Eric Smith News

Eric Smith News From AOL News

Auburn's Defense Stands Tall in BCS Championship Game Victory

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and the SEC winning BCS title games. Auburn University won the fifth consecutive Southeastern Conference national title on Monday night -- a seventh win of the BCS era that means the SEC has now won more BCS titles than the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-10,...

Bill Belichick, Patriots Answer the Call, Thoroughly Dominate Jets

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Maybe Bill Belichick has never for a second pondered that one day he could be fired as Patriots coach. But the way the guy peeks under every stone, it is a good bet that is ground he has covered, too. Remember, he was axed in Cleveland 15 years ago. No matter the time or distance of the act, it is a...

Jim Leonhard, Jets' Safety, Placed on IR After Season-Ending Surgery

For much of the season, the New York Jets have managed to avoid too many serious injuries. However, the Jim Leonhard injury has changed all that. The Jets placed their starting strong safety on injured reserve Saturday, a day after he broke his leg in a collision with Jets receiver Patrick Turner during practice. Leonhard...

New York Man Blows Off Arm With Party Fireworks

ISLIP TERRACE, N.Y. (July 3) - Police say a man lighting fireworks has blown off his arm at a party on New York's Long Island. Suffolk County police say 36-year-old Eric Smith was using a 3-foot long metal tube to shoot mortars from the street near his Islip Terrace home around 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Police believe he...

Eric Smith Thinks the NFL Tried to Made an Example of Him

Eric Smith will be back with the Jets on Sunday after serving his one-game suspension for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Anquan Boldin. He's not through talking about the decision to suspend and fine him $50,000 for the incident, though. Smith feels that the NFL was using him as the poster boy for bad behavior and is upset that...

Eric Smith News From the Web

05/25/12 Torch relay invader 'rugby-tackled into hedge' Source: Get Surrey - Surrey - UK OLYMPICS security guards tackled an over-excited spectator into a hedge while a Woking grandad serenely carried the flame on only its third leg.
05/23/12 How safe is your online banking? Source: ABC - NewsChannel 5 - Cleveland OH A Chagrin Falls man lost $50,000 after computer hackers tapped into his online bank account.
05/23/12 Fire chief choice to explore local staffing Source: Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester MA With four fire stations, 63 on-the-line firefighters and a tightening fiscal climate, his fire department in Westland, Mich., faces some of the same pressures that Gloucester's does.
05/22/12 8 New York Jets That Must Step Up and Improve in 2012 Source: Bleacher Report Eric Smith was a major reason why the Jets interior pass defense was one of the worst in the league in 2011.
05/22/12 Michigan man is mayor's pick for fire chief Source: Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester MA Capping a nine-month search, Mayor Carolyn Kirk on Monday chose a deputy chief from a fire department in suburban Detroit to become the next leader of the Gloucester Fire Department.