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Jets QB Ainge suspended four games over steroids

Nov. 21, 2008
New York Jets rookie quarterback Erik Ainge has been suspended four games by the NFL for violating the league's policy on steroids and related substances.
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Ainge given promotion by Celtics

BOSTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge has been given a contract extension and promotion by the NBA team.

NFL: N.Y. Jets 27, Philadelphia 20

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A two-yard scoring run with 6:26 to play Thursday lifted the New York Jets to a 27-20 exhibition victory over Philadelphia.

Tennessee QB has knee injury

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 9 (UPI) -- Quarterback Erik Ainge of Tennessee will miss the remainder of spring practice because of a right knee injury. Neither Ainge nor Coach Phillip Fulmer know exactly how the injury occurred, but it may require surgery.

COL FB: Tennessee 39, Vanderbilt 10

NASHVILLE, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- LaMarcus Coker ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns and Erik Ainge passed for 266 yards and two TDs Saturday as 23rd-ranked Tennessee beat Vanderbilt, 39-10.

COL FB: Tennessee 31, South Carolina 24

COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Erik Ainge passed for 254 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as the ninth-ranked Tennessee Vols posted a 31-24 win over South Carolina.

COL FB: Tennessee 31, Air Force 30

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Erik Ainge threw three TD passes and 17th-ranked Tennessee denied Air Force a two-point conversion try with 1:35 remaining in a 31-30 victory Saturday.

Celtics sign Ainge for three more years

BOSTON, May 20 (UPI) -- Boston Celtics Executive Director Danny Ainge Friday received a three-year contract keeping him with the club through the 2008-09 season.

COL FB: Tennessee 17, Alabama 13

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The 13th-ranked Tennessee Vols held on Saturday for a 17-13victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide.

COL FB: Tennessee 19, Georgia 14

ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Freshman quarterback Erik Ainge threw two touchdown passes Saturday as No. 17 Tennessee nipped No. 3 and previously unbeaten Georgia, 19-14.

COL FB: Florida 28, Tennessee 30

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The Tennessee Volunteers won 30-28 over the Florida Gators in a Southeastern Conference battle at Neyland Stadium, in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday.

Carroll out; Celtics to hire new coach

WALTHAM, Mass., April 26 (UPI) -- The National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics are looking for a new coach.

Celtics Coach O'Brien resigns

BOSTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Boston's Jim O'Brien became the NBA's latest coaching casualty Tuesday.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch