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| BAUM ON FOOTBALL: New stadium does nothing to change Cardinals' fortunes |
NFL Football |
10/03/2006 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -What's the old saying? Put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig. Well, put the Arizona Cardinals in a magnificent new home stadium and, so far at least, they're the same old Cardinals. In his third season in the land where football careers go to die, coach Dennis Green is 12-24 and, for the third year in a row, off to a 1-3 start. ``That's what's killing me,'' linebacker Calvin Pace said on Tuesday. ``This is my fourth year and this is the fourth year I've started 1-3. You just ask |
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| Cougars face second ranked team this month when No. 3 USC visits |
Division I College Football |
09/29/2006 |
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| chance that you can win. I don't care how good they are.'' So far, the Trojans have been very good. John David Booty has completed 66 percent of his passes and has thrown seven touchdowns and an interception, replacing Matt Leinart, now with the Arizona Cardinals. Carroll said this year's offense has better statistics than the 2003 squad, when Leinart, fellow Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush, and LenDale White were in the backfield. The Trojans' defense ranks at the top nationally in several categories |
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| Falcons having trouble getting their kicks - away |
NFL Football |
09/28/2006 |
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| so far. What about the special teams? Well, that's where things take an ugly turn. Talk about a group that's not living up to its name. Atlanta (2-1) has already given up a season's worth of blocked kicks heading into Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals. Three field-goal attempts - one in each game - were swatted away by the other team. And last week, New Orleans also smothered a punt by Michael Koenen, falling on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown that sparked the Saints to a 23-3 victory |
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| James says mistakes keeping talented Cardinals from success |
NFL Football |
09/28/2006 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -End the mistakes and success will come. That's the simple recipe Edgerrin James is offering after his first three games with the Arizona Cardinals. ``Go out and play the game and don't beat yourself,'' James said after Thursday's practice. ``That's what it boils down to. We just go out and play and don't make mistakes and we do all right.'' The Cardinals (1-2) play the Falcons (2-1) in Atlanta on Sunday on the heels of a crushing 16-14 home loss to St. Louis. Kurt Warner was intercept |
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| Familiar sight: Vick near bottom of NFL passing stats |
NFL Football |
09/27/2006 |
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| y have gotten away from their running game a little too quickly, trying to catch up through the air after the Saints jumped to a 14-3 lead in the first quarter. And there were more struggles in the red zone; Going into Sunday's home game against the Arizona Cardinals (1-2), Atlanta has gone more than 6 1/2 quarters without scoring a touchdown. ``It is a very real concern, but we feel like we can get through it,'' Mora said. ``We will get through it.'' The Falcons have been a run-oriented team since Mora took |
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| COLLEGE FB PACKAGE: Alabama gets close-up look at Florida's Tebow |
Division I College Football |
09/27/2006 |
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| ,'' Tebow said. ``I really like him and admire him. I think he's a great guy.'' --- ANOTHER BULLDOGS TE: Martrez Milner was expected to carry on the tradition of big-play tight ends at Georgia that most recently included Leonard Pope, now of the Arizona Cardinals, and Ben Watson of the New England Patriots. Milner, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound senior, has been best known for his spotty play and that inconsistency has kept him from reaching the level of his predecessors. After catching a game-winning touchdown w |
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| COLLEGE FB PACKAGE: Carpenter's shaken, but he could be in Stanford's shoes |
Division I College Football |
09/27/2006 |
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| y any more younger players that we're playing now,'' Harris said. --- FOLLOWING MATT: There was speculation earlier this week that former USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart might take over as starting QB for his new team, the Arizona Cardinals. But for now, Kurt Warner is still Arizona's guy, coach Dennis Green said on Tuesday. Warner threw three interceptions, two of them with Arizona inside the opponent's 14-yard line, and fumbled a snap in the Cardinals' 16-14 home loss to the Rams o |
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| Green says Warner to remain starting quarterback |
NFL Football |
09/26/2006 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said Tuesday. Green responded to Monday's ESPN report that said he decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner for Sunday's game at Atlanta. ``Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do,'' Green said in a statement released by the team. ``However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we stil |
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| University of Phoenix gets naming rights to Cardinals stadium |
NFL Football |
09/26/2006 |
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -The Arizona Cardinals played for 18 years at a college stadium in Tempe. Now the University of Phoenix, the nation's largest private university, will pay the NFL team $154.5 million over the next 20 years to put its name on the Cardinals' new home. The ``University of Phoenix Stadium'' label was unveiled at a news conference outside the $455 million structure in suburban Phoenix on Tuesday. The for-profit university has 323,000 students, most of them working adults in their 30s, at |
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| University of Phoenix gets naming rights to new football stadium |
NFL Football |
09/26/2006 |
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -The University of Phoenix, the nation's largest private university, will pay $154.5 million over 20 years for naming rights on the Arizona Cardinals' new stadium. The naming-rights deal is the first sports-marketing venture for Apollo Group Inc., the University of Phoenix's parent company, Apollo president Brian Mueller said Monday, and is part of a major new branding campaign for the school. The University of Phoenix has 250,000 students, most of them working adults. Its parent comp |
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