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| Super Bowl officials announced |
NFL Football |
01/28/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Terry McAulay has been selected as the referee to head the seven-man crew that will officiate Super Bowl XLIII between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. McAulay, who is concluding his 11th season as an NFL game official, previously served as the referee for Super Bowl XXXIX between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. This will mark his 10th career playoff game. He's also officiated five conference championship games, two divisional playoff contes |
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| Strange year turns historic for Cardinals' Graham |
NFL Football |
01/27/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - In sports and in life, timing is everything. The Arizona Cardinals wouldn't have gotten to Super Bowl XLIII without having played their best football of the season in January. And the odds of punter Ben Graham having the opportunity to stand on football's grandest stage seemed even longer than that of his team. "If someone had (told) me six or seven weeks ago that I would've been in this position, I would've paid them a million dollars," said Graham shortly after the Cardinals' 33-25 victory |
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| Steelers' Ward: "I feel good" |
NFL Football |
01/27/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward indicated during Media Day Tuesday that the rehabilitation of his sprained knee is going well and he is likely to suit up for Super Bowl XLIII Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. The 32-year-old had his knee bent backwards while being tackled by Frank Walker after making a catch midway through the first quarter of Pittsburgh's AFC Championship victory over rival Baltimore. Ward has missed just six games throughout his 11-year career. "H |
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| Faith fueled Cardinals' trip to Tampa |
NFL Football |
01/27/2009 |
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| llywood executives would be clamoring over. One of the NFL's perennial doormats, led by an aging former star quarterback seeking a return to his past glories, defies the odds to reach the Super Bowl with a stirring string of gut-check victories. The Arizona Cardinals' 2008 season is no movie script, however, but rather a real-life tale of a team that overcame a series of challenges and refused to count itself out when just about everybody else had. The plot twist took place in about the most foreign and distant |
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| Is Cardinals' Warner Bound for Canton? |
NFL Football |
01/27/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - When assessing Kurt Warner's Hall of Fame prospects, as many have since the 37-year old Arizona Cardinals signal-caller secured his third career Super Bowl appearance with a win in the NFC Championship, the discussion inevitably boils down to comparisons. Which is kind of curious, since no player in NFL history - much less one with Hall of Fame credentials - has been down the road Warner has traveled. Anyone else with a bust in Canton who was undrafted out of college, played in two minor leag |
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| The Top 12 Super Bowl Team Prop Bets |
NFL Football |
01/27/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Super Bowl XLIII features the NFL's top defensive team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, against the high-scoring Arizona Cardinals, who tied the Giants for the second most points in the league. Most folks expect the Steelers to prevail rather handily as they are favored to win by seven points. The over/under currently stands at 46.5 and 47 depending on the site, but just two of the last nine matchups have had final scores of 48 points or more. Other than the obvious two bets - the l |
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| Cardinals' defense finally getting its due |
NFL Football |
01/26/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - In the coming week leading up to Super Bowl XLIII, there's sure to be a countless number of glowing reviews about the Pittsburgh Steelers' top-ranked defense. And that sits just fine with members of the Arizona Cardinals. "We like not getting a lot of hype," remarked defensive tackle Darnell Dockett after Arizona's 32-25 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game. "We enjoy not being on TV and (people) talking about the next team. I hope whoever we play in the Super Bow |
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| Cardinals Offense: James' high road leads to Super Bowl |
NFL Football |
01/26/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Edgerrin James does own a Super Bowl ring, although the veteran running back will be making his first appearance in the NFL's title game when his Arizona Cardinals battle the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa on February 2. James wasn't part of the Indianapolis Colts' historic victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, having bolted his former team for a lucrative four- year free-agent contract with the Cardinals prior to the start of the 2006 season. As recognition of his cons |
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| Steelers Special Teams: Holmes Can Make History |
NFL Football |
01/26/2009 |
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| 9ers' John Taylor posted a Super Bowl-record 45-yard return against the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII, but was downed just inside the Cincinnati 50. This season, the odds could be better than ever of a player rushing toward glory on a punt return. The Arizona Cardinals' punt returner is the electrifying Steve Breaston. The former Michigan star doesn't have a return of longer than 11 yards in these playoffs, but he scored his first career TD last Sept. 30, on a 73-yard punt return against - you guessed it - the Pit |
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| Rams fill coordinator vacancies with Shurmur, Flajole |
NFL Football |
01/22/2009 |
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| a. Under Shurmur, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb threw for 3,916 yards and 23 touchdowns in helping guide the club to a 9-6-1 record in the regular season. Philadelphia then advanced to the NFC Championship Game as the sixth seed, but lost to the Arizona Cardinals. Carolina was also a playoff team this past season, winning the NFC South, but as the second seed lost to Arizona in the postseason. The Panthers' defense ranked just 18th in total defense this past season, but Flajole has tutored a host of talented |
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