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| Line of Scrimmage: Now the real game begins |
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02/11/2011 |
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| ompounded by the atypically cold and snowy conditions that wreaked havoc upon travelers to the North Texas Region during Super Bowl week. As it turned out, the weather was the least of the game's problems. It goes without saying that the NFL and the Dallas Cowboys, in their unscrupulous efforts to milk every available cent out of its showcase extravaganza, created a massive faux pas over the decision to sell tickets in an area in which temporary seating was not completed in time for Sunday's festivities. As m |
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| Baker leaves UNC after 1 month for Dallas Cowboys |
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02/09/2011 |
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina says newly hired assistant coach Brian Baker is leaving to take a job with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. Baker will coach the Cowboys' defensive line, the same position he had with the Tar Heels. The Tar Heels hired Baker in January as the permanent replacement for John Blake, who resigned in September after his close friendship with NFL agent Gary Wichard became part of the NCAA investigation into the football program. In a statement released by the school, Baker |
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| Suit filed in Dallas over Super Bowl seat problems |
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02/09/2011 |
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DALLAS (AP) - A lawsuit has been filed accusing the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of fans who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or who felt the seats were inadequate. The federal lawsuit, filed in Dallas, alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices. It was filed Tuesday on behalf of fans who were prevented from having seats at Sunday's game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington b |
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| NFL, Cowboys Stadium drop ball on temporary seats |
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02/06/2011 |
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| xplanation of the situation provided to several fans. The officer said the winter storms that struck Dallas earlier had set back work on the temporary seats. That didn't matter to fans who felt they had been deceived by the league and Jones, the Dallas Cowboys owner who had hoped some 105,000 people would watch the game inside and outside the stadium. To bolster the crowd, there were $200 tickets that provided nothing more than a chance to watch the game on video screens set up in outdoor plazas. Not ev |
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| Super Bowl fans miss out because seats unsafe |
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02/06/2011 |
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| eats in the same rows as seats that were deemed safe. Yellow police tape was used as a dividing line, with uniformed personnel also keeping folks away. ``The safety of fans attending the Super Bowl was paramount in making the decision and the NFL, Dallas Cowboys and City of Arlington officials are in agreement with the resolution,'' the NFL said in a statement. ``We regret the situation and inconvenience that it may have caused. We will conduct a full review of this matter.'' About 15,000 temporary seats |
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| SUPER BOWL: Steelers vs. Packers: the key matchups |
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02/05/2011 |
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| iver excels over the middle, but that's where Polamalu and Ryan Clark (25) lurk, and there aren't two more punishing safeties around. Rodgers has gotten a lot of mileage out of James Jones (89) and Jordy Nelson (87) and both will have key roles at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. If Rodgers can spread the ball around and keep the Steelers' pass rush off-balance, Green Bay has an excellent chance. Special teamsSteelers PK Shaun Suisham (6), who replaced veteran Jeff Reed in midseason, has been superb, making 1 |
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| Obama hosts Super Bowl bash with mixed feelings |
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02/05/2011 |
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| opla surrounding the game, recent presidents have developed a not-very-surprising need to see and be seen on the big day. Jimmy Carter famously made a $5 bet with his mother, Miss Lillian, on the outcome of the 1979 Super Bowl - and lost, when the Dallas Cowboys beat the Steelers. In 1985, just hours after being sworn in for his second term, Ronald Reagan, who portrayed a football player in the movies (1940's "Knute Rocknet All American"), tossed the coin for the Super Bowl in a live White House hookup to |
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| Attorney: Ex-Cowboy settles lawsuit over collapse |
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02/04/2011 |
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DALLAS (AP) - A former Dallas Cowboys player who was inside the team's practice facility when it collapsed in 2009 has settled a lawsuit against the company that designed the building and companies operated by team owner Jerry Jones. Jamar Hunt was attempting to make the Cowboys as a rookie free agent when the structure fell in a wind storm on May 2, 2009. Attorney Michael Guajardo told The Associated Press Friday that Hunt received an undisclosed amount to settle his claim that he suffered a neck inju |
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| Green Bay's Colledge found out how unique town is |
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02/04/2011 |
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| he two high-definition screens that are about 72 feet high each and stretch nearly 60 yards between the 20-yard lines. Some ticket-purchasing fans will be able to see the flyover with their own eyes. About 5,000 tickets, at $200 each, were sold to Dallas Cowboys season ticket holders to watch the game in a party plaza outside the stadium.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed |
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| Brooks expects Tomlin to change focus quickly |
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02/03/2011 |
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| he two high-definition screens that are about 72 feet high each and stretch nearly 60 yards between the 20-yard lines. Some ticket-purchasing fans will be able to see the flyover with their own eyes. About 5,000 tickets, at $200 each, were sold to Dallas Cowboys season ticket holders to watch the game in a party plaza outside the Super Bowl stadium. --- NEED A TICKET?: There are still tickets available to see the Packers and Steelers play in the Super Bowl on Sunday - at a big price. More than 1,800 t |
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