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| Redskins installing 'Party Decks' at their stadium |
NFL Football |
06/07/2011 |
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| esday it will sell standing-room-only tickets to the decks, which are expected to be ready in time for the 2012 season. The remodeling job will drop the stadium's capacity from 91,704 to about 85,000, still the NFL's largest for routine games. The Dallas Cowboys' stadium usually seats 80,000 but can be expanded to more than 100,000. The Redskins don't often give their fans a reason to party. They've have lost 11 of 14 at the stadium and are 42-46 at home since 2000.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Pre |
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| Ryan Leaf has benign tumor removed from brain stem |
This Day in Sports |
05/31/2011 |
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| the fullest and give back where I can!'' Leaf, a Great Falls, Mont., native, starred at Washington State, and the San Diego Chargers made him the second pick of the 1998 NFL draft. He played for the Chargers from 1998-2000 and also played for the Dallas Cowboys in 2001. He threw for 3,666 yards and 14 touchdowns in his career, but is considered one of the league's biggest draft busts. In April, Leaf pleaded guilty to eight felony drug charges in Texas and received 10 years of probation. He has said he |
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| NFL, Cowboys want Super Bowl seating suit tossed |
NFL Football |
05/27/2011 |
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DALLAS (AP) - The NFL and the Dallas Cowboys have asked a judge to dismiss the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Super Bowl ticket holders who were denied their seats at February's game. A motion filed Thursday says the NFL went ``beyond its contractual obligations'' with offers of compensation to the displaced ticket holders. It also says no one was defrauded because the league worked through the afternoon on the day of the game to deal with the issue. The suit was filed after about 1,250 tempor |
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| Lawsuit filed in Cowboys practice field collapse |
Headlines |
05/04/2011 |
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DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas Cowboys spokeswoman who says she was hurt when the team's practice facility collapsed during a 2009 storm has filed a lawsuit. Jancy Briles is suing companies involved in building or designing the steel and fabric structure. The lawsuit says she suffered "serious, disabling and permanent injuries." The Cowboys were conducting a rookie minicamp when the 88,000-square-foot building fell in a wind storm. Special teams coach Joe DeCamillas suffered a broken vertebra, while Cowboys sc |
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| In the FCS Huddle: FCS draft class review |
Division I-AA College Football |
05/03/2011 |
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| e has the physical tools and mental approach to be a top-notch NFL lineman." In the third round, the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Lehigh offensive guard Will Rackley (76th) and the New York Jets grabbed Hampton nose tackle Kenrick Ellis (94th). The Dallas Cowboys took Missouri State offensive guard David Arkin (110th) in the fourth round. Overall, seventh-round compensatory picks Jimmy Wilson of Montana (Miami Dolphins), Mike Person of Montana State (San Francisco 49ers) and Curtis Holcomb (49ers) brought th |
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| UFL's Destroyers select Payton Award winner Peterson |
Division I-AA College Football |
05/02/2011 |
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| m the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Locos and head coach Jim Fassel selected fifth overall. The 6-7, 308-pound Bell made The MySportsbook FCS All-America first team as a senior in 2008, previously had NFL tryouts with the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys, and played in the 2009 CFL Grey Cup with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In the third round, the Hartford Colonials and head coach Jerry Glanville used the first pick - and 11th overall - on former Tennessee State center Cecil Newton Jr., the brother |
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| Furman's Bell a first-round pick in UFL |
Division I-AA College Football |
05/02/2011 |
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| ght. Bell was the only first-round selection from a Football Championship Subdivision program. The 6-foot-7, 308-pounder made The MySportsbook FCS All-America first team as a senior in 2008 and previously had NFL tryouts with the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys. The five-team UFL will play its third season in 2011 after, according to media reports, it lost close to $80 million during its first two seasons. The league is hoping to gain stature with football fans while the NFL continues an owners lockout of |
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| Cowboys take Arkin in fourth round |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/30/2011 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Missouri State offensive guard David Arkin became the first FCS player taken on the final day of the NFL Draft when the Dallas Cowboys picked him in the fourth round with the 110th overall selection Saturday. The 6-foot-5, 302-pound Arkin, from Wichita, Kan., is both agile and quick, and considered especially strong in coming off the ball as a run blocker. He never missed a start in his 44-game college career and played three seasons at guard before switching to left tackle as |
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| Bengals land Dalton early in second round |
NFL Football |
04/29/2011 |
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| ing 1,655 yards and scored 22 touchdowns in his first year with the Hokies, but suffered a hamstring injury in a disappointing 2010 campaign. A pair of linebackers were off the board next, as the Tennessee Titans locked up UCLA's Akeem Ayers and the Dallas Cowboys went after Bruce Carter out of North Carolina. The Washington Redskins grabbed a Clemson defensive lineman, but it was Jarvis Jenkins and not Bowers, the Nagurski Award winner as the top defensive player in college football last season. The Houston |
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| NFL Draft Update, Day 2 |
NFL Football |
04/29/2011 |
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| cinnati Bengals - Andy Dalton (QB, T-C-U); 36. San Francisco 49ers - Colin Kaepernick (QB, Nevada); 37. Cleveland Browns - Jabaal Sheard (DE, Pittsburgh); 38. Ryan Williams - (RB, Virginia Tech); 39. Tennessee Titans - Akeem Ayers (LB, U-C-L-A); 40. Dallas Cowboys - Bruce Carter (LB, North Carolina); 41. Washington Redskins - Jarvis Jenkins (DT, Clemson); 42. Houston Texans - Brooks Reed (DE, Arizona); 43. Minnesota Vikings - Kyle Rudolph (TE, Notre Dame); 44. Detroit Lions - Titus Young (WR, Boise State); 45 |
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