A NEW BALLGAME FOR SPENCER.Byline: Nathan Brown Nathan Brown may refer to:
Former College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. men's basketball star Carlton Spencer was used to winning with head coach Howard Fisher. Spencer, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound guard, helped the Cougars to their first Western State Conference title in 10 years in 2004, then helped them repeat a year later. In doing so, Spencer is the only player since 1981 to win Western State Conference Player of the Year honors twice. Last season he averaged 23.1 points per game, 12th all-time on the WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) single-season list. Those were the good old days. As a junior starting guard at San Jose State, Spencer is seeing his fair share of losing. The Spartans are off to a 4-6 start, with losses in five of their past six games. Spencer started nine of the first 10 games and has averaged 7.1 points (fourth on the team) while making just 30 of 86 field goals, a .397 percentage. Spartans coach George Nessman expects Spencer to find his shot soon. ``Carlton is as good an athlete as we have,'' Nessman told the San Jose State Web site. --Can you blame him? J.J. Arrington, a former COC See chip on chip. and Cal running back, had big expectations follow him to the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga when he joined the Arizona Cardinals. He was the top rusher in NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I last season, running for more than 2,000 yards, and was the Cardinals' second-round draft choice. He landed on one of the worst rushing teams in the NFL. The Cardinals (4-10) are last in the NFL in total rushing with 66.7 yards per game. Arizona is the only team gaining fewer than 80 yards per game. But the blame hardly goes to Arrington or fellow back Marcel Shipp. The Cardinals prefer to pass. They signed quarterback Kurt Warner in the offseason and have relied heavily on receivers Anquan Boldin (85 receptions for 1,240 yards) and Larry Fitzgerald (92 for 1,236). Arrington (320) and Shipp (352) have combined for 672 yards on just 215 total carries. New York Jets Nathan Brown, (818) 713-3607 nate.brown(at)dailynews.com |
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