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| Patriots' Pioli declines to interview for Giants GM job |
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01/08/2007 |
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| cutive of the Year award. Pioli and coach Bill Belichick have combined to win three Super Bowls with the Patriots since arriving in 2000. The son-in-law of Dallas coach Bill Parcells entered the NFL in 1992 when Belichick, then head coach of the Cleveland Browns, hired him as a pro personnel assistant. Belichick left the Browns after the 1995 season, and Pioli became director of pro personnel of the franchise when it moved to Baltimore in 1996. He served as director of pro personnel with the New York Jets |
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| Robiskie among 4 coaches Browns let go |
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01/05/2007 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -Wide receivers coach Terry Robiskie and tight ends coach Ben Coates won't be back with the Cleveland Browns next season, the first departures in an overhaul of coach Romeo Crennel's staff. The team announced Friday that those two as well as offensive quality control coach Carl Crennel II and strength and conditioning coach John Lott will not be retained for next season. ``These decisions were made with the best interest of the franchise in mind,'' Romeo Crennel said in a statement. More |
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| Saban introduced at Alabama |
Division I College Football |
01/04/2007 |
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| sons since 1970 -- when Don Shula took over -- and two have come in the past three years. They haven't made the playoffs since 2001 and the five-year postseason absence is the longest in franchise history. Alabama, meanwhile, has posted only one winning season the past four years, recording a 10-2 mark in 2005 and haven't won the SEC title since 1999. Saban has also had head coaching stints with Michigan State (1995-99) and Toledo (1990) and was the defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns from 1991-94. |
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| On Football: If coaches' lips are moving, they might be leaving |
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01/04/2007 |
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| hat. But football coaches seem worse - or better, depending on whether guile is regarded as a virtue. Some see it as a job requirement. Aiming to deceive the opposition, coaches fudge facts about roster moves, lineup changes and injuries. Former Cleveland Browns coach Butch Davis, an equivocator extraordinaire, once said his quarterback's leg had ``a teeny, tiny crack'' - in other words, it was broken. The tendency toward prevarication spills over into talk about career moves. ``Lies are like cockroache |
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| Verba arrested in Wisconsin on bad checks warrant |
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01/04/2007 |
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| kers' first-round draft pick in 1997 and started at left tackle for the Packers when they reached the Super Bowl later that season, which ended with a loss to the Broncos. After four seasons in Green Bay, Verba went on to play four seasons for the Cleveland Browns, but his relationship soured with the organization. He paid back a $465,000 roster bonus to be released in 2005. Verba had wanted to make the same money as St. Louis' Orlando Pace and Seattle's Walter Jones, who make about $7.5 million per season. |
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| Can Seahawks Carry Winning Mojo Into Postseason? |
NFL Football |
01/03/2007 |
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| l has played in 64 NFL games, primarily as a special-teamer, including 10 with the Seahawks last season. Hunter started six games at cornerback for the Cowboys between 2002 and 2004, and appeared in the final four contests of 2005 as a member of the Cleveland Browns last year. Hunter was released by Cleveland on Sept. 2nd, and had been working for a mortgage broker in the Dallas area before being signed. Also in the mix for the Seahawks will be ex-Titan Rich Gardner, who was signed on Dec. 27th, and practice sq |
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| Browns' benefits not reflected in final numbers |
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01/03/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - 2006 was supposed to be the year that the Cleveland Browns, a franchise which has had only a glimmer of success since re-emerging as an expansion team eight seasons ago, started making significant strides towards becoming a legitimate postseason contender. That progress seemingly never took place, judging by the club's 4-12 overall record in head coach Romeo Crennel's second season, which was two fewer victories than the previous year. Despite that thoroughly disappointing bottom line, there |
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| It's wait and see on Marty's job status |
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01/02/2007 |
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| chottenheimer does know is that having home-field advantage throughout the playoffs doesn't assure a thing beyond a first-round bye and at least one home game. Schottenheimer has had the AFC's No. 1 seed three times before, dating to 1986 with the Cleveland Browns, and is still trying to get to his first Super Bowl. That year, his Browns made it to the AFC championship game before John Elway pulled off ``The Drive'' and got the Denver Broncos into the Super Bowl. In 1995 and '97, Schottenheimer's Kansas C |
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| Browns still crawling along |
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01/02/2007 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -Joe Jurevicius stood in front of his locker stall, one down from where fellow wide receiver Braylon Edwards gets dressed and across the aisle from Kellen Winslow's area. Jurevicius came home to play for the Cleveland Browns, the team he worshipped as a kid and the one he wants to help return to glory. The first year of his homecoming was not the one Jurevicius imagined. ``I'm glad the season's over,'' he said. He's not the first to mutter that line around here. Less than a year after |
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| Crennel confident he'll be back with Browns |
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01/01/2007 |
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) -Romeo Crennel's second season with the Cleveland Browns was defined by injuries, distractions and more losses. He still isn't certain if he'll be back to coach a third one. ``I believe I will (return),'' Crennel said Monday. ``I have no reason to believe otherwise.'' However, Crennel's confidence could hinge on upcoming meetings with general manager Phil Savage and owner Randy Lerner, who plan to dissect Cleveland's 4-12 season, the club's fourth straight with at least 10 losses. In o |
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