Rugby training is ‘too physical’

Rugby training sessions are too physical, IRB chief executive Mike Miller tells BBC Sport.

The worst starter in the NBA

Ben WallaceThe names and the teams may change, but NBA training camp is annually littered with position battles. This year, for example, you’ll have Steve Blake trying to keep his starting PG job safe from Andre Miller in Portland; Brandon Jennings and Luke Ridnour (and perhaps Ramon Sessions) fighting for top QB duties in Milwaukee; and in Washington, Nick Young, Randy Foye, Mike Miller and DeShawn Stevenson will vie for the starting backcourt spot next to Gilbert Arenas, while JaVale McGee and

Beyond The Headlines: Some Are Still Willing to Serve

“In 1965, I wanted to be a soldier,” says Mike Miller. And he got his wish. But part of that wish went unfulfilled. He decided, as a junior in high school, that he wanted to make the military a career. He joined in 1965, and left for Vietnam in 1966 after completing airborne school. Miller liked jumping off roofs as a child—he thought jumping out of an airplane would be even more fun. “Did two tours in Vietnam,” he recollects, “’66-’67, re-upped again for a third tour without even coming home,

NBA Draft Links

Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star Tribune : “Just two days after Kahn essentially cleared the backcourt by trading Randy Foye and Mike Miller, the Wolves upheld a proud draft tradition: They once again left fans celebrating inside Target Center absolutely befuddled, perhaps dismayed, and wondering what in the world their team once again had done when it followed Rubio’s unexpected availability fifth overall by taking Flynn before the joyous noise inside the arena faded away. Four of the Wolve