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| Bills' Spikes inactive against Miami |
NFL Football |
09/17/2006 |
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MIAMI (AP) -Buffalo linebacker Takeo Spikes was inactive for the Bills' game Sunday at the Miami Dolphins because of a pulled right hamstring. Rookie Keith Ellison started at weakside linebacker and Angelo Crowell moved to the strongside, taking the place of Spikes - a two-time Pro Bowl player who injured his hamstring last weekend when the Bills opened their season with a 19-17 loss at New England. Spikes was unable to practice in the week leading up to the Dolphins' game, adding to Buffalo's injury w |
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| Defense attorney claims car assault was an accident |
NFL Football |
09/14/2006 |
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| ips has a history of trouble with the law going back a decade to his time as one of the nation's top college football players. The St. Louis Rams released him for insubordination in 1997 after he played 25 games with them. Phillips signed with the Miami Dolphins later in the 1997 season, but was released after pleading no contest to hitting a woman in a nightclub. He was the top offensive player in NFL Europe in 1999 after setting league records for rushing and touchdowns with the Barcelona Dragons. He |
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| Bills, Dolphins seeking to avoid 0-2 starts |
NFL Football |
09/14/2006 |
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MIAMI (AP) -One week and one loss into the season, signs of strain are already evident on the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills. The Dolphins bristle when conversations turn to how the secondary is struggling and why the running game was slowed in a loss to Pittsburgh. The Bills cringe over the perception that putting free safety Troy Vincent on injured reserve has ushered in another rebuilding phase, one that'll doom any chance of success this year. No, this year didn't start in the manner either club |
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| After surviving against Fresno, Oregon focuses on Oklahoma |
Division I College Football |
09/10/2006 |
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| Saturday night over Fresno State (1-1) came one play after Fresno State's Ryan Machado tried to recover a blocked field goal only to lose the ball at the 5 in shades of Leon Lett's 1993 Thanksgiving blunder against for the Dallas Cowboys against the Miami Dolphins. The next came on kicker Paul Martinez's 4-yard run on a fake field goal with 4:55 remaining. With his 92nd win at Oregon, coach Mike Bellotti passed Rich Brooks to become the winningest coach in school history. It was fitting that the win came |
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| Bucs release Boston; promote Jackson from practice squad |
NFL Football |
09/09/2006 |
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| the season opener, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers released receiver David Boston and promoted tackle Scott Jackson from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday. Boston is attempting a comeback after missing most of the past two seasons with the Miami Dolphins because of knee injuries. The one-time Pro Bowler signed with the Bucs in May, impressed coach Jon Gruden during offseason workouts and training camp and was one of seven receivers who survived final cuts a week ago. But with rookie guard Davin Jo |
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| Oh, brother: Mannings go at it in prime time |
NFL Football |
09/09/2006 |
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| and football, and it comes complete with enough subplots to keep America tuned in even after an opening weekend orgy of games. In one corner there's big brother, easily the best quarterback in the league and the leader of a team that gave the 1972 Miami Dolphins a scare last season. In the other, there's a quarterback who has always played in his brother's shadow and still has to prove he can live up to the hype in the Big Apple. ``I think there is something in there that would like to show his big brothe |
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| NFL opener attracts record TV audience |
NFL Football |
09/08/2006 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -A record 19.3 million viewers for a Thursday night opener tuned in to watch the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Miami Dolphins 28-17 in the fourth year since the NFL switched its schedule to begin Thursday nights. NBC's first regular-season broadcast in eight years had a 12.6 household rating and a 21 share, Nielsen Media Research said Friday. It was the highest rating since the first NFL Thursday night kickoff on network television in 2003 had a 12.9 rating. Each rati |
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| Saban looks for improvement after shaky start by Dolphins |
NFL Football |
09/08/2006 |
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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -Daunte Culpepper looked erratic, unreliable blocking and pass coverage validated preseason concerns, and coach Nick Saban made a costly mistake as his team squandered a late lead in the NFL opener. Other than that, the Miami Dolphins are off to a good start. Miami's 28-17 loss at Pittsburgh left plenty of room for improvement, Saban said Friday. He'll have 10 days to address the problems before Miami's home opener Sept. 17 against Buffalo. Even with spotty performances in many areas |
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| Dolphins 17, Steelers 14, third quarter |
NFL Football |
09/07/2006 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Ronnie Brown had two touchdown runs as the Miami Dolphins took a 17-14 lead over the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers at the end of three quarters of the NFL's season-opening game Thursday night. Brown had scoring runs of 2 and 5 yards in the second and third quarters, respectively. His second touchdown came with 6:11 to play in the third quarter on an eight-play drive highlighted by a 52-yard catch and run by Marty Booker on third-and-7 from the Dolphins 23. Booker mi |
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| Steelers 14, Dolphins 10, 2nd quarter |
NFL Football |
09/07/2006 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch threw two touchdown passes and the defending Super Bowl champions led the Miami Dolphins 14-10 at halftime of the NFL's season-opening game Thursday night. Batch, subbing for Ben Roethlisberger, had scoring passes of 27 yards to Nate Washington and 7 yards to Hines Ward. He was 7-for-15 for 66 yards with no interceptions. Roethlisberger missed the game after surgery Sunday to remove his appendix. Ward's touchdown reception came with |
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