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| NFL, union execs back at mediator's office |
NFL Football |
03/04/2011 |
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| ans, who are the ones who obviously allow for all the money that they're making. So my expectation and hope is that they will resolve it without me intervening, because it turns out I've got a lot of other stuff to do.'' On hand Friday morning was Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy, a member of the league's labor committee, which has the authority to call for a lockout if a new agreement isn't reached. The biggest sticking point all along has been how to divide the league's revenues, including what cut |
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| Packers bring back LB Hawk |
NFL Football |
03/04/2011 |
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| Green Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - The Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers brought back linebacker A.J. Hawk on Thursday, one day after cutting him. "We are pleased to have reached an agreement with A.J.," said Packers general manager Ted Thompson. "We appreciate his work and dedication and look forward to his contributions to our team in the future." Terms of the deal were not released, but the Press Gazette reported that it is for five years. Hawk recorded 111 tackles this past season, his most since his rook |
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| NFL returns to mediator's office Wednesday night |
NFL Football |
03/02/2011 |
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| deral Mediation and Conciliation Service shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, six hours after the league's contingent had departed to attend a meeting of the 32 team owners at a hotel 25 miles away in Chantilly, Va. New York Giants owner John Mara and Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy entered the building a few minutes later. The NFL and union met for four hours earlier Wednesday. The collective bargaining agreement expires at midnight Thursday night.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. Al |
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| Packers release LB Hawk, two others |
NFL Football |
03/02/2011 |
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| Green Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - The Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers have released linebacker A.J. Hawk, tight end Donald Lee and safety Derrick Martin. Hawk recorded 111 tackles this past season, his most since his rookie campaign in 2006. He also had three interceptions and half a sack in 16 games -- 15 as a starter. The Ohio State product has recorded 510 tackles, eight picks and nine sacks during his five seasons, all spent with the Packers, who selected him fifth overall in the 2006 draft. Green Bay |
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| BC-BBO--Bonds and Clemens |
MLB Baseball |
02/26/2011 |
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| ched anything stronger than a protein shake and both had retired in the late '90s,'' Costas said. And in baseball, he said, ``it matters more'' than in the other sports. ``If somebody found out that half the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers were using HGH or some other performance-enhancing drug, that might be disappointing,'' Costas said, ``but it has almost no historical application. It just doesn't resonate the same way. There's no parallel in other sports. There's just no parallel. |
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| With Bonds and Clemens, Steroids Era is on trial |
MLB Baseball |
02/26/2011 |
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| ched anything stronger than a protein shake and both had retired in the late '90s,'' Costas said. And in baseball, he said, ``it matters more'' than in the other sports. ``If somebody found out that half the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers were using HGH or some other performance-enhancing drug, that might be disappointing,'' Costas said, ``but it has almost no historical application. It just doesn't resonate the same way. There's no parallel in other sports. There's just no parallel. |
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| Jones shares in blame for Super Bowl seats |
NFL Football |
02/25/2011 |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has shared responsibility with the NFL for the Super Bowl seating fiasco at Cowboys Stadium. Just hours before the Green Bay Packers played Pittsburgh Steelers, the league announced that 1,250 temporary seats were deemed unsafe and moved 850 people to new seats. Still, 400 fans were forced to watch the game from standing-room-only locations around the stadium. Jones told ESPNDallas.com on Friday that he would look at ways to improve seating issues and t |
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| Bears sign coach Smith to extension |
Headlines |
02/25/2011 |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Chicago Bears have extended coach Lovie Smith's contract by two years through the 2013 season. Smith led the Bears to the NFC Championship game this past season, where they lost to the Green Bay Packers. He led the Bears to the Super Bowl after the 2006 season. In seven seasons, he has a 66-52 record. General manager Jerry Angelo had said last month that the Bears planned to sign Smith to an extension. Smith said Friday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis that he was happy to get th |
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| Cowboys' new WR coach left Packers for Garrett |
NFL Football |
02/18/2011 |
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| became fast friends, prompting talk of one day working together. So when Garrett became coach of the Dallas Cowboys in January and began putting together his first staff, he wanted Robinson on it. Only Robinson was busy coaching receivers for the Green Bay Packers. Garrett had to wait until the second week of February for permission to interview his pal, and Robinson was faced with deciding whether to leave the Super Bowl champions. The choice ended up being pretty easy. Lured by Garrett and the added title |
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| 'Never missed a Super Bowl' member dies at age 79 |
NFL Football |
02/14/2011 |
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| KEE (AP) - One of the men featured in a Visa credit card television commercial for having never missed a Super Bowl has died at age 79. Though he wasn't able to make it to Texas, Bob Cook watched from his Milwaukee area hospital bed as his beloved Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win the 45th Super Bowl earlier this month. Cook's wife, Sarah Cook, said Monday that he died last week after a blood infection and other chronic issues. Cook and the three other members of the "Never Missed a Sup |
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