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| Eagles acquire Pro Bowl OT Peters from Bills |
NFL Football |
04/18/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Eagles have officially acquired two-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Jason Peters from the Buffalo Bills. In exchange for Peters, the Eagles will give the Bills a trio of draft picks: the 28th overall selection in 2009, a fourth-round selection in 2009 (121st overall) and a late-round pick in 2010. The two-time Pro Bowl tackle signed a six-year contract Friday night. The Eagles will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. (et) on Saturday. Peters is now reunited |
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| Report: Eagles acquire OT Peters from Buffalo |
NFL Football |
04/17/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Eagles have reportedly agreed to send two draft picks to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for offensive tackle Jason Peters on Friday. According to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Bills will get the 28th overall pick and a fourth-round selection in this year's draft in exchange for the 340-pound tackle. Though he has passed a physical, the trade will not be completed until the Eagles negotiate a new contract with Peters' agent. Peters, who has two |
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| Report: Eagles sign OT Peters |
NFL Football |
04/17/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Eagles have reportedly agreed to send two draft picks to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for offensive tackle Jason Peters on Friday. According to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Bills will get the 28th overall pick and a fourth-round selection in this year's draft in exchange for the 340-pound tackle. Though he has passed a physical, the trade will not be completed until the Eagles negotiate a new contract with Peters' agent. Peters, who has two |
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| Oscar's classy exit prompts football memories |
BOXING |
04/14/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - I thought of Jim Kelly on Tuesday evening. As I sat listening in on the question-and-answer session that followed Oscar De La Hoya's announcement he'd decided to retire from boxing, I heard a little bit of the ex-Buffalo Bills quarterback's voice in my head. It didn't seem all that long ago - although in reality it's been more than 12 years - since I was sitting in the fieldhouse alongside what used to be known as Rich Stadium, hearing the multi-time Pro Bowl selection choke back emotion as he made his own exit. I was at Kelly's first NFL game in 1986 as a fan; then came full circle years later while covering the Bills as a beat writer for the Batavia Daily News. In Oscar's case, I watched him win Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992; then critiqued him frequently in my own later incarnations as a print and online columnist. And in either setting - press row or bleacher seats - both were among my favorites. "To leave and not be a part of this team is something that will be very difficult to swallow," Kelly said back then, unsuccessfully stemming the moist flow from his eyes. "I also know, in my stomach and in my heart, it's time to move on." And though De La Hoya wasn't as outwardly poignant with his responses as the heart-on-his-sleeve Kelly always seemed to be, there nonetheless seemed a common chord between two 36-year-olds walking away from athletic passions. For those who think money and fame make it trivial...think again. "It's not easy to talk about it," De La Hoya said. "Every time I think about it and mention it, I remember that it's been my life for the last 32 years. But I know that every time I step in the ring now it's not me. It's not the fighter people grew up watching." Beaten in four of his last seven fights, including a shockingly decisive TKO loss to underdog Manny Pacquiao in December, De La Hoya seemed far removed from the form that had netted him legitimate claims to kingpin status in four weight classes. Still, there had been talk of even more matches to be made, among them a third go-round with opponent-turned-business partner Shane Mosley or a bout with another J.C. Chavez, this time the son of the man be beat in 1996 and 1998. As Richard Schaefer, CEO of De La Hoya's promotional company, pointed out, its Golden Boy namesake was the "pound-for-pound king of pay-per-view boxing," having generated more than $696 million from 14.1 million buys on 19 fights. But it was the specter of past champions, who'd hung around too long and paid a heavy physical price for stubbornness, that helped tip the needle toward "walk away" for De La Hoya, who claimed the decision process extended all the way to Tuesday morning. "My wife asked me. She looked into my eyes and asked me, 'Are you sure you want to retire,'" he said, "and when she opened the door for me to come back and fight again, I didn't take it. I felt right then, 'This is it. I'm not going to fall into that trap. Because once you fall into that trap, there's no way out.'" Kelly, upon retiring, was just five weeks removed from his own inglorious finale, a 30-27 upset playoff loss to the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars on Dec. 28, 1996, from which he exited before the final whistle with a concussion. Yet he, too, had several opportunities to continue, both with the Bills for the 1997 season and later when other teams - the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, most notably - tried to lure him back on the field in 1998. But, as with De La Hoya after him, past was also prologue for his own exit. "I don't want to go out the way some other quarterbacks went out," he said. "I want to go out with some dignity, with respect from my peers, respect from my teammates. I wanted to retire a Buffalo Bill." Ironically, history might remember the two on similar planes as well. In spite of four Pro Bowl selections, multiple franchise records and several seasons leading his league's most prolific offensive unit, Kelly is most often recalled as the only signal-caller to lose the Super Bowl four consecutive times. Even so, he was a 2002 Hall of Fame inductee - in year one of eligibility. De La Hoya, meanwhile, in spite of title belts in six weight classes and defeats of champions named Chavez, Whitaker, Camacho, Gatti, Vargas and Mayorga, is frequently derided for his six losses and jeered for being more an "attraction" than a "fighter." To those critics on Tuesday, however, there was gratitude...with just a dash of venom. "My satisfaction is that at least I tried to accomplish the impossible, and not too many people do that," he said. "So if people want to remember me more as an attraction, then I'm glad I could provide that much entertainment over the years." I just hope he saved some good stuff for his Canastota speech, too. See ya in 2014, Oscar. Lyle Fitzsimmons is a 20-year veteran of sports journalism, a full voting member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and a periodic contributor to "The Drive with Dave Smith" on KLAA radio (am830klaa.com) and "Cold Hard Sports" on the MVN network (coldhardsports.com). Reach him via e-mail at fitzbitz@msn.com. |
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NFL Football Transaction |
04/10/2009 |
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| Suspended Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch three games for violating the league's personal conduct policy. |
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| Bills' Lynch suspended three games |
NFL Football |
04/09/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch has been suspended three games, without pay, by the NFL for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Lynch was arrested in February in California on weapons charges and last month pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of carrying a gun in his vehicle. Two other charges were dropped and Lynch was sentenced to three years' probation along with 80 hours of community service. Unless Lynch appeals, he will miss the first three games |
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| Bills sign McKinney |
NFL Football |
04/09/2009 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills made a move to bolster their offensive line on Thursday, signing unrestricted free agent lineman Seth McKinney. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. McKinney started three games for the Browns this past season, appearing in all 16 games for Cleveland. He also made eight starts in 2007. In his seven-year career, McKinney has appeared in 85 games -- 45 starts -- for Cleveland and Miami. |
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| Report: Bills sign Stroud to extension |
NFL Football |
04/07/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills have reportedly signed defensive tackle Marcus Stroud to a two-year contract extension. The Buffalo News revealed that Stroud, who had two years remaining on his original contract which would have paid him $5.5 million in 2009 and $6 million in 2010, will instead receive a deal worth $29 million over four years, $12 million of which is guaranteed. In that package, Stroud will receive $16 million over the next two seasons. The 30-year-old Georgia product colle |
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| Super Bowl rematch highlights NFL preseason national TV schedule |
NFL Football |
03/30/2009 |
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| nst a pair of division winners from last year, as the New York Giants host the Carolina Panthers. The preseason begins on Sunday, August 9 with the Hall of Fame Game at Canton, Ohio. The Tennessee Titans will get the first look at Terrell Owens in a Buffalo Bills uniform in that meeting. Bills owner Ralph Wilson will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame that weekend. Week 2 action is highlighted with a battle between the Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts, while national fans of Tom Brady, who miss |
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| Longtime football coach Lou Saban dies |
NFL Football |
03/29/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Lou Saban, the longtime college and pro football coach who led the Buffalo Bills to a pair of AFL championships, died early Sunday morning at the age of 87. Saban coached professional football for 16 years, and most notably led Buffalo to back-to-back AFL titles in 1964-65. He also coached the Boston -- now New England -- Patriots for their first two seasons, in 1960-61 before moving on to Buffalo from 1962-65. He spent five seasons with Denver (1967-71), overseeing the team through the A |
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