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| IndyCar returns to Milwaukee; crowds don't |
This Day in Sports |
06/19/2011 |
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| me bike as all the pros, the same wheels, same equipment, the mechanics from the factory tune my bike - and I (stink), for sure,'' Kanaan joked. Fellow IndyCar driver Vitor Meira is scheduled to compete in the triathlon with Kanaan. --- NOTES: Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson served as the grand marshall, giving the command to start engines. He was given a racing helmet painted to look like a Packers helmet, signed by the drivers. ... JR Hildebrand crashed midway through the race, a wreck that |
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| Packers reunite to receive Super Bowl rings |
Headlines |
06/16/2011 |
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| - The Super Bowl was more than four months ago, and the joy-sapping nature of the NFL's unresolved labor situation makes it seem even farther in the past. The memories came rushing back and concerns about the lockout faded away Thursday night when Green Bay Packers players gathered at Lambeau Field to receive their Super Bowl rings. The rings feature a Packers ``G'' logo with 13 diamonds to symbolize each of the team's championships. Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy says players ``wanted big and they wa |
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| UFL team giving look to '01 Heisman winner Crouch |
This Day in Sports |
06/08/2011 |
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| for his hometown Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. Crouch was a 2002 third-round NFL draft choice of the St. Louis Rams. He walked out of training camp and announced his retirement after not being given a chance at quarterback. The Green Bay Packers looked at him as a quarterback and safety in 2004, but released him before training camp. Kansas City released him in 2005 after sending him to NFL Europe to play safety. He played three games at quarterback in 2006 for Toronto of the CFL. Since t |
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| CFL's Alouettes cut former NFL RB Ahman Green |
This Day in Sports |
06/05/2011 |
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| s expected to compete for the starting job after the Alouettes allowed Avon Cobourne to sign with division-rival Hamilton as a free agent. Green spent 12 seasons in the NFL, rushing for 9,205 yards and 60 touchdowns. He played seven years with the Green Bay Packers, and is the franchise's career rushing leader with 8,208 yards. Green appeared in eight games with the UFL's Omaha Nighthawks last season, rushing for 253 yards on 68 carries while catching eight passes for 50 yards.Copyright © 2005 The Assoc |
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| Packers o-line working out in Nashville this week |
Headlines |
06/01/2011 |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - With no end in sight for the NFL lockout, a group of Green Bay Packers offensive linemen are in Tennessee this week for a group workout. In an email to The Associated Press, Packers center Scott Wells says the majority of the offensive line came into Nashville on Sunday night for a few days of workouts this week. Wells says the sessions are being run by his trainer. Wells says the group chose Nashville because both he and left tackle Chad Clifton live the area during the offseason. NFL |
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| NFL, Cowboys want Super Bowl seating suit tossed |
NFL Football |
05/27/2011 |
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| rs. 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 temporary seats couldn't be completed in time for the Feb. 6 game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium in suburban Arlington. Class counsel Michael Avenatti says the filing shows that the league and the team don't understand their legal obligations.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights res |
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| Kenseth riding high after Dover win |
NASCAR |
05/16/2011 |
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| Dover, DE (MySportsbook) - What a year it's been so far for Matt Kenseth. His beloved Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl in February. Last month, Kenseth snapped a 76-race winless streak at Texas, and then on Sunday, he notched his second victory of the season at Dover, which put him in great shape to clinch a spot in this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Two fresh tires instead of four during the final round of pit stops with less than 40 laps remaining turned out to be the winning strategy fo |
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| Murphy: Packers will eventually retire No. 4 |
Headlines |
05/12/2011 |
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ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy says the team will eventually retire Brett Favre's No. 4. They just want to make sure he's really retired. ``He deserves that for what he did as a Packer,'' Murphy told fans in Ashland, Wis., on Wednesday during the team's annual Tailgate Tour. ``But it's a very, very meaningful honor and we want to do it at a time when it's meaningful for both him and the organization.'' According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Murphy says it would lik |
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| Packers launch tailgate tour despite lockout |
NFL Football |
05/10/2011 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy has boarded a bus for a five-day trip around the state of Wisconsin with a handful of players. Murphy and players Josh Sitton, Desmond Bishop and Matt Flynn insisted Tuesday that the annual trip won't be awkward. They do know the lockout will come up in conversation. The lockout bars coaches and front-office staff from having contact with players, but there is an exception for charitable events such as the tour. The tour ends Saturda |
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| Delany: Nebraska the Green Bay Packers of Big Ten |
Division I College Football |
05/04/2011 |
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Jim Delany calls the Nebraska Cornhuskers the Green Bay Packers of the Big Ten. The Big Ten commissioner said Wednesday night that when the Huskers enter the conference July 1, they'll make a great league greater. Delany said the Big Ten's attraction to Nebraska goes beyond geography and a shared Midwestern culture with member schools. He compared the Huskers' location in a sparsely populated state with that of the small-market Packers. He said the Huskers and Packers are national tea |
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