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| Saints Look to Keep Rolling Against Struggling Skins |
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12/15/2006 |
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| lcome the Washington Redskins to the Superdome this Sunday. At 9-4, the Saints hold a two-game over Atlanta in the division and can clinch the title with a win over the Redskins. New Orleans is coming off last Sunday's big primetime victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Drew Brees threw five touchdown passes to lead the Saints to a 42-17 thrashing of the Cowboys at Texas Stadium. It was the third consecutive victory for the Saints, who are one win away from just their second 10-victory season in 14 years. New Orle |
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| Former Cowboys QB Carter arrested on marijuana charges |
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12/15/2006 |
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DALLAS (AP) -Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter was arrested Friday on marijuana possession charges at the home of a woman who called police saying Carter had been ``throwing things around.'' Carter was booked in lieu of $500 bond and was released Friday afternoon, Irving police spokesman David Tull said. His bond was paid by Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Randy Galloway, host of the sports-talk show ``Galloway and Company'' on ESPN 103.3 FM radio in Dallas. Carter was released by the |
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| Billion-dollar fantasy football business is no gamble to NFL |
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12/15/2006 |
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| to ask yourself, why is sports gambling unlawful and fantasy sports legal?'' Cabot said. ``Is there a significant difference between the two? Is there a real difference between rooting for Tony Romo to throw a bunch of touchdown passes and rooting for the Dallas Cowboys to win?''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 The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.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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| Norwood practices, Dunn still sidelined |
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12/14/2006 |
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| missed his second straight practice Thursday, but the Atlanta Falcons received some good news when rookie Jerious Norwood returned to the field. Coach Jim Mora kept both players listed as questionable for Atlanta's game Saturday night against the Dallas Cowboys. ``Nothing's changed with me,'' Dunn said as a team official hurried him into the trainers' room. ``But I'm planning to be out there. You know I want to be out there.'' The Falcons (7-6) have the No. 1 rushing attack in the NFL, with 997 yards f |
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| Saints primed to clinch division for home fans |
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12/14/2006 |
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| `If you can't be in the show yourself, why not try to ruin the playoffs for everybody else? It'll be fun.'' Payton, meanwhile, seemed determined not to let his team experience a victory hangover coming off its 42-17 beating of the NFC East-leading Dallas Cowboys. Sending an apparent message about his serious approach, he held practice in full pads Wednesday for only the second time in a month. ``This is an area that has not had a lot to cheer about in a while with this team not being here a year ago,'' Pa |
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| Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt dead at 74 |
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12/14/2006 |
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| me, and each year the Lamar Hunt Trophy goes to the winner of the NFL's American conference. ``He was a founder. He was the energy, really, that put together half of the league, and then he was the key person in merging the two leagues together,'' Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. ``You'd be hard-pressed to find anybody that's made a bigger contribution (to the NFL) than Lamar Hunt.'' Carl Peterson, the Chiefs' president and general manager, called Hunt ``arguably the greatest sportsman of this last |
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| Lamar Hunt will be remembered as a gentleman who touched many lives |
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12/14/2006 |
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| years. ``But the first thing the NFL did when Lamar started the Dallas Texans was put a franchise in Dallas. If Lamar had not started the AFL, which became the AFC with the merger, there would not have been the franchises we've always known as the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs.'' The same was true of Minneapolis and Oakland, Dawson recalled. ``When Lamar was flying around the country trying to put together the AFL, the NFL was doing its best to kill it,'' he said. ``Lamar had a group lined up |
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| Reaction to Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt's death |
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12/14/2006 |
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| a founder. He was the energy, really, that put together half of the league, and then he was the key person in merging the two leagues together. You'd be hard-pressed to find anybody that's made a bigger contribution (to the NFL) than Lamar Hunt.'' - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. --- ``I accused him of being in the entertainment business, but to him it was sports and it was a game. His high school friends that named him 'Games' correctly named him.'' - brother William Herbert Hunt. --- ``I personal |
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| Dunn, Norwood questionable for Falcons |
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12/14/2006 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (MySportsbook) - Atlanta Falcons running backs Warrick Dunn and Jerious Norwood are both list as questionable for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys. Dunn is nursing a calf injury, while Norwood has a right knee problem. "The big question for us and for everyone else is just Jerious and Warrick," said Falcons head coach Jim Mora. "We'll just have to see where they are as the week goes on." Dunn left Week 14's 17-6 against Tampa Bay midway through the third quarter and did not retur |
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| Eagles' run defense exposed again |
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12/13/2006 |
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| he Eagles a 7-6 record and some life in their quest for a fifth division title in six seasons. Philadelphia is currently tied with the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons for the last two Wild Card berths in the NFC, and sits one game behind the 8-5 Dallas Cowboys in the tightly-packed NFC East division. The Eagles will hit the turnpike to Giants Stadium this Sunday for their second of three straight games on the road against division foes. They passed the first test at Washington, but will face a more daunti |
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