Intriguing football matchups all over the grid (Denver Post)
A new football season dawned last week, and it looked a lot like the last. Four Front Range big-college teams started the 2008 season as they did 2007.

ARMENIA, TURKEY PUT DIFFERENCES ASIDE FOR SOCCER (EurasiaNet.org)
A football match could possibly give a kick-start to efforts by Armenia and Turkey to normalize relations.

Football results worldwide (The Star)
Czech Div 1: Banik Ostrava 2 Slavia Prague 3. Leading standings: Sparta Prague 13, Slavia Prague 10, Brno 10, Mlada Boleslav 10, Slovan Liberec 10. Danish Div 1: Midtjylland 1 Vejle Boldklub 1.

Young Scots need point for play-offs (TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Scotland will qualify for the UEFA Under-21 Championship play-offs if they get at least a draw from their final group game.Victory for Finland over Denmark on Friday took them back to the top of Group Six, ahead of Scotland who beat Slovenia on Thursday night.

Pressley relishing a new challenge with Danish side (The Herald)
AS one of only a small coterie of players who has traversed the Old Firm divide, Steven Pressley has never backed away from radical career moves. Yesterday, the former Celtic and Hearts defender joined Danish outfit Randers FC on a three-month contract.

Editors Memo (BioMechanics)
Does dark matter cause ACL injuries? I see two types of dark matter on our radar. One is quite exciting, at least to this former astronomy major, and one is potentially catastrophic.

Offshore wind "ranches" (Boothbay Register)
Maine is responding well to this winter's energy crisis. Local groups - organized or ad hoc - are raising emergency fuel oil funds. Community groups - like Boothbay's Rebuilding Together - are weatherizing low income and elderly homes this fall.

In Stride - Sports Medicine (BioMechanics)
Study of FIFA-sponsored warm-up program stars at international congress.

West Ham move swiftly to put Bilic and Zola at top of shortlist (Independent)
West Ham United have drawn up a high-calibre shortlist to succeed Alan Curbishley as the club's manager following a board meeting yesterday. The seven-strong list is headed by Croatia coach Slaven Bilic but also includes Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Donadoni, John Collins, Michael Laudrup, Roberto Mancini and Gérard Houllier.

Iowa Ear: Mahaffey tosses coin for Grand View game (The Des Moines Register)
Des Moines City Councilman Bob Mahaffey had to decide this question on the flip of a coin.