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| Leinart excused from practice to attend birth of son |
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10/25/2006 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart was excused from practice Wednesday after attending the birth of his son in Southern California. Brynn Cameron, a University of Southern California basketball player, gave birth to a boy, Cole, on Tuesday night in Southern California. Further details were not available. Leinart was expected to return to the team later Wednesday. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report |
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| NFL owners approve games abroad during regular season |
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10/25/2006 |
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| Mexico, England or Germany, said Mark Waller, senior vice president of NFL International. If history is any guide, games abroad could be a smashing success. In 2005, the NFL staged its first regular season game outside the United States when the Arizona Cardinals hosted the San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City. While neither team was a playoff contender last season, a crowd of 103,467 flocked to Azteca Stadium, the largest crowd for a regular season game in NFL history. ``We did that with the eye toward tryi |
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| NFL owners approve international regular-season games |
NFL Football |
10/24/2006 |
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| rld," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. "The owners believe that hosting regular-season games outside the United States on a regular basis is in the best interests of the league and will help to increase the fan base, build awareness of the NFL and grow the sport worldwide." The NFL staged its first-ever regular-season game outside the U.S. in 2005 when the Arizona Cardinals played the San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City. It was the largest crowd for a regular-season game in NFL history, drawing 103,467 fans. |
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| Raiders finally get a win |
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10/24/2006 |
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| n. The Raiders started off the season with five straight losses, and many folks believed Art Shell's club had a chance to be the first team to go winless in a year since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers went 0-14. Oakland smelled blood this week as the Arizona Cardinals rolled into town fresh off their stinging Monday Night loss to Chicago. The Raiders wasted no time in the victory, scoring the first 17 points of this 22-9 triumph. A key component in Oakland's first win since November 20, 2005 at Washington was the |
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| NFL owners approve international games during regular season |
NFL Football |
10/24/2006 |
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| to travel to Europe and that's probably the way it would be set up because of our location. But as far as the league's concerned, I think it's a great idea.'' In 2005, the NFL staged its first regular-season game outside the United States when the Arizona Cardinals hosted the San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City. A crowd of 103,467 flocked to Azteca Stadium, the largest crowd for a regular-season game in NFL history. The league also has played numerous exhibition games overseas for the past two decades. The Ne |
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| Carthon quits as Browns offensive coordinator |
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10/24/2006 |
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| league-low 232 points. Following Cleveland's bye week, Crennel decided to stick with Carthon, a former New York Giants fullback and running backs coach who never handled play calling before joining Crennel's staff. Both the Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals dismissed their offensive coordinators last week, and Crennel decided he would take on a more active role with the offense to help Carthon. But nothing worked against the Broncos, who sacked Charlie Frye five times and held the Browns to season lo |
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| Green knows status shaky as team slides to 1-6 |
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10/24/2006 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -Three years into Dennis Green's tenure as coach of the Arizona Cardinals, the team is off to its worst start in nine seasons. That's saying something for a franchise with one winning season since 1984. Sunday's loss to the previously winless Oakland Raiders was the Cardinals' sixth straight since a season-opening victory over San Francisco. With a 12-27 record at Arizona, a subdued Green said on Monday that his focus is simply on preparing the team for its next game - Sunday at Green |
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| First win does wonders for Raiders' confidence |
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10/23/2006 |
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| A, Calif. (AP) -The talk around the Raiders on Monday was about the growing confidence, better mood and improved play following Oakland's first win of the season. The five turnovers and eight penalties the team committed in a 22-9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals were mere afterthoughts. It really is remarkable what a win against a reeling opponent can do to a team's morale. Safety Stuart Schweigert said he got phone calls from people other than his mother and teammates after a game for a change and didn't |
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| Brother of NFL player-turned-soldier Pat Tillman calls Iraq war 'illegal' |
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10/23/2006 |
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| eadership, whose only credit is lying to its people and illegally invading a nation, has been allowed to steal the courage, virtue and honor of its soldiers on the ground,'' he wrote. After playing for Arizona State, Pat Tillman was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998. He played with the team for four years. He was on the verge of signing another contract with the Cardinals in 2002 when he decided to join the Army instead. The brothers, both ASU graduates, were initially sent to Iraq, then returned to t |
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| Raiders break into win column by pounding Cardinals |
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10/23/2006 |
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| Oakland, CA (MySportsbook) - Andrew Walter threw for 263 yards and a touchdown before leaving with an injury, as the Raiders won their first game of the season, 22-9, over the Arizona Cardinals at McAfee Coliseum. Randy Moss caught seven balls for 129 yards and one score for Oakland (1-5), which overcame five turnovers. Also making contributions to the victory were running back Justin Fargas, who gained 66 yards on 23 carries and kicker Sebastian Janikowski, who had two field goals. "I thought it was a great |
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