The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now read more

The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now it's more complicated because we probably have more players abroad than ever before.

Our guards shot the ball pretty well tonight and I think they carried us, with Shawn being out of the read more

Our guards shot the ball pretty well tonight and I think they carried us, with Shawn being out of the starting lineup we had other guys step in.

We've heard they've had signs up about Cuero for the last three weeks, ... We're excited about playing this game read more

We've heard they've had signs up about Cuero for the last three weeks, ... We're excited about playing this game but not to the point where we do not know what we're doing. We just have to go into the game with intensity and remain focused on our goal.

A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I read more

A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that. It sure makes a difference when you have the coach's confidence.

More than likely, I'm going to play.

More than likely, I'm going to play.

What we try to do with our offense is get open using cuts and back-door screens and really spread the read more

What we try to do with our offense is get open using cuts and back-door screens and really spread the floor and we were able to do that tonight. But one thing we didn't do was take advantage of our height. We will need to do a better job of that against Perryville.

The kids came out from the beginning and took care of business. That is all they really wanted to do.

The kids came out from the beginning and took care of business. That is all they really wanted to do.

Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or read more

Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or sectarian or tribal or political discrimination.

It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had read more

It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive them and He, in his boundless exasperation, had said, ''All right, then. Stay. Stay in the Garden. Get civilized. Procreate. Muck it up.'' And they did.