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| More mocking while we wait |
NFL Football |
04/15/2011 |
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| swore the Cardinals would jump at the chance to nab Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert a week ago, but I'm more convinced they'll now go the veteran route and look towards adding a player who can make an immediate impact. LAST PREDICTION: Miller 6) Cleveland Browns: A.J. Green, WR, Georgia -- Clemson defensive end Da'Quan Bowers was the choice in the last mock, but growing concerns about his troublesome right knee may scare the Browns off. Green may be atop Mike Holmgren's wish list regardless, and would provi |
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| Canucks, Canadiens give Canada playoff hope |
NHL Hockey |
04/11/2011 |
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| ayoffs. In Toronto, self-proclaimed center of the hockey universe, this is nothing new, where the Blue and White have not played a meaningful hockey game in April since 2004. The Leafs are losers, but they're not lovable like the Chicago Cubs or the Cleveland Browns. Having said that, there is hope in Leafs Nation. The team gave a spirited second-half run, finished above .500 and missed the playoffs by eight points. Backstopped by rookie goaltender James Reimer and an inspired Mikhail Grabovski and a zamboni fu |
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| Mock Draft #1: Newton's Fall? |
NFL Football |
04/01/2011 |
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| als are very high on Gabbert and would probably grab him if available, but may be less likely to roll the dice on Newton. Miller's a far safer choice and fills the team's biggest need, a young pass rusher to come off the edge in their 3-4 scheme. 6) Cleveland Browns: Da'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson -- While it wouldn't be surprising if Mike Holmgren targets a top-flight wide receiver like Georgia's A.J. Green or Alabama's Julio Jones to give promising quarterback Colt McCoy a needed weapon, the Browns are in even w |
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| Marty Schottenheimer to coach in the UFL |
This Day in Sports |
03/23/2011 |
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| a team that has yet to play a down of football," said Schottenheimer. "I promise the fans there that we will repay them with a great product on the field and a franchise to make them proud." Schottenheimer went 205-139-1 as an NFL head coach for the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins and Chargers. The Destroyers are preparing for their first season as a UFL team. The general manager position has been available since former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Doug Williams resigned last month t |
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| NFL owners make rules changes; labor main topic |
Headlines |
03/23/2011 |
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| any other consideration.'' Owners did not change where touchbacks will go (that's still the 20, not the originally proposed 25) or the number of players allowed in a blocking wedge (that remains at two, not the proposed zero). Joshua Cribbs, the Cleveland Browns' standout returner, wasn't thrilled by the changes, tweeting: ``Essentially taking returners out of the game...injuries will still take place, then what move it up again, or eliminate it all together.'' Team owners also voted 30-2 Tuesday to make |
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| Will players be able to budget during lockout? |
NFL Football |
03/20/2011 |
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| (AP) - Don't buy that car. Shorten that vacation. Eat at home. Whatever they do, NFL players have been warned for years about the need to save and the importance of budgeting their money in case of a work stoppage. Well, the lockout is here. As Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita says, ``We've been hammering the point home for two years that you have to be careful and you have to be prepared,'' and that players tell him they have made concessions. One of those, Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Willie Colo |
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| NFL receivers going back to Arena Football League |
NFL Football |
03/17/2011 |
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Dallas Cowboys receiver Troy Bergeron and Cleveland Browns receiver Rod Windsor are going back to the Arena Football League during the NFL lockout. Unable to work out at their NFL team's facilities, Bergeron this week signed with the AFL's Cleveland Gladiators and Windsor joined the Arizona Rattlers. Both are former AFL rookie of the year award winners. AFL commissioner Jerry B. Kurz says his league assumed some players would come back but that officials ``are not sure how big the influx will be.'' Playe |
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| NFL says it offered union more info than clubs get |
NFL Football |
03/09/2011 |
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| ial information during negotiations will be enough to satisfy the union's call for full disclosure. With various issues under discussion, the crux of the labor dispute is how to split $9 billion in annual revenues. NFLPA executive committee member Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita said Tuesday that what the NFL has turned over to the union so far ``hasn't been sufficient. Another executive committee member, Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday, said as he left Tuesday's 9 1/2-hour mediation sessio |
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| In the FCS Huddle: Recruiting in the 21st century |
Division I-AA College Football |
02/28/2011 |
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| ge coaches online ... and track them. "I'm finally using my head instead of running into people with my head," says Tucker with a laugh. He was an offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots and Cleveland Browns before retiring from the NFL in 2007, and is an up-and-coming football analyst on national radio and television networks. Those VHS tapes that Tucker sent out in high school are a part of the past, and recruiting tapes on DVD might not be far behind |
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| Seattle hires Carl Smith as QB coach |
NFL Football |
02/25/2011 |
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| Miami. Smith will be reunited with coach Pete Carroll in Seattle. The two worked together at New England in the late 1990s and again at USC. Smith was the offensive coordinator in Jacksonville from 2005 to 2007 and spent last year as the quarterbacks coach of the Cleveland Browns.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 authority of The Associated Press. |
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