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| Staubach named to head Super Bowl bid committee |
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01/25/2007 |
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| l 2. Team owners will review the bids and decide the venue in May. ``With tens of thousands of people expected to travel to the site of Super Bowl XLV, the economic impact would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars for our region,'' the former Dallas Cowboys star said in a news release. Construction started last year for the 75,000-seat, retractable-roof stadium, two years after Arlington voters approved paying for half of the original $650 million price tag by raising sales, hotel and motel, and car- |
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| Colts clear a Super hurdle |
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01/23/2007 |
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| e's first visit to the Big Game. The old Baltimore Colts reached a pair of Super Bowls in the game's infancy, when it didn't take hours to figure out Roman Numerals. They lost to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III after the 1968 season and beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V after the 1970 campaign. Both games were in, surprise, Miami. The first game, of course, was infamous for the way it changed the landscape of pro football and the second was famous only for the amount of mistakes and poor play from b |
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| Saints stopped short, but it was one heck of a ride |
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01/23/2007 |
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| Louisiana Superdome and rewarded the long- suffering people of New Orleans with a resounding 23-3 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Or Reggie Bush's dazzling punt-return touchdown to beat Tampa Bay two weeks later. Or the way the team dismantled the Dallas Cowboys in front of a national television audience in December, the game that proved to everyone that the Saints were more than just a feel-good novelty. Then there was last week's hard-fought triumph over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Divisional Playo |
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| The last roundup: Parcells retires |
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01/23/2007 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells has decided to retire. Parcells took some time to make his decision after the Cowboys' season ended with a wild-card round loss to the Seattle Seahawks. "I am retiring from coaching football," Parcells said in a statement released by the Cowboys. "I want to thank Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones for their tremendous support over the last four years. Also, the players, my coaching staff and others in the support group who have done so much to |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Manning - One Win Away From "Best Ever" Title? |
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01/22/2007 |
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| gin the 13-day sensation known as "Super Bowl week": TUNA REELS IT IN In an announcement that was something short of shocking but still registered on the "surprising" meter, Bill Parcells announced his resignation on Monday after four years with the Dallas Cowboys. Parcells was 34-32 (.515) in four seasons in Big D, reaching the postseason twice but never winning an NFC East crown or a playoff game. A power struggle with Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones likely has at least something to do with th |
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| Time For A New Regime At The Meadowlands |
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01/16/2007 |
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| part of the selection committee picking Coughlin's successor. The coaches available now are not nearly as attractive as post-2007. Still under contract for next year but available after 2007 are Bill Parcells, he of the commanding presence with the Dallas Cowboys, and Bill Belichick. Either would fit nicely at Giants Stadium. Belichick, the defensive genius who devises game plans that stop the offensive barbarians at the gates, might have been the real reason Parcells won the 1986 and 1990 Super Bowls with t |
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| Mora, Gailey remain candidates for Dolphins' job |
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01/14/2007 |
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| He led the Falcons to the NFC championship game in his first season, but the past two years they went 4-13 during the final two months, missing the playoffs both times. Gailey is a former Dolphins offensive coordinator and former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He just completed the first year of a five-year, $5 million contract extension that ties him to Georgia Tech through 2010. The 33-year-old Schottenheimer, son of San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer, is the Dolphins' youngest candidate and has be |
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| Georgia Tech's Gailey interviews with Steelers |
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01/13/2007 |
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| ettis ran for 1,665 yards - his best season - and Kordell Stewart threw for 3,020 yards and 21 touchdowns in his first season as a starting quarterback. Stewart also ran for 476 yards and 11 touchdowns. A year later, after Gailey left to coach the Dallas Cowboys, Stewart experienced a sharp drop-off in his play with Ray Sherman running the offense, throwing for only 2,560 yards, 11 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. The Steelers went 7-9, lost their final five games and were held to 21 TD on offense, the seco |
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| Owens has surgery on finger |
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01/12/2007 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens underwent surgery on Thursday to repair a torn tendon in his right ring finger. According to a report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the procedure was performed in Miami and deemed a success. Owens caught 85 passes for 1,180 yards and a league-high 13 touchdowns this season but had a number of key drops down the stretch as he struggled with the injury. Although Owens refused to put a timetable on his rehabilitation, the enigmatic rece |
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| Tagliabue heads list of Hall finalists |
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01/10/2007 |
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| h the Washington Redskins from 1980-93, was a three-time Pro Bowl selection and finished his career with 940 receptions. He played on two Super Bowl-winning teams with Washington. Irvin was a three-time Super Bowl champion in his 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys from 1988-99. The 11th overall pick of the '88 draft totaled 750 catches for 11,904 yards with 65 touchdowns and was a member of the NFL's All- Decade Team of the 1990s. Thurman Thomas played the first 12 years of his career with the Buffalo Bills a |
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