...of the loss. The Avalanche missed a chance to go up 3-1 and outshot the Stars 39-15. ''I still like our position,'' coach Bob Hartley said. ''We have to bear down on our chances, be a little bit more creative offensively, and I...

...and then were given the rest of the day off. Tuesday is always an off-day. "I told them to meet with their position coaches, to be introspective momentarily, each man to look at himself and to come in Wednesday ready to get this thing...

...to bugs. But Culpepper has recognized more than 90 percent of the blitzes being thrown at him, according to his position coach, Wood, and has responded coolly by audibling or going to his "hot" receiver. On a corner blitz against the Patriots...

...him make catches that nobody could make but him," says Saints wide receivers coach Hubbard Alexander, Carter's position coach with the Vikings in 1998 and '99. "I don't care if it's Jerry Rice, or Steve Largent, or Raymond Berry...

...and buckled down to be a great player after the Vikings plucked him off the waiver wire in September, 1990. His position coach at the time told him his only chance in hell of starting was if the two guys ahead of him, Anthony Carter and Hassan...

...but his shuffling of assistants for the second straight season may have said just as much. The result is a new position coach for the two areas suffering the most. By greeting defensive backs coach Willie Shaw and defensive line coach Brian...

...Sent F Pierre Dagenais to Albany. COLLEGE JACKSON STATE--Reassigned defensive coordinator Robert Kelly to a position coach. Announced the retirement of Ben McGee, defensive line coach. Fired David Geralds, linebackers coach. NORTH CAROLINA...

...XFL. Another possibility for the special teams position is the Baltimore Ravens' Russ Purnell, who was Tice's position coach when he played in Seattle. San Diego's Bruce Read also has been mentioned. Tice continues to expand his list of...

...awhile for Carter to buy into his coach's belief. "I finally convinced him of that," said Shaw, Carter's position coach last year who's now the Minnesota Vikings' defensive coordinator. "I said that last year," Shaw said. "All...

...once you stay healthy, we'll be OK." Co-offensive coordinator Mitch Browning has been Kuppe's and Carter's position coach since their second seasons. "They've both been around," Browning said. "They know their way around the weight...