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| Former NFL coach Wyche running for county council |
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06/06/2008 |
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| ak,'' he said. Wyche admits missing life in the NFL, where he once famously scolded snowball-throwing Bengals fans with the angry words, ``You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!'' His last league job was as quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills under Mike Mularkey from 2004-05, and he realizes the people most likely to hire him are also no longer in the NFL. He downplays what his NFL career means to people in Pickens County. ``Anybody who watched me coach knows I don't have all the ans |
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| Redskins TE Cooley breaking ground in his blog |
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06/05/2008 |
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| `I try to put my personality into what I'm writing,'' said Cooley, who turns 26 next month. ``I feel like it's pretty close.'' The blog could be the wave of the future. Longtime NFL lineman Ray Brown, now an assistant offensive line coach with the Buffalo Bills, recalled discussions he once had with the players' union about the revenue potential from player Web sites. He thinks Cooley has found the right formula, even if it does push the envelope. ``It's a great business concept. I'm sure other guys are |
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| Saints sign CB Butler |
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06/03/2008 |
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| Metairie, LA (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Saints signed free agent cornerback Jerametrius Butler on Tuesday. Butler, 29, spent last season with the Buffalo Bills after six years with the St. Louis Rams. The Kansas State product appeared in seven games for the Bills, compiling 15 tackles. Butler has nine career interceptions, and they all came in 2003 and 2004, when he tallied four and five interceptions, respectively, for the Rams. The 5-foot-10, 181-pound corner led the Rams in interceptions both of |
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| Bills' LT Peters absent from voluntary practices |
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05/29/2008 |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters missed his second straight week of voluntary practices for undisclosed reasons on Thursday. ``We'd like to have him here, but as you all know, it's voluntary,'' coach Dick Jauron said Thursday, after the Bills wrapped up a three-day minicamp. ``We certainly can't force anybody to come. We've had great participation and great attendance, so we'll just keep moving.'' Jauron said he's not spoken with Peters. With backup Kirk Chamber |
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| Bills receiver Lee Evans receives contract offer |
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05/19/2008 |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -With most of the free-agent frenzy over, the Buffalo Bills are trying to keep one of their would-be free agents. Receiver Lee Evans confirmed Monday the Bills have made him a contract offer that would prevent the five-year veteran from becoming a free agent following the 2008 season. Evans, Buffalo's leading receiver the past two years, is in the final year of a five-year deal he signed after Buffalo selected him with the 13th overall pick in the 2004 draft. Evans didn't tal |
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| Jags' Meier gets contract extension |
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05/15/2008 |
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| an Rob Meier agreed to a five-year contract extension on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Meier is expected to replace the departed Marcus Stroud starting at defensive tackle for the upcoming season. Stroud was traded to the Buffalo Bills in March for draft picks. Meier played in all 16 games last season with nine starts, and recorded four sacks and 27 tackles. The 30-year-old Meier is entering his ninth season in the NFL and has 19.5 sacks and 185 tackles in 123 games, all with the |
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| Father of Bills WR Hardy doesn't press charges |
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05/13/2008 |
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -A woman called police saying Buffalo Bills rookie wide receiver James Hardy was beating up his father and had pulled a gun when she yelled for him to stop. The witness told officers she called out for Hardy to stop after hearing a loud noise in the back yard about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a city police report. Fort Wayne police spokesman Michael Joyner said Tuesday no charges were filed because Hardy was gone when officers arrived and Hardy's father did not want to press c |
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| Former Pats employee Walsh meets with NFL commissioner |
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05/13/2008 |
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| New England upset St. Louis in Super Bowl XXXVI. According to the Times, the first tape handed over is dated September 25, 2000, from a game the previous day. The last is dated September 29, 2002. The tapes include games against the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers. Since the dates of the tapes, the Patriots are a combined 31-9 against those five teams, including a 3-0 mark in the postseason. Seven of the tapes show shots of opposing coaches' signal |
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| Bills release injured TE Kevin Everett |
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05/13/2008 |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -The Buffalo Bills released Kevin Everett on Tuesday, clearing the way for the former tight end to receive disability benefits for the spinal cord injury that ended his career. Everett was initially paralyzed from the neck down after a violent collision with then-Denver receiver Domenik Hixon on a kickoff return in last year's season opener. Doctors doubted Everett would walk again, but the Texas native regained many motor skills, including the ability to walk without assistanc |
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| Bills waive TE Kevin Everett |
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05/13/2008 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills have waived tight end Kevin Everett, who has made a remarkable recovery from a serious neck injury he suffered in the 2007 regular-season opener. Everett was hurt on September 9 against Denver while trying to make a tackle during the second-half kickoff. He hit Domenik Hixon with his helmet and immediately fell face-first to the turf. Following the hit, Everett did not have any movement below his shoulders, but regained some mobility in his arms and legs |
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