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| Bears hire Shea as offensive coordinator |
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01/21/2004 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Bears named Terry Shea their new offensive coordinator on Wednesday, after he spent the past three seasons as quarterbacks coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. The 57-year-old is the third assistant hired by new Chicago coach Lovie Smith. Shea joins Pete Hoener (offensive line) and Bob Babich (linebackers) as the three coaches under Smith. While with the Chiefs, Kansas City quarterbacks completed 61-percent of their passes over the past two seasons. Kansas City sta |
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| Former Colts linebacker Shinnick dies |
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01/21/2004 |
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| 57-1969, passed away at the age of 68. Shinnick intercepted 37 passes during his pro career, an NFL record for linebackers, and played on NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959. After his playing days, Shinnick worked as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots. He retired as a coach after the 1990 season, and suffered from a condition similar to Alzheimer's disease for the past six years. Shinnick passed away on Tuesday at a rest home due to t |
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| Steelers promote Whisenhunt to offensive coordinator |
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01/20/2004 |
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| twork) - The Pittsburgh Steelers have promoted tight ends coach Ken Whisenhunt to offensive coordinator. He will replace Mike Mularkey, who accepted the head coaching position with the Buffalo Bills last week. Russ Grimm, who had interviewed for the Chicago Bears head coaching job last week, was retained as Pittsburgh's offensive line coach. In addition, he was given the title of assistant head coach. The 41-year-old Whisenhunt joined the Steelers staff in January 2001 after other stints in the NFL with the |
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| Once a Bear, now a Lion |
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01/18/2004 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions on Sunday hired former Chicago Bears head coach Dick Jauron as their defensive coordinator. The deal is reportedly for three years and worth about $1 million annually. Jauron was fired last month after Chicago finished just 7-9 following a loss to Kansas City in the season finale. The Bears, though, did win four of their last six games, but it was still not enough to save Jauron's job. The Bears posted a 35-46 record in Jauron's five years at the helm, wit |
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| Patriots Team Report: Brady aims to stay perfect |
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01/15/2004 |
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| r season was the perfect 1972 Miami Dolphins. New England is the fourth team since 1970 to put together a 12-game win streak in a single season. The previous three teams to assemble such a string all went on to win the Super Bowl ('72 Dolphins, 1985 Chicago Bears, 1998 Denver Broncos). Overall, the Pats have won 13 straight contests, including last week's Divisional victory over Tennessee. New England has won all nine of its games at home this season, and allowed the fewest points at home by a team during th |
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| Manning's Colts meet Brady's Pats for AFC crown |
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01/15/2004 |
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| r season was the perfect 1972 Miami Dolphins. New England is the fourth team since 1970 to put together a 12-game win streak in a single season. The previous three teams to assemble such a string all went on to win the Super Bowl ('72 Dolphins, 1985 Chicago Bears, 1998 Denver Broncos). Overall, the Pats have won 13 straight contests, including last week's Divisional victory over Tennessee. New England has won all nine of its games at home this season, and allowed the fewest points at home by a team during th |
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| Bears introduce Lovie Smith |
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01/15/2004 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Bears introduced new head coach Lovie Smith at an afternoon press conference on Thursday. Smith agreed to a four-year contract Wednesday to be the 13th head coach in franchise history, replacing the departed Dick Jauron, who was fired after the Bears were just 7-9 in 2003 and 35-46 in his five years at the helm. Chicago is just one of five NFL teams to post a losing record in each of the past two seasons, having gone a combined 11-21 since their only playoff be |
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| Things Lovie in The Windy City |
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01/14/2004 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Bears on Wednesday named Lovie Smith their 13th head coach in franchise history. Smith agreed to a four-year contract and will be introduced during a Thursday afternoon press conference. Smith joins the Bears after three seasons as defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. Prior to the 2003 season, Smith was named assistant head coach. In Smith's first stint as an NFL defensive coordinator with the Rams in 2001, he helped St. Louis return to the Super Bowl. |
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| Things looking Lovie or Grimm in Chicago? |
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01/12/2004 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Bears have announced two finalists for the team's vacant head coaching position, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Russ Grimm and St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator Lovie Smith. The head coaching spot became available when general manager Jerry Angelo fired Dick Jauron on December 29. Candidates other than Grimm and Smith still appear to be under consideration. The announcement comes two days after LSU coach Nick Saban withdrew his name from considerat |
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| Seattle's Gray out for the playoffs |
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12/30/2003 |
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| Saturday's road victory over the San Francisco, and will miss the Seahawks' playoff run. Gray has started 74 consecutive contests for the Seahawks, dating back to the 1999 season. A 6-foot-3, 308-pounder out of Auburn, Gary also has played for the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears during his 11-year NFL career. Floyd Womack, ordinarily a tackle, will step in for Gray. The third-year man out of Mississippi State has started 14 games in his career, including four this year, and stands at 6-foot-4, 330 pounds. |
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