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| Zach Thomas lands in Kansas City |
NFL Football |
04/13/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free agent linebacker Zach Thomas to an undisclosed contract. Thomas will play for his third different team in three seasons, as he spent 2008 with Dallas after a successful 12-year run with the Miami Dolphins. The 35-year-old veteran appeared in all 16 games and started 14 last season with the Cowboys, racking up 94 tackles with a sack. Thomas has registered 2,043 tackles, including 1,325 solo, with 20 1/2 sacks and 17 interceptions during his career. A |
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| Around FCS: Sidbury, Barden move to head of FCS draft class |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/13/2009 |
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| ship game in 2007. Projection: 5th round. 6. Chris Baker, Hampton, 6-2, 326, Defensive Tackle Baker is another project, much in the same way as defensive end and former teammate Kendall Langford was last year. Langford made rapid improvement for the Miami Dolphins last season, and whoever drafts Baker will hope for a similar leap from this tremendous athlete. Baker, a Penn State transfer, had some off-field issues that led him to Hampton as a senior. He is quick for his size and moves well. Baker was versatil |
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| Federer beats Roddick in three sets; Djokovic also into semis |
Mens Tennis |
04/02/2009 |
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| wiss pulled through. Federer had 42 winners, compared to 15 for Roddick. The fifth-seeded Roddick, who won the Miami title back in 2004, upset Federer in last year's quarterfinals here to stop an 11-match losing skid against the super Swiss. Despite Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter leading the cheers for Roddick, the American was unable to pull out the win. "I'm not capable of being objective right now," Roddick said immediately after the match. Each player held serve throughout the third set until the l |
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| Oakland Raiders |
NFL Football Transaction |
03/24/2009 |
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| Acquired center Samson Satele from the Miami Dolphins in exchange for an undisclosed draft choice. |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Draft '09 - Time to Mock |
NFL Football |
03/23/2009 |
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| d trouble staying healthy throughout his career, and Jamaal Anderson, a former first-round bust. Johnson isn't the biggest or most feared pass rusher in the world, but was a productive college player who gives the team some much-needed DE depth. 25. Miami Dolphins (11-5) - Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State (6-5, 265) Chances are, the Dolphins are going to end up with someone from the Marvin Harrison/Torry Holt/Anquan Boldin circuit, and an offense that leaned heavily on its tight ends last year could use |
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| Around College Basketball: March Madness, a national holiday? |
College Basketball |
03/14/2009 |
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| pment of several other programs in recent years, such as St. Mary's, moved its tournament to Las Vegas this year and was met by sell-out crowds and a celebrity constituency. I'll never forget on one of my basketball trips to Las Vegas, having former Miami Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese settle down in the seat next to me. I found it hard to take my eyes off his diamond-encrusted 1972 Super Bowl ring as I tried to watch UNLV and UC Santa Barbara play that night. It was basketball royalty that I noticed at the |
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| Dolphins sign CB Green |
NFL Football |
03/12/2009 |
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| Davie, FL (MySportsbook) - The Miami Dolphins signed free agent cornerback Eric Green to a multi-year contract on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Green, a third-round pick of Arizona in 2005, has played 51 games for the Cardinals over the past four seasons, making 33 career starts, including nine in the 2008 campaign. The Virginia Tech-product has compiled 169 tackles, two interceptions and 31 passes defensed in his career. |
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| Miami getting a new Grove |
NFL Football |
03/03/2009 |
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| Davie, FL (MySportsbook) - The Miami Dolphins have signed free agent center Jake Grove to a multi-year contract. Financial terms of the pact for the former Oakland Raider were not disclosed. Grove has played both center and guard in five seasons with the Raiders. He started 12 games at center last year and has started 46 of the 54 games he has played since Oakland made him a second-round pick in the 2004 draft. The signing of the former Virginia Tech All-American could push incumbent center Samson Satele t |
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| Dolphins release DE Holliday |
NFL Football |
03/02/2009 |
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| Davie, FL (MySportsbook) - The Miami Dolphins released defensive end Vonnie Holliday on Monday. Holliday had spent the previous four seasons with Miami and at 33 years old he was the second oldest player on the team. Last season, he appeared in all 16 games for the Dolphins and had 46 tackles and 3 1/2 sacks. Over 11 seasons in the NFL, he has totaled 353 tackles and 55 sacks, in addition to two interceptions and 23 passes defensed in 151 games. Miami has also lost free safety Renaldo Hill and cornerback A |
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| Trainer returns to coach Rhode Island |
Division I-AA College Football |
02/27/2009 |
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| nd to join the staff at Bowling Green, Joe Trainer has returned as the Rams' 19th head coach. Rhode Island needed a replacement for Darren Rizzi, who stepped down on Sunday after a one-year stint to take an assistant coaching position with the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Trainer spent one season on Rizzi's staff as the associate head coach and defensive coordinator, but left in December to join Dave Clawson's new staff at Bowling Green. Clawson had served as offensive coordinator and Trainer was a defensive assista |
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