'No appetite' for reviving Clean Elections - NJ.com
28 May 2012, 5:31 am
You probably don’t. New Jersey’s experiment with public financing for people seeking elective office was noble but extremely limited and was abandoned in 2009 after a tryout in two legislative races, done in by budget cuts and adverse ...

Report: 'Hawks WR Williams fell back on bad habits - NFL
27 May 2012, 1:03 pm
Williams received a tryout from his former college head coach Pete Carroll, made the Seahawks' 53-man roster and led the team with 65 receptions and 751 yards, adding two regular-season touchdowns before signing a three-year, $11.25 million ...

Brian Banks: New York Giants Should Give This Former High School Star a tryout - Bleacherreport.com
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
His name is Brian Banks. To most New York Giants and NFL fans, that means absolutely nothing. But once upon a time, Banks was a top-ranked linebacker recruit at Long Beach Polytechnic High School awarded a scholarship to play football for Pete Carroll at USC.

The big tryout: VP possibles playing attack dog for Romney - KCRA.com
25 May 2012, 12:01 pm
Wanted: A political attack dog ready to tear into President Barack Obama. Must play by team rules, be able to withstand the pressure of a presidential campaign and pass a rigorous vetting process. Being qualified to be president is a definite plus.

Local Olympic preview events will give Twitter a tryout - Examiner
24 May 2012, 12:28 am
Twitter is changing the way that California fans view sports. On May 19, over 32,000 tweets-per-minute were sent on Twitter at the peak of the soccer match between the Chelsea Football Club and FC Bayern during the Champions League Final, the ‘Superbowl ...

Adam Morrison Sports New and Disgusting Hairdo During Brooklyn Nets tryout - Bleacherreport.com
21 May 2012, 5:28 pm
It's extremely difficult to spot Adam Morrison on the court these days because he's not in the NBA. However, he finally made an appearance recently during a Brooklyn Nets tryout and boy, does he look different. In fact, he hasn't played an NBA minute since ...

Chiefs ink two more draft picks, sign three players off minicamp tryout and add another free agent - Kansas City Chiefs
16 May 2012, 8:22 am
The Chiefs announced a slew of player transactions Wednesday morning, including the signing of two more draft picks and four free agents. Three of the four free agent signees were tryout players from last weekend’s three-day rookie minicamp.

Chinese Property Giant’s Foreign ‘tryout’ - Wall Street Journal
16 May 2012, 1:56 am
In September 2010, property company China Vanke told The Wall Street Journal that it had no plans to expand abroad. On Monday, it said it is taking a 74% stake in Hong Kong-listed Winsor Properties Holdings, which has residential, office and ...

Packers sign five tryout players - Packers.com
14 May 2012, 2:08 pm
The Green Bay Packers signed T Shea Allard, WR Jarrett Boykin, G Grant Cook, WR Curenski Gilleylen and CB Otis Merrill, and waived T Chris Campbell. The transactions were announced Monday by Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General ...

Gary Gray gets tryout with Lions - ESPN
13 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Notre Dame had four players selected in this year's NFL draft. The Irish had four more sign free-agent deals with NFL teams in the draft's aftermath. Not among those, surprisingly, was Gary Gray, but it looks like the cornerback may finally be ...