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| Jones to start for Dolphins vs Bills |
NFL Football |
12/19/2010 |
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MIAMI (AP) - Miami Dolphins rookie Reshad Jones has replaced Chris Clemons in the starting lineup at free safety in Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills. Bills tackle Demetrius Bell (knee), cornerback Drayton Florence (fibula), linebacker Chris Kelsay (knee) and guard Andy Levitre (knee) were all active after being on the injury report during the week. Cornerback Nolan Carroll (knee), guard Joe Berger (ankle) and cornerback Sean Smith (ankle) were active for Miami. Carroll was hurt in the tripping e |
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| Alabama underclassmen hot NFL prospects |
Division I College Football |
12/17/2010 |
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| standard advice somewhat for underclassmen with thoughts of turning pro to take into account the NFL's uncertain labor situation. ``Typically, if guys are first-round picks I tell them I support them going out in the draft,'' said Saban, a former Miami Dolphins coach. ``With the unknowns this year, I've kind of reduced that to guys that are a top-15 pick or they don't have a chance to move up in the future.'' He wouldn't discuss individual situations, but it's pretty evident the Tide has some hot commodi |
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| Jets hope to reverse trends in critical showdown with Steelers |
NFL Football |
12/17/2010 |
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| make. It wasn't long ago that the New York Jets were being bandied about as one of the elite teams in the National Football League. But following an utter beatdown by the New England Patriots and an uninspired offensive performance in a loss to the Miami Dolphins, some people are now questioning whether or not the boastful Jets are even a playoff team. It won't get any easier this week, when the Jets head to Pittsburgh, a place they have never won, to face a Steelers team that has won four in a row and is on |
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| Surging Saints put streak on line in Baltimore |
NFL Football |
12/17/2010 |
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| York Giants, the Chicago Bears or the Green Bay Packers. Baltimore, meanwhile, will be scoreboard-watching Sunday's Indianapolis- Jacksonville matchup, as the Ravens need to win and the Colts to lose or tie. If that happens, the Ravens are in if the Miami Dolphins lose or tie and the Kansas City Chiefs suffered a defeat as well. The Ravens also could have gotten in with just a Colts loss or tie if the Chargers had lost or tied the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, but San Diego posted a convincing victory in t |
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| Improving Bills seek to extend Dolphins' home woes |
NFL Football |
12/17/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - South Florida is a nice place to visit this time of year, a statement opponents of the Miami Dolphins over the course of this 2010 campaign would concur. Miami will attempt to reverse its inexplicable season-long struggles at home, as well as keep its flickering playoff hopes alive, in this Sunday's battle with the fellow AFC East member Buffalo Bills from Sun Life Stadium. The Dolphins have established themselves as one of the NFL's best road teams this year, prevailing in six of seven ga |
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| Vanderbilt hires Franklin as football coach |
Division I College Football |
12/17/2010 |
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| had a 3,000-yard passer, a 1,500-yard receiver and a 1,000-yard rusher. He coached wide receivers with the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 2005 and had NFL minority coaching internships with the Minnesota Vikings (2008), Philadelphia Eagles (1999) and Miami Dolphins (1998). A quarterback at East Stroudsburg from 1991-1994, Franklin started his coaching career at Kutztown in 1995 before returning to his alma mater as a graduate assistant and secondary coach. He worked at James Madison in 1997 coaching receiver |
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| Miami's Haywood takes Pitt job |
Division I College Football |
12/16/2010 |
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| ayers have disappointing years. Wannstedt was 41-32 in six seasons, including 10-3 last year, after being hired to upgrade a program that had gone to a BCS bowl under former coach Walt Harris, but never reached one under the former Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins coach. ESPN.com first reported Thursday night that Pitt had chosen Haywood. Pitt will hold a Thursday afternoon news conference to formally introduce him. At Miami, Haywood became known for making his players wear coats and ties on road trips - |
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| Carroll keeps seeing himself get tripped |
NFL Football |
12/15/2010 |
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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - Miami Dolphins rookie cornerback Nolan Carroll has found it difficult to get away from replays of the tripping episode involving him and the New York Jets. Carroll said Wednesday he has seen the replay on TV more times than he can count. The Jets suspended assistant coach Sal Alosi indefinitely Wednesday after they discovered he ordered five inactive players to form a wall along the sideline for a punt return, during which he tripped Carroll. The contact caused a muscle spasm in Ca |
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| Jets suspend Alosi indefinitely for ordering wall |
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12/15/2010 |
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - The New York Jets have suspended assistant coach Sal Alosi indefinitely after they discovered he ordered five inactive players to form a wall along the sideline for a punt return, during which he tripped a Miami Dolphins player. General manager Mike Tannenbaum said Wednesday that Alosi, the team's strength and conditioning coach, did not initially acknowledge that he ordered players to stand that way during the investigation Monday. The team suspended Alosi for the season with |
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| Bills WR Evans out for season with ankle injury |
NFL Football |
12/14/2010 |
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| ced tight end Shawn Nelson on the Reserve, Non-Football Injury/Illness list because of migraine headaches. Evans' streak of playing in 109 straight games, including 71 consecutive starts, will be snapped on Sunday when the Bills (3-10) play at the Miami Dolphins (7-6). The 71 total was the second-longest active streak for a receiver, behind Indianapolis' Reggie Wayne (126). Evans' role this season had diminished with the emergence of Steve Johnson, who leads the team with 66 receptions for 874 yards and n |
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