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| Packers' Favre to return for his 17th season |
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02/03/2007 |
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| r quarterbacks. Favre broke Marino's record for career completions (4,967) in 2006 and is closing in on Marino's marks for career touchdown passes (420) and yards passing (61,361). Favre has won three league MVP awards - he shared 1997 honors with Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders - and played in two Super Bowls. He and the Packers won Green Bay's first championship in 29 years by beating New England in the 1997 Super Bowl. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the news was great for the league. ` |
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| Packers' Favre returning for 17th season |
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02/02/2007 |
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| o try to lead the Packers back to the playoffs after they won their final four games and were in playoff contention until the final weekend of the regular season. Favre's accomplishments include three league MVP awards - he shared 1997 honors with Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders - and throwing two touchdown passes in a 35-21 victory over New England in the 1997 Super Bowl to give the Packers their first championship in 29 years. Earlier in that championship season, Favre spent time in the Menninge |
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| Sanders' return gives Colts defense a super spark |
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02/02/2007 |
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| as the NFL's worst-ranked run defense. Few considered the 5-foot-8 safety an NFL prospect, much less an impact player. Most colleges didn't even bother recruiting Sanders, who played both running back and safety in high school and idolized former Detroit Lions star Barry Sanders growing up. ``I was actually a better running back than I was a safety,'' he recalls. ``I liked Barry Sanders, not just because he has the same name as me, but he was the same size, a hard worker and a dominant player.'' Like |
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| Lions hire Gash as an assistant special teams coach |
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01/31/2007 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Lions hired Sam Gash as an assistant special teams coach Wednesday. Gash was an assistant running backs and assistant special teams coach for the New York Jets the past two seasons. The former NFL fullback played for New England, Buffalo and Baltimore from 1992-2003, and was in the Pro Bowl twice. Detroit previously hired Joe Barry to be its defensive coordinator and former Jim Colletto to coach the offensive line, replacing fired assistants Donnie Henderson and Lar |
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| Bobby Ross out; Stan Brock in at Army |
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01/29/2007 |
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| nt the program is in a very competitive state right now to the point our team can move on and play very competitively at the Division I-A level," Ross added. Prior to joining Army, Ross was out of coaching following the 2000 campaign when he and the Detroit Lions parted ways midway through the season. In the NFL, Ross was 77-68, but his pro career was highlighted by leading the San Diego Chargers to their only trip to the Super Bowl after the 1994 season. Ross also had great success at the college level prio |
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| Report: Bobby Ross leaving Army |
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01/29/2007 |
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| Ross. Ross was hired in 2003 and replaced Todd Berry, who was fired mid-season after a disappointing 5-35 record in his four-year tenure with the Black Knights. Prior to joining Army, Ross was out of coaching since the 2000 campaign when he and the Detroit Lions departed ways midway through the season. In the NFL, Ross was 77-68, but his pro career was highlighted by leading the Chargers to their only trip to the Super Bowl in 1995. Ross also had great success at the college level prior to his tenure with A |
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| Army coach Bobby Ross retires |
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01/29/2007 |
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| ights finished the season on a six-game losing streak. Ross' son, Kevin, the offensive coordinator, took much of the blame for the Black Knights' sputtering offense. Before his arrival at West Point, Ross was 77-68 in the NFL with the Chargers and Detroit Lions and spent 15 years as a college coach, including stints with The Citadel (1973-77), Maryland (1982-86) and Georgia Tech (1987-91). His 1990 Georgia Tech team went 11-0-1, sharing the national title with Colorado. His college record was 94-76-2 befor |
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| Lions hire Colletto as offensive line coach |
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01/29/2007 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Lions hired former Purdue head coach Jim Colletto on Monday to coach their offensive line. Colletto was UCLA's offensive line coach last season after coaching the same unit with the Oakland Raiders, for one season, and for the Baltimore Ravens from 1999-2004. ``This was a hard decision for me to make,'' Colletto said in a statement released by UCLA. ``Karl (Dorrell) gave me a great opportunity and I am thankful to him for that. ``I just felt that the opportunity w |
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| Dungy's humble ways took root in hometown of Jackson |
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01/28/2007 |
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| ' Dungy returned the love last summer when he went to a Jackson Community College Jackson dinner and auction to raise funds for the Dr. Wilbur Dungy Endowed Chair, honoring his father. He brought along two former assistants - Bears coach Smith and Detroit Lions coach Rod Marinelli - then made time the next day for kids at a football camp. In June, Dungy is expected back in Jackson for the camp. ``It may sound Cinderella-ish, but Tony Dungy is only too good to be true if you don't know him,'' Russell sa |
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| Dungy's humble ways took root in hometown of Jackson, Mich. |
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01/28/2007 |
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| ' Dungy returned the love last summer when he went to a Jackson Community College Jackson dinner and auction to raise funds for the Dr. Wilbur Dungy Endowed Chair, honoring his father. He brought along two former assistants - Bears coach Smith and Detroit Lions coach Rod Marinelli - then made time the next day for kids at a football camp. In June, Dungy is expected back in Jackson for the camp. ``It may sound Cinderella-ish, but Tony Dungy is only too good to be true if you don't know him,'' Russell sa |
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