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| NFL Draft: First-round pick profiles |
NFL Football |
04/28/2007 |
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| ho reads plays well and executes against the run and pass. Should be able to cover TEs well. His main negatives are his inconsistent technique and his less-than-quick burst off the snap, but his savvy and athleticism usually make up for these. 16. Green Bay Packers. - JUSTIN HARRELL, DT, senior, 6-4, 305, Tennessee: A top-10 talent who lost most of his senior season to a ruptured left biceps tendon. Put off his surgery for a week to get some playing time in the Florida game, which speaks well for his toughne |
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| Around the clock draft attention |
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04/27/2007 |
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| TV, they can turn to their cell phones. For the second straight year, Sprint is making the NFL Network's live broadcasts available on its wireless mobile network. Sprint also will have a correspondent of its own on hand, Laura Hawk, the wife of Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk - and the sister of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn, who is projected as a very early selection Saturday. Laura Hawk will conduct interviews throughout the proceedings at Radio City Music Hall. ``NFL fans don't have to si |
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| Robinson now on electronic monitoring in Green Bay |
NFL Football |
04/17/2007 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay Packers receiver Koren Robinson will finish a jail sentence by serving the final 45 days on electronic monitoring and working at a local hospital. Robinson was sentenced to 90 days in jail for fleeing police last August in Minnesota when he was with the Vikings. He began serving the sentence March 9 at a facility near Minneapolis. Roger Pederson, an administrator at the facility, said Robinson was released April 7 to serve the rest of the sentence in Wisconsin. Capt. Dav |
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| Barnett agrees to contract extension through 2012 |
NFL Football |
04/10/2007 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -The Green Bay Packers signed Nick Barnett to a contract extension Tuesday, assuring the middle linebacker will not become a free agent after next season. The extension replaces the final year of Barnett's five-year rookie contract and runs through 2012. Terms were not disclosed. ``It was definitely an option to hit the market,'' Barnett said. ``But being a Packer for life, there's not a lot of players who play on the same team for their entire career. I'm blessed, actually, to have t |
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| Notes from Wednesday's games |
MLB Baseball |
04/04/2007 |
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| left, and Mench started in right for Corey Hart. ... Wednesday also marked the debut of RHP Jeff Suppan, who signed a four-year, $42 million deal with the Brewers in the offseason. Suppan came in with a 5-0 record with a 1.76 ERA at Miller Park. ... Green Bay Packers LB A.J. Hawk took batting practice before the game, and threw out the ceremonial first pitch. ... The Brewers are the only team in baseball to start the season 2-0 in each of the last four seasons. ---Mets-Cardinals NEW YORK: The season opener d |
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| Packers name female VP of finance, VP of administration |
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04/03/2007 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -The Green Bay Packers have appointed a woman as a vice president for the first time in their 89-year history. Vicki Vannieuwenhoven was selected Tuesday as vice president of finance. Incoming chief executive officer John Jones also named Jason Wied as vice president of administration. Jones, the current team president, will take over as CEO for Bob Harlan at the team's Board of Directors' meeting on May 30. , Vannieuwenhoven, 40, joined the Packers in February 1995 and was promoted |
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| Packers re-sign defensive tackle Cole |
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03/29/2007 |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -The Green Bay Packers have re-signed defensive tackle Colin Cole to a one-year deal, agent Neil Cornrich said Thursday. Cole played in 15 games for the Packers last season, making 53 tackles with one sack and one forced fumble. Cornrich said the Packers like the 6-foot-1, 315-pound Cole's combination of size and strength. ``As his confidence has increased with playing time, he's got a great future in this league,'' Cornrich said. Cornrich said Cole is participating in the Packers' offsea |
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| GOLDBERG ON FOOTBALL: Goodell is an easygoing tough guy |
NFL Football |
03/26/2007 |
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| ecause seven months is hardly enough time for any chief executive to make a major impact. In fact, those discipline problems that have troubled the league seem to have unified an often contentious ownership behind Goodell. Bob Harlan, CEO of the Green Bay Packers, suggested the new commissioner's tough stance on discipline is just what's needed for an era when there's an increasing spotlight on everything. ``We've been lucky with commissioners,'' Harlan said. ``Pete Rozelle used a public relations backgrou |
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| Texans match offer sheet to keep Leach |
NFL Football |
03/26/2007 |
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| AP) -The Houston Texans re-signed fullback Vonta Leach on Monday, matching an offer sheet the restricted free agent signed with the New York Giants. The 6-foot, 250-pound Leach originally signed with the Texans last October after he was cut by the Green Bay Packers. He appeared in 11 games with Houston, starting five and was the primary blocker during the last month of the season. Leach helped the Texans boost their rushing total from 96.2 yards per game to 125.2 per game by the end of the season. Leach set |
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| Texans acquire QB Schaub from Falcons |
NFL Football |
03/23/2007 |
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| hise-worst 2-14 mark in 2005. Adding Schaub is the second big change for Houston's offense going into the 2007 season. Earlier this month, the Texans agreed to terms with free agent running back Ahman Green, who spent the last seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers. Green rushed for 1,059 yards and five touchdowns last year. "I'd say it played into it a little bit," Schaub said about him wanting to come to Houston. "I know Ahman personally and I've watched him for the last 10 years during his career, and he's |
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