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| Oldest Super Bowl player to keep punting for the Giants |
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02/12/2008 |
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| in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. ``It feels great.'' Feagles spent 20 years in the NFL before making it to the Super Bowl this season, and he acknowledged he considered retirement briefly after the Giants 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots. ``Going through the season I proved to myself that I could continue to do this at a high level,'' Feagles said. ``Certainly I considered riding off into the sunset after winning the Super Bowl. But I still have a fire to play football. Making my |
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| Goodell will meet with Specter Wednesday to discuss Spygate |
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02/12/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will meet Wednesday with Sen. Arlen Specter to discuss the Spygate case involving the New England Patriots. NFL officials say the afternoon meeting will take place in Specter's office. The Pennsylvania Republican has asked Goodell to explain his decision to destroy the tapes and notes from the case. Patriots coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000 and the team was fined $250,000. The Patriots also forfeited a first-round draft pick.Copyright © 2005 The Assoc |
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| Veteran punter Feagles returning to Giants |
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02/12/2008 |
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| es to a two-year contract extension Tuesday. The 2008 season will be the 21st for Feagles, who will turn 42 next month. At 41 years, 333 days, he became the oldest player in Super Bowl history when he played in New York's stunning 17-14 upset of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. Feagles punted 71 times in the regular season, with a 40.4 yard gross average and a 36-yard net average, placing 25 punts inside the 20. His numbers were similar in the postseason, with a gross average of 40.4 yards and a net of |
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| Patriots sign LB Slaughter |
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02/12/2008 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - The New England Patriots signed journeyman free agent linebacker T.J. Slaughter on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Slaughter, 30, last played in 2006 for San Francisco, logging 12 special-teams tackles in 10 games for the 49ers. The Southern Miss product, a third-round selection by Jacksonville in 2000, missed all of last season with a torn tendon in his left ring finger. Productive for the first three seasons of his career, with 10, 92, and 106 tackles in 2000, 2001, |
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| Oldest Super Bowl player Jeff Feagles signs 2-year contract to keep punting for the Giants |
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02/12/2008 |
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| in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. ``It feels great.'' Feagles spent 20 years in the NFL before making it to the Super Bowl this season, and he acknowledged he considered retirement briefly after the Giants 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots. ``Going through the season I proved to myself that I could continue to do this at a high level,'' Feagles said. ``Certainly I considered riding off into the sunset after winning the Super Bowl. But I still have a fire to play football. Making my |
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| Oldest Super Bowl player, Giants punter Jeff Feagles, signs 2-year contract |
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02/12/2008 |
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| f the deal weren't available, but Feagles made $1 million last year in the final year of a five-year contract. Feagles spent 20 years in the NFL before making it to the Super Bowl, and he says he briefly considered retiring after the Giants 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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| 3 Redskins wear No. 21 to honor slain teammate Sean Taylor |
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02/10/2008 |
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| right under the head coach,'' he said. ``Somebody has to give him a shot and I think he'll prove to everybody he's worthy of that job.'' --- NO LOVE LOST FOR PATRIOTS: As if losing in the Super Bowl wasn't enough, there was no love lost for the New England Patriots at the Pro Bowl. The six members of the Patriots were booed during pregame introductions. None of them - offensive linemen Matt Light, Dan Koppen and Logan Mankins, cornerback Asante Samuel and linebacker Mike Vrabel - reacted to the reaction from |
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| Young San Diego cornerback Cromartie impresses veterans in Pro Bowl |
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02/10/2008 |
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| ver seen. And he's a great young man, so you really appreciate that.'' Cromartie said it wasn't as easy as it appeared. He admittedly was a little out of shape, even though it's only been three weeks since he last played. The Chargers' lost to the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game. ``I was all out of breath and everything,'' he said. ``When you're sitting at home eating potato chips and Oreo cookies that are double stuffed, that's what you get.'' Cromartie said he plays every down like it's hi |
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| Former Patriots assistant living the good life while avoiding media |
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02/09/2008 |
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| e came up in the NFL's Spygate affair, Walsh isn't complaining. On a gorgeous Saturday morning, he sat in a chair overlooking the Kaanapali Resort with an easy smile on his face. And no answers to offer. Walsh is a former assistant coach for the New England Patriots who performed some videotaping duties for the team. A few days before the Super Bowl, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) asked why Walsh was not interviewed during the NFL's investigation into Spygate. Asked Saturday whether he'd been contacted by Specter |
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| Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis to hand play-calling duties over to offensive coordinator |
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02/08/2008 |
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis, who built his coaching reputation as a play-caller while helping the New England Patriots win three Super Bowls, won't be calling plays for the Fighting Irish next season. Offensive coordinator Mike Haywood will call plays so Weis, coming off a dismal 3-9 season, can concentrate on his duties as head coach. ``I think that when you're play-calling on offense, you might not necessarily be the best head coach. So what I'm trying to do is I'm trying to be a b |
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