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| Vick released from prison, home confinement next |
NFL Football |
05/20/2009 |
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| Hampton, VA (MySportsbook) - Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has been released from a federal prison in Kansas and is reportedly on his way back to Virginia to serve the remainder of his sentence related to a dogfighting ring. The Daily Press of Virginia cited a source as saying Vick was released from prison in Leavenworth, Kansas at about 4 a.m. (ct). The paper said Vick and his fiancee were able to avoid the large media contingent at the prison by leaving through a different gate. Accordin |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Offseason Power Poll |
NFL Football |
05/15/2009 |
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| e one aspect of the team that can always be relied upon...the passing game. You can't count Indy out as long as Peyton Manning is pulling the trigger, but in a crowded AFC South, the Colts are going to have to work hard to swim against the tide. 8 - Atlanta Falcons (11-5) Of the teams that had terrific and unexpected success with first-year head coaches last season (Baltimore and Miami being the others), the Falcons appear best positioned to avoid a sophomore slump. The offense should take a giant leap thanks |
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| Falcons sign RB Haynes |
NFL Football |
04/29/2009 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Falcons signed former Steelers running back Verron Haynes on Wednesday. Haynes spent each of his first six seasons in the league with Pittsburgh and was a fifth-round selection by the team in the 2002 NFL Draft. He was not on an NFL roster last season. An Atlanta area native and former University of Georgia product, Haynes has run for 738 yards and three scores on 174 attempts with 58 catches for 429 yards and two TDs over 61 career contests. The 30-year-old w |
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| Arena football team offers contract to Vick |
NFL Football |
04/28/2009 |
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| Albany, NY (MySportsbook) - The Albany Firebirds of the arenafootball2 league have offered an incentive-laden contract to former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Vick was suspended by the NFL in August 2007 after pleading guilty to a federal felony charge involving an illegal dog fighting ring. He is currently serving a 23-month prison sentence. "At the start of the season we'd made the decision as an organization not to pursue Michael," said team general manager Garen Szablewski. "However, in ligh |
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| Around FCS: NFL draft full of FCS surprises |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/27/2009 |
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| FCS ranks. It was surprising to see Sidbury fall to the fourth round, but it was probably a better indication of his true value. After finding value by taking 2007 Buchanan Award winner Kroy Biermann of Montana with a fifth-round pick last year, the Atlanta Falcons went with a similarly-skilled, undersized defensive end this weekend. But with Biermann already on hand, Sidbury could move to strong-side linebacker, where the Falcons could utilize him as a blitzer. The fifth round was filled with more surprises f |
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| NFL Draft Update |
NFL Football |
04/26/2009 |
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| - Jeremy Maclin (WR, Missouri); 20. Detroit Lions - Brandon Pettigrew (TE, Oklahoma State); 21. Cleveland Browns - Alex Mack (C, California); 22. Minnesota Vikings - Percy Harvin (WR, Florida); 23. Baltimore Ravens - Michael Oher (OT, Ole Miss); 24. Atlanta Falcons - Peria Jerry (DT, Ole Miss); 25. Miami Dolphins - Vontae Davis (CB, Illinois); 26. Green Bay Packers - Clay Matthews (OLB, U-S-C); 27. Indianapolis Colts - Donald Brown (RB, Connecticut); 28. Buffalo Bills - Eric Wood (C, Louisville); 29. New York |
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| Kansas City Chiefs |
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04/24/2009 |
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| Traded tight end Tony Gonzalez to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2010 NFL draft. |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Draft '09 - The Mocking Continues |
NFL Football |
04/20/2009 |
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| all be available at No. 23, and New England could justify selecting any of the three. The selection of Maualuga, the best inside linebacker prospect of three, would give New England arguably the best young ILB tandem in the league (Jerod Mayo). 24. Atlanta Falcons (11-5) - Clay Matthews, LB, USC (6-3, 240) The Falcons are almost certain to select a defensive player at No. 24, and the departure of Keith Brooking and Michael Boley via free agency suggests that linebacker is the team's biggest need on that side |
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| D-II: Central Washington's Reilly worth an NFL look |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/20/2009 |
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| quarterback talent even more perilous has been the demise of NFL Europe and the Arena Football League as developmental sources. While Matt Ryan of Boston College and Joe Flacco of Delaware made an immediate impact on the NFL last season, leading the Atlanta Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens into the playoffs as rookies, there are no sure things among the quarterbacks in this NFL draft. Even if Matthew Stafford of Georgia and Mark Sanchez of USC go high in the first round as expected, there are no guarantees tha |
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| Bucs ink Leftwich |
NFL Football |
04/13/2009 |
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| pion Steelers, completing 21-of-36 passes for 303 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Leftwich, the seventh overall pick of the 2003 NFL Draft, was 24-20 as a starter in four injury-plagued seasons in Jacksonville. The 29-year-old quarterback was released by the Jaguars before the 2007 campaign, and signed with the Atlanta Falcons, where he played just three games while throwing for 279 yards on 32-of-58 passing. In 54 career games, Leftwich has thrown for 9,624 yards with 54 TDs and 38 interceptions. |
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