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| Colts add RB coach, assistant to staff |
NFL Football |
02/09/2011 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - The Indianapolis Colts have hired David Walker as running backs coach and Devin Fitzsimmons as a coaching assistant. Walker, 41, spent the past 16 years as a college coach and is coming off a short stint as running backs coach at the University of Maryland. He was a college running back at Syracuse, then coached the position at the school from 1995-2004. He went on to coach running backs at Pittsburgh from 2005-10. Fitzsimmons, 28, in coming off a season coaching college tight |
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| In the FCS Huddle: Thomas hopes NFL career is a slam dunk |
Division I-AA College Football |
02/09/2011 |
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| represented by sports agent Frank Bauer of Sun West Sports Associates in Stockton, Calif., will leave for the NFL Combine on Feb. 21. Over 300 players will be scheduled over four-day periods from Feb. 23 to March 1 at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts. "I think one of the things that people say is, 'You're inexperienced, you haven't had much time in the game.' So I think a lot of people assume I don't know as much about the game, but I've been able to learn," Thomas said. "I think over time it wi |
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| Jets QB Sanchez will avoid surgery |
NFL Football |
02/03/2011 |
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| ting all 16 regular season games, though he did not attempt a pass in a brief appearance in the last contest against Buffalo. Sanchez threw for 3,291 yards and 17 touchdowns and was intercepted 13 times during the 2010 campaign. He led the team to playoff victories over the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots before the Jets fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game. The USC product accumulated 616 passing yards and five touchdowns, with one interception, in the three postseason games. |
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| Ijalana headlines FCS players for NFL Combine |
Division I-AA College Football |
02/02/2011 |
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| rticipate in the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine. All 32 NFL teams will evaluate over 300 of the nation's top college players for the NFL Draft. Participants will be scheduled over four-day periods from Feb. 23 to March 1 at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts. The 6-foot-4, 320-pound Ijalana, a two-time first-team All-America, is expected to be the first FCS player selected in the draft in April - widely projected for the second round. He started all 53 games of his Villanova career and played a big part |
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| Players hoping Pro Bowl stays in Hawaii |
NFL Football |
01/29/2011 |
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| uper Bowl. Hawaii is paying $4 million per game to hold the Pro Bowl this year and in 2012 as the state deals with an $844 million projected deficit over the next 2 1/2 years. The players, however, clearly want the game to stay in the islands. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning says ``there's no better place to have it.''Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed witho |
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| Manning right at home at the Pro Bowl |
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01/28/2011 |
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KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) - People from all over the world come to Hawaii to unwind, celebrate and heal. Peyton Manning is no different. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback is enjoying his 11th trip to the Pro Bowl, but still stinging from the Colts' abrupt end to the season. Manning didn't have much have much to say about the roller coaster year for the defending AFC champs, which ended with a 17-16 loss in the playoffs to the New York Jets. He's too busy enjoying Hawaii, which is all he really wants to talk ab |
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| AP's NFL Awards on NFL Network during SB week |
NFL Football |
01/26/2011 |
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| s to 1961, when Green Bay's Paul Hornung won. The NFC champion Packers have prime contenders for the honor this year in linebacker Clay Matthews and quarterback Aaron Rodgers. A quarterback has been voted MVP in each of the last three seasons: the Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning twice - he holds the overall record with four MVPs - and the New England Patriots' Tom Brady once. Brady also is considered a front-runner this year, along with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, Houston Texans running b |
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| Colts' Saturday headed to Pro Bowl |
NFL Football |
01/24/2011 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (Sport Network) - Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday was named to the 2011 Pro Bowl on Monday. The 12-year veteran, who has four prior Pro Bowl selections, was tabbed to replace Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey, whose club has advanced to Super Bowl XLV. In all likelihood, Pouncey wouldn't have been able to participate if the Steelers didn't advance, as he reportedly suffered a high left ankle sprain in Sunday's victory over the Jets. It usually takes 4-to-6 weeks to recover from |
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| NFL Conference Championship Games - Back the home teams |
NFL Football |
01/21/2011 |
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| y kind to the home teams over the last four years with seven of the eight reaching the Super Bowl. Back in 2006, the Chicago Bears were 2.5-point favorites over the New Orleans Saints and coasted to a 39-14 victory. Meanwhile, in the later game, the Indianapolis Colts barely beat the New England Patriots, 38-34, but they still came out on top straight up and against the spread. The following season, both betting choices failed to cover as the Green Bay Packers were stunned at home by the New York Giants, and New |
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| Jets taking high road toward Roethlisberger rematch |
NFL Football |
01/18/2011 |
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| erback Darrelle Revis said. Going into the playoffs, Ryan referred to the three-week gauntlet of Super Bowl winners and NFL most valuable players as "Mission: Impossible." In two weeks since the tournament began, the Jets have beaten Manning and his Indianapolis Colts, 17-16, and Brady and his New England Patriots, 28-21. One more win yields the franchise its first Super Bowl berth since 1969. Roethlisberger, who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 241 pounds, brings a meld of pocket strength and creativity on the run not |
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