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| Whisenhunt meets with Steelers for 3 hours |
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01/09/2007 |
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| p>``I'm just honored to be included in this search,'' Whisenhunt said. ``A lot of the coaches and players have helped me get to this spot, and I'm very grateful for that.'' Grimm interviewed Monday with the Steelers before meeting Tuesday with the Arizona Cardinals. Whisenhunt talked with the Cardinals last Friday and met with the Falcons and Dolphins. Atlanta has since hired Louisville coach Bobby Petrino. What Whisenhunt can offer the Steelers is a relatively easy transition, with little change needed on e |
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| Grimm last candidate to get Arizona interview |
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01/09/2007 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -Pittsburgh Steelers assistant Russ Grimm was interviewed Tuesday as the final candidate to replace the fired Dennis Green as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Grimm, the assistant head coach and offensive line coach of the Steelers, didn't arrive until the afternoon and hadn't completed his interview when he took a break to talk to reporters. ``I like what I see,'' he said. ``I like what the organization has to offer. I think it's headed in the right direction. I think you're going t |
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| USC assistant interviews for Raiders opening |
NFL Football |
01/08/2007 |
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| in the morning. They'll be interviewing several more candidates, but I should know something in the next three days.'' Other potential candidates for the Raiders' job include defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, offensive coordinator John Shoop, former Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green and former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel. At USC, Sarkisian coached Heisman Trophy winners in Palmer and Leinart and helped develop Booty into one of the early favorites for the Heisman next season. Booty threw for 391 yards |
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| Chow seeks reunion with Leinart in Arizona |
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01/08/2007 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -Norm Chow became the seventh candidate to be interviewed for the Arizona Cardinals' coaching job, and expressed great interest in a potential reunion with quarterback Matt Leinart. Leinart even dropped by for lunch while Chow was meeting with Cardinals ownership and front office personnel on Monday. ``Obviously I have a real fondness for Matt,'' Chow said after his interview. ``We were together for all three years that I was at USC. He's a very unique young man. I think he's a very spec |
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| Steelers may stay in-house for coach for first time since 1965 |
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01/08/2007 |
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| offices. Whisenhunt, the Steelers' offensive coordinator for three seasons and an assistant coach for six, will interview on Tuesday. This will be his fourth interview in less than a week; he also talked over the weekend with the Atlanta Falcons, Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins. Whisenhunt will have interviewed with every NFL team looking for a head coach except for the Oakland Raiders. Last year, he pulled his name out of consideration for their job before they rehired Art Shell, but Shell was let go |
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| BCS title game has little buzz and tough act to follow |
Division I College Football |
01/08/2007 |
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| ium. That would be the University of Phoenix, which not only has no football team itself, but no other teams of any kind, either. The school, though, makes enough off its courses to pay $154.5 million for the naming rights to the home field of the Arizona Cardinals in this nondescript Phoenix suburb. That's big money, but college football has become a game of big money. The BCS game is the record 32nd bowl game in a season that began nearly three weeks ago with the Poinsettia Bowl and included seemingly ever |
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| Steelers' next hire could be in-house |
NFL Football |
01/05/2007 |
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| , he was one of 10 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Whisenhunt and Grimm are being considered by some of the five NFL teams currently looking for coaches. Whisenhunt interviewed Thursday with the Atlanta Falcons and met Friday with the Arizona Cardinals. The Miami Dolphins also plan to talk with Whisenhunt, a former Georgia Tech and Falcons tight end who is considered one of the NFL's top offensive coaches. Whisenhunt has excelled in creating good matchups, developing players - including quarterb |
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| With three games in 11 days, Fiesta officials pull a bowl hat trick |
Division I College Football |
01/05/2007 |
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| Allen said. The roof will be closed for the game. Smoke wasn't a problem at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, where the first 35 Fiesta Bowls were played. The Fiesta had a successful run there but decided to move to the new Glendale stadium, home to the Arizona Cardinals, in its efforts to remain among the elite bowls. To fill the void at Sun Devil Stadium, Fiesta officials moved the Insight Bowl from Chase Field in Phoenix. The changes created plenty of stress for organizers. But their guests haven't noticed a di |
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| Rivera interviews with Cards, 2 more to go |
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01/04/2007 |
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) -Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera has interviewed for the Arizona Cardinals' coaching vacancy and is expected to meet with the Atlanta Falcons and Miami Dolphins. ``I spoke yesterday with Arizona and have a couple of more lined up that will be forthcoming,'' Rivera said Thursday after practice. It's the second straight year Rivera has gone through a round of interviews. A former player with Chicago and assistant coach with Philadelphia, he has helped shape the Bears in |
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| Grandma steals the spotlight from Buckeyes' Pitcock |
Division I College Football |
01/04/2007 |
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| tcock 8, Sidney O.' He just went through the line, just BOOM.'' Pitcock is a fifth-year senior who has taken advantage of Ohio State's four bowl trips to Arizona in the last five years to visit his grandmother. Church said she hopes her hometown Arizona Cardinals draft her grandson. ``I would be very pleased with that,'' she said. ``They need him desperately. Their offense is worse than their defense, but I still think Quinn could really help them.'' --- OPPOSITE SIDES AGAIN: This won't be the first ti |
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