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| Sporting News chooses Dimitroff top exec |
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02/09/2011 |
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff has been selected NFL executive of the year by the Sporting News for the second time in three seasons. Dimitroff was chosen for his role in building the Falcons since 2008. Atlanta has gone from a team that never had consecutive winning records to one with three straight winning seasons. The Falcons went 13-3 in 2010, the best record in the NFC, before losing to Green Bay in the playoffs. Among the players Dimitroff has drafted |
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| Falcons reward Mike Smith with three-year extension |
NFL Football |
02/03/2011 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Falcons have rewarded head coach Mike Smith with a three-year contract extension. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Smith has been at the helm of the most-successful three-year run in the franchise's history, having guided the Falcons to a regular-season record of 33-15. Before Smith took over for the 2008 campaign, the Falcons had never posted back-to-back winning seasons since joining the NFL in 1966. The club has had three straight winning seasons un |
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| Falcons sign coach Smith to 3-year extension |
NFL Football |
02/03/2011 |
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - The Atlanta Falcons have signed coach Mike Smith to a three-year contract extension after he led the team to the NFC South title. The deal was announced Thursday. Smith was a little-known defensive coordinator when he signed a four-year contract with the Falcons in 2008, taking over a team coming off a dismal 4-12 season. Atlanta quickly turned things around under Smith, going 11-5 and making the playoffs his first season. The Falcons followed with a 9-7 mark - the first con |
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| Suspended Jets assistant coach Sal Alosi resigns |
NFL Football |
01/31/2011 |
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| that the team had not yet made a decision on Alosi's future. ``After speaking with Sal, he decided that it is best for him to tender his resignation at this time,'' Tannenbaum said. Alosi was first with the Jets from 2001-05, then worked for the Atlanta Falcons for one season before he was hired by then-New York coach Eric Mangini in 2007 to be the head strength and conditioning coach. A former linebacker at Hofstra, Alosi earned an award for sportsmanship and fair play both on and off the field during his |
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| NFC uses burst of offense, timely defense to down AFC in Pro Bowl |
NFL Football |
01/30/2011 |
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| Honolulu, HI (MySportsbook) - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan threw a pair of touchdown passes, and the NFC recorded five interceptions in a 55-41 rout of the AFC in the 2011 Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium. Ryan, playing in his first Pro Bowl, completed 9-of-13 passes for 118 yards and an interception for the NFC, which bounced back from a 41-34 loss in last year's annual all-star game. Michael Vick of the Eagles started under center for the NFC and completed 5- of-10 passes for 59 yards. Saints quarterbac |
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| Goodell skips Pro Bowl to focus on new contract |
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01/27/2011 |
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| , cheerleading and fitness clinics at Schofield Barracks, Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The project was launched in partnership with NFL players and league sponsor Proctor & Gamble. --- FALCONS IN HAWAII: The Atlanta Falcons are well represented at the Pro Bowl with nine players and their entire coaching staff. ``It's a little bittersweet. We all definitely wanted to be in the other big game,'' fullback Ovie Mughelli said. ``We've been joking about it all week about h |
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| UCLA names Johnson offensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
01/26/2011 |
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| ague." Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel said. The 43-year-old Johnson spent the last two seasons with San Francisco as the quarterbacks coach as well as taking over offensive coordinator duties early in 2010. Under his tenure the 49ers signal callers ranked 18th in the NFL in passing yards per game (209.8) and yards per pass attempt (7.2). Before joining the 49ers Johnson spent two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens as the wide receivers coach and was the quarterbacks coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2003-05. |
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| Vick gets first paid endorsement deal since arrest |
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01/26/2011 |
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| red by the Associated Press. ``Unequal's protective power gives me a whole new level of confidence in my game. It makes me feel invincible.'' Vick was once the NFL's highest-paid player and he endorsed many products during his six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. But Vick lost everything following his 2007 arrest and later conviction on dogfighting charges, for which he served 18 months in federal prison. He returned to the NFL in 2009 with the Eagles, and worked his way from a seldom-used third-string qu |
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| AP's NFL Awards on NFL Network during SB week |
NFL Football |
01/26/2011 |
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| wice - he holds the overall record with four MVPs - and the New England Patriots' Tom Brady once. Brady also is considered a front-runner this year, along with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, Houston Texans running back Arian Foster, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White, and two Chicago Bears, defensive end Julius Peppers and linebacker Brian Urlacher. Brady, Vick, White and Foster figure to be major contenders for top offensive player. Likely candidates for the defensive award include M |
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| Vick signs first endorsement contract since arrest |
NFL Football |
01/25/2011 |
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| last season. The deal will be announced on Thursday. Chief executive officer Rob Vito says Vick is the company's first corporate spokesman. Vick was once the NFL's highest-paid player and he endorsed many products during his six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. But Vick lost everything following his 2007 arrest on dogfighting charges, for which he served 18 months in federal prison. He returned to the NFL in 2009 with the Eagles, and worked his way from a seldom-used third-string quarterback to the key |
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