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| NFL implements game-day testing for steroids |
NFL Football |
08/09/2011 |
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| ryone knows what our league stands for. We stand for clean competition and a level playing field," Birch said. "It is important to our players, it is important to our clubs, and it is important to our fans. We believe this testing regimen, once we get it into place, will go a long way into maintaining our status as among the most effective sports anti-doping programs that exists right now." The NFL season begins Thursday, September 8 with the Super Bowl-champion Green Bay Packers hosting the New Orleans Saints. |
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| McCarthy harsh with Packers after sloppy practice |
Headlines |
08/08/2011 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy had some harsh words for his offense after a particularly sloppy practice Monday night. McCarthy was unhappy with mental errors, penalties and fumbles by running backs Ryan Grant and James Starks. McCarthy says the Packers might look good on paper, but they're ``not close to where we need to be'' to defend their title. The Packers also are dealing with a few injuries. McCarthy says backup defensive back Brandon Underwood has a knee sprain and |
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| NFL launches post-lockout fan appreciation program |
NFL Football |
08/08/2011 |
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| y having each team present a personalized jersey to 90 supporters. Some teams will have the 90 fans run through the tunnel flanked by players and coaches during a preseason game. Other clubs will hold a pregame ceremony before an exhibition. The Green Bay Packers kicked off the program Saturday during a special practice and scrimmage at Lambeau Field. In a release announcing the program Monday, Commissioner Roger Goodell said: ``This is an opportunity to recognize the millions of fans for their dedication |
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| Eagles soaring in hype, but there's plenty of competition |
NFL Football |
08/08/2011 |
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| ushing complement to sack-master John Abraham, while successfully retaining the core group of a team that won a conference-best 13 games in 2010, two more than the Saints and three greater than the Eagles. And in case anyone forgot, there's also the Green Bay Packers to deal with. The reigning world champs were customary silent in free agency, but remember that last season's historic run was made without the services of several injured players, including such prominent ones as emerging star tight end Jermichael |
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| Browns' new punter gets welcome day off |
NFL Football |
08/07/2011 |
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| a big opportunity.'' After one year on Philadelphia's practice squad and two more in that role in Chicago, McGee has yet to kick in a regular game. That could change with a good exhibition season, starting Saturday against the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. New coach Phil Shurmur intends to find out if McGee can do the job by the time Cleveland opens the season Sept. 11 against Cincinnati. ``He has a chance to make this team, better chance than most, because he's here,'' Shurmur said. ``He'll have |
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| Weather puts stop to Packers' Family Night |
NFL Football |
08/06/2011 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - For the second time in three years, weather cut short the Green Bay Packers' Family Night. A crowd of 43,048 packed into Lambeau Field to watch the Packers for the first time since they won the Super Bowl in February, but the practice lasted less than 20 minutes. Even so, fans already anticipating a run to another title got to see undrafted rookie Brandian Ross intercept Aaron Rodgers and return it 24 yards for a touchdown on the first play. Rodgers redeemed himself on the last play |
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| Is cricket-mad India ready for some football? |
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08/05/2011 |
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| izers announced plans Friday for the Elite Football League of India. The eight-team pro league is made up of Indian players and coaches and will open next year in this country of more than 1 billion people. The league says investors include former Green Bay Packers linebacker Brandon Chillar, an American of Indian descent, former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin of the Dallas Cowboys and Hall of Fame tight end and former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka. Th |
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| OL Free among Cowboys practicing for 1st time |
NFL Football |
08/04/2011 |
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| ried to work his way back into meetings and he's been back on the field a little bit now.'' The 58-year-old Robinson, who also has the title of assistant head coach, is in his first season with the Cowboys after coming from the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. ``It's a little frustrating when you can't be out here doing your job, but getting a little better each day,'' Robinson said. ``Still some headaches, a little bit of double vision. It kind of comes and goes. ... I'm just trying to move slowly. I' |
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| Packers' Sherrod tries to tackle switch to guard |
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08/04/2011 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - First-round draft pick Derek Sherrod might have been surprised when he spent much of the first week of the Green Bay Packers' training camp at left guard. It's an unfamiliar position for a player used to lining up as a left tackle at Mississippi State. When the Packers took Sherrod with the 32nd overall pick, he was seen as the team's long-term successor to veteran left tackle Chad Clifton. But the Packers still have Clifton, making left guard a more immediate need after Daryn Colle |
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| Titans sign CB Frank Walker |
NFL Football |
08/04/2011 |
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| h veteran cornerback Frank Walker. Walker, 29, has played with four NFL teams since 2003 and spent last year with the Minnesota Vikings, starting in two of 11 games and posting 22 tackles with one interception. He spent his first four seasons with the New York Giants and also played for the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens. He has 156 tackles and eight interceptions with a touchdown in 93 games. The Titans also waived injured wide receiver O.J. Murdock and placed cornerback Ryan Mouton on injured reserve. |
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