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| Boller to start Ravens preseason opener |
NFL Football |
08/05/2008 |
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| Owings Mills, MD (MySportsbook) - Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh announced that veteran Kyle Boller will be the starting quarterback for the team's preseason opener against the New England Patriots on Thursday in Foxboro. Boller is competing against former Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and rookie first-round pick Joe Flacco for the starting job. "[The Patriots are] obviously a great football team," said Boller. "It's going to be awesome just to play somebody besides our defense. That's going to be |
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| Green and Monk among newest Hall of Fame members |
NFL Football |
08/02/2008 |
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| eason I'm here, I played the game with a lot of respect, honor that the game so very much deserved, from everyone who has ever had the privilege of strapping on a shoulder pad or buckling up a chin strap." Tippett, a linebacker from 1982-93 with the New England Patriots, was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1980s and finished his career with 100 sacks. He was a five-time Pro Bowl pick from 1985-89 and helped the Patriots to their first Super Bowl appearance after the 1985 season when he led the AFC with 16 |
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| Pats sign RB Jordan |
NFL Football |
07/26/2008 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - Just one day after being released by the Oakland Raiders, running back LaMont Jordan has a new home as he signed a one-year deal with the New England Patriots on Saturday. Jordan was released Friday by Oakland as he fell out of favor with the club last season and fell further down the depth chart after the team picked Darren McFadden with the fourth overall pick in 2008. The team was looking to trade him, but found no takers. In 12 games in 2007, he totaled 549 yards and three touchd |
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| Skinner grabs truck pole at Kentucky |
NASCAR - Truck Series |
07/19/2008 |
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| dy Moss' debut as a NASCAR team owner. Allen, the rookie of the year in the series last year, is driving the No.81 Chevrolet for Randy Moss Motorsports at Kentucky. Moss, who set the NFL single-season touchdown reception record during his first year with the New England Patriots in 2007, has been a NASCAR fan for several years. He is attending his first, and likely only, race of the year before departing for the Patriots' training camp. The green flag for tonight's event is scheduled to drop around at 7 p.m. (et). |
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| This Week in Auto Racing July 18 - July 20 |
NASCAR |
07/15/2008 |
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| . Willie Allen, the rookie of the year in the series last year, will drive the No.81 entry for Moss at Kentucky. Sponsorship for the team is still pending. Moss, who set the NFL single-season touchdown reception record during his first year with the New England Patriots in 2007, has been a NASCAR fan for several years. He expects to attend his first, and likely only, race of the year before departing for the Patriots' training camp. "It's been a long time coming," Moss said. "It's something I've wanted to do for a |
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| Report: Texans to sign LB Colvin |
NFL Football |
06/16/2008 |
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| on that Colvin reached a verbal agreement to sign with the team and the linebacker was en route Monday morning to finalize the deal. A nine-year veteran, Colvin played his first four years in the league with the Chicago Bears before moving on to the New England Patriots, where he captured two Super Bowl rings. Primarily known as a pass rusher, Colvin has 52 1/2 career sacks including a career-high 10 1/2 in both 2001 and 2002. Last season, the Purdue product registered four sacks, three forced fumbles and an interc |
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| Coughlin tells Giants not to be satisfied |
Headlines |
06/13/2008 |
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| t out in the postseason and now wants a bigger role, and he refused to talk to reporters during the minicamp. Burress, who did talk, wants more money. The man who caught the game-winning touchdown in the Super Bowl win over the previously unbeaten New England Patriots is due to make $10.5 million over the next three years. That's paltry compared to the three-year, $27 million deals recently signed by Terrell Owens of Dallas and Randy Moss of New England. Drew Rosenhaus, who represents both Shockey and Burress, |
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| Broncos' Brandon Marshall ready to start catching |
Headlines |
06/12/2008 |
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| t 102 passes for 1,325 yards and seven touchdowns and emerged as the team's No. 1 receiver. With the addition of veteran receivers Darrell Jackson, Samie Parker and Keary Colbert, Marshall thinks the Broncos' offense could chase what he called the New England Patriots' offensive chemistry last year. ``With our offense and our coaches, the sky's the limit for any of us receivers on this team,'' he said. ``Last year I thought we had a great group, but this year it seems so much stronger. We don't have any selfi |
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| O'Hara criticizes Burress for not practicing |
NFL Football |
06/12/2008 |
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| ``And I think the players are doing a good job of focusing in on their daily tasks and their jobs, and as long as we all continue to do that, this team will succeed.'' The opening two days of the Giants' first mandatory practices since beating the New England Patriots in February have been somewhat of a circus. Injured tight end Jeremy Shockey, who expressed unhappiness with his role in the offseason, miffed coach Tom Coughlin by staying in the locker room with his sore ankle instead of coming out to the field |
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| Court poised to drop fraud suit by Jets fan against Patriots |
NFL Football |
06/12/2008 |
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -The clock is running down on a lawsuit by a New York Jets season-ticket holder that seeks millions from the New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick for ``deceiving customers'' by videotaping opponents' signals. Carl J. Mayer filed the lawsuit in September that maintained the Patriots' secret videotaping violated the contractual ``expectations and rights'' of Jets ticket holders ``to observe an honest match played in compliance with all laws and regulations.'' But Mayer, a lawyer in P |
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