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| Giants' Michael Strahan out for year |
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12/26/2006 |
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| His career sacks total leaves him tied with Taylor and Leslie O'Neal for seventh on the all-time NFL list. New York signed free agent receiver Darius Watts, tight end Darcy Johnson from their practice squad and running back Robert Douglas from the Houston Texans' practice squad. Watts was a second-round draft choice by the Denver Broncos in 2004. He caught 31 passes for 385 yards and a touchdown as rookie. The Marshall product had two receptions last season and was released by the Broncos before this seas |
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| Giants DE Michael Strahan on injured reserve |
NFL Football |
12/26/2006 |
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| ut on the active roster hoping he might play again this season. However, he has not made enough progress. New York signed free agent receiver Darius Watts; tight end Darcy Johnson from their practice squad; and running back Robert Douglas from the Houston Texans' practice squad. Watts was a second-round draft choice by the Denver Broncos in 2004. He caught 31 passes for 385 yards and a touchdown as rookie. The Marshall product had two receptions last season and was released by the Broncos before the start |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 24, 2006) |
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12/24/2006 |
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| Ryan Boschetti, WR David Patten, TE Brian Kozlowski, DT Anthony Montgomery Rams - 3rd QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, CB Jerametrius Butler, FB Paul Smith, FB Rich Alexis, LB Jamal Brooks, C Larry Turner, OT Jeremy Parquet, DE Eric Moore INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT HOUSTON TEXANS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Colts - WR Ricky Proehl, S Bob Sanders, RB Kory Chapman, CB Tim Jennings, CB T.J. Rushing, TE Dallas Clark, OT Dan Federkell, DE Ryan LaCasse Texans - 3rd QB Quinton Porter, WR Charlie Adams, CB John Walker, S Michael Stone, RB Samko |
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| Peyton Manning sets record, tops 4,000 yards for seventh season |
NFL Football |
12/24/2006 |
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HOUSTON (AP) -Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning reached 4,000 yards passing for the seventh season on Sunday, an NFL record. Manning came into Sunday's game against the Houston Texans needing 90 yards to break a tie with Dan Marino. He reached the mark on an 8-yard pass to Marvin Harrison in the second quarter. Four plays later, Manning threw a touchdown pass to Aaron Moorehead. Manning went 21-of-27 for 205 yards and three touchdowns in the Colts' 27-24 loss to the Texans. Manning now has 4,115 |
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| Air Force tabs Calhoun to replace DeBerry |
Division I College Football |
12/23/2006 |
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| Colorado Springs, CO (MySportsbook) - Air Force Academy hired Troy Calhoun as its new head football coach a little more than a week after Fisher DeBerry retired. Calhoun, who is finishing his first season as the Houston Texans offensive coordinator/quarterback coach, returns to the school from where he graduated in 1989. Head coach Gary Kubiak brought Calhoun with him from Denver when he became Houston's head coach last year. Calhoun worked closely with Denver head coach Mike Shanahan in 2005 when he was a |
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| Colts Carry New-Found Momentum into Houston |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Indianapolis Colts will attempt to move one step closer to securing a first-round playoff bye this Sunday at Reliant Stadium, where the AFC powerhouses visit a Houston Texans team they have owned in recent years. The Colts earned a playoff spot when division-rival Jacksonville lost to Tennessee last Sunday, giving Indy the AFC South championship for the fourth consecutive year. Still, the Colts were hardly building up steam for a postseason run heading into Monday's matchup with the re |
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| Can Pats Break Jags' Home Stranglehold? |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| seven-game regular season road winning streak. New England also has some positive history at Alltel, having defeated the Eagles there in Super Bowl XXXIX less than two years ago. In addition, Bill Belichick's club comes off a 40-7 throttling of the Houston Texans, the very same Texans that dealt Jacksonville a pair of setbacks earlier this season. Sunday's game will mark a rematch of an AFC First-Round Playoff game held in Foxboro last Jan. 7, a game won by the Patriots, 28-3. SERIES HISTORY New England is 3 |
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| Saints Can Prolong Giants' Misery |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| ound, while Bush has also carried 132 times for 419 yards and four scores. Defensively, the Giants will surely be augmented by the return of pass-rushing end Michael Strahan, who'd missed six straight games since spraining his right foot against the Houston Texans on Nov. 5. Strahan practiced Wednesday for the first time since the injury, and was listed as questionable on the team's injury report. The Giants are 52-32-1 in games in which Strahan has at least one sack. Without Strahan, the once-fearsome pass r |
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| Falcons hire alumnus to replace DeBerry |
Division I College Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| ing the program Friday as longtime coach Fisher DeBerry's replacement. The 38-year-old Calhoun, the starting quarterback for DeBerry in 1986, was an assistant coach with the Denver Broncos before joining Gary Kubiak as offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans this season. ``Our thought going into this was Fisher DeBerry had been here for 27 years, head coach for 23. And during that time he has inspired, trained, taught, motivated, produced not just leaders for the Air Force but leaders for the NCAA ath |
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| Falcons hire Calhoun to replace DeBerry |
Division I College Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| IR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -NFL assistant Troy Calhoun was hired Friday as Air Force's football coach, returning to the academy to succeed Fisher DeBerry. Calhoun left the Denver Broncos' staff to join Gary Kubiak as offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans this season. He graduated from Air Force in 1989 and is the first former Falcons player to coach the team. DeBerry retired last week after 23 years as Air Force's coach. Calhoun is only the sixth head coach for Air Force, joining a list that inclu |
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