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| Former NFL QB Jim McMahon injured in limo accident |
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07/18/2011 |
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| nto a pasture. Edgell says McMahon, his traveling companion, Lori Navon, and the limo driver were taken to Renown Regional Medical Center. He described their injuries as ``non-incapacitating.'' McMahon played 15 seasons in the NFL and helped the Chicago Bears win the Super Bowl in 1986. He was at Lake Tahoe over the weekend to compete in a celebrity golf tournament.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadc |
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| Former NFL star McMahon injured in limo accident |
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07/18/2011 |
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| rough a fence and into a pasture. Trooper Mike Edgell says both McMahon and the limo driver were taken to Renown Regional Medical Center as a precaution. He says there were no serious injuries. McMahon played 15 seasons in the NFL and helped the Chicago Bears win the Super Bowl in 1986. He was at Lake Tahoe over the weekend to compete in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained |
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| AP sources: Club execs to be briefed if deal OK'd |
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07/18/2011 |
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| r chances against the NFL in federal court under antitrust law. The sides are trying to forge a new deal in time to keep the preseason completely intact. The exhibition opener is scheduled to be the Hall of Fame game between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears on Aug. 7, and as of Sunday, no preseason games had been canceled. The regular season opener is scheduled for Sept. 8, when the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers are to host the New Orleans Saints. --- AP Sports Writers Rachel Cohen, Teres |
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| Report: Cedric Benson arrested in Texas |
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07/17/2011 |
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| noon. Benson, 28, was arrested last summer for allegedly punching a bar employee, and the trial was postponed until next month. The former Texas Longhorns tailback is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent when the NFL lockout ends. He has had three productive seasons in Cincinnati after an unsuccessful three-year stint with the Chicago Bears, who selected him with the fourth overall pick in the 2005 draft. Benson was also arrested twice in a month in 2008 on alcohol charges that were later dropped. |
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| RB Cedric Benson arrested on assault charge |
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07/17/2011 |
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| 0 bond and was released just before 2 p.m. The arrest comes one year following another arrest for an alleged bar fight in Texas. The NFL didn't discipline Benson for that incident. He also had two alcohol-related arrests in 2008 as a member of the Chicago Bears, who drafted him out of the University of Texas.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written au |
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| Progress made, but no NFL labor agreement yet |
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07/15/2011 |
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| increasingly secretive. NFL Network reported Friday that issues related to player safety and legal "entanglements" -- the players still have an antitrust lawsuit open against the NFL -- are among the major topics that still remain to be handled. Time is ticking for a new CBA to be reached. The preseason is supposed to start August 7 when the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams play the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The start of training camps, scheduled to begin the end of next week, are also threatened. |
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| NFL, players: We're making progress toward deal |
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07/15/2011 |
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| ut players after negotiations broke down and the old collective bargaining agreement expired. Now the preseason is just a few weeks away. The Hall of Fame game that opens the exhibition season is scheduled for Aug. 7 between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears, who hope to be in training camp by next weekend. Yet camps won't start before a new CBA is in place. Boylan, who has been on vacation, ordered both sides to meet with him in Minneapolis early next week, and the owners have a special meeting set f |
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| Progress being made in NFL talks |
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07/15/2011 |
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| des reportedly met late into the night Thursday and are due to get together Friday morning for what could be another long day of negotiations. Time is ticking for a new CBA as the preseason is fast approaching. The first contest is August 7 when the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams take part in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The start of training camps, scheduled to begin the end of next week, are also threatened if the lockout continues. The two sides are due to have a mediation session before U.S. |
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| Moment of truth looms for Goodell, Smith |
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07/13/2011 |
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| ankfully, that worst-case scenario is in reality an improbable one, considering the financial ramifications at stake as well as the shrinking window to get an agreement done. If the parties are able to ratify a new CBA by July 21, one day before the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams are slated to begin training camp, the league should be able to conduct both the regular season and exhibition schedules without interruption. An impasse that continues beyond that date, however, would surely force the cancellatio |
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| Martz: Bears could be ready quickly for Hall game |
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07/13/2011 |
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CHICAGO (AP) - The way Mike Martz sees it, the Chicago Bears could play in the Hall of Fame game on a day's notice if necessary. The Bears' offensive coordinator told The Associated Press on Wednesday that would be enough time. Not ideal, but good enough. The Bears are scheduled to open training camp at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., at the end of next week and play St. Louis in the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 7. All that is in doubt at the moment because of the lockout. Chicago star |
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