the idea of excuses. How's his surgically repaired shoulder holding up this season? "Does it matter?" he said, raising an eyebrow. "I feel fine. My shoulder, I've had no problems out of it. I feel fine." Maybe so. But his play the last month, while hardly the only -- or even the most significant -- reason for the Lions' defensive woes, suggests everything isn't OK.

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So many factors have been blamed by the coach of the Springboks for the team's needy performances on this northern hemisphere tour, that you wonder what's coming next. Will climate change be unveiled next as the real reason?

"Live Free or Die difficult" actor Bruce Willis has sued a Malaysian prince and his company over a $2 million investment in "green rubber" the actor wants returned.

Were you shocked when Barry Melrose, the never-should-have-been-hired coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, was fired last Friday after only 16 games?

Tired of athletes and their lame excuses? Kerry Collins is your guy.

None.

'On the bright side, 70% of our initiatives fail anyway'

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