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| Stingley remembered for determination in face of paralysis |
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04/10/2007 |
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| he Rev. Edward C. Brown, Stingley's cousin. ``Darryl was a good man. He didn't stop serving God just because he had a life of suffering and pain. ... He lived a life focused on the future and not on the past.'' Stingley, a star receiver with the New England Patriots, was left a quadriplegic after a hit by the Oakland Raiders' Jack Tatum while trying to catch a pass in an exhibition game on Aug. 12, 1978. Stingley's neck was broken, and he spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He died last Thursday at ag |
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| Paralyzed Stingley dies at 55 |
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04/06/2007 |
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| he Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy revealed contributing factors were bronchial pneumonia, quadriplegia, spinal cord injury and coronary atherosclerosis, the medical examiner's office said. Stingley was a star receiver with the New England Patriots when he collided with Tatum on Aug. 12, 1978. With one jolt, his life was forever changed. His neck was broken; he was left a quadriplegic. In time, he regained limited movement in his right arm and was able to operate his electric wheelchair on his |
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| Quinn stops in to see Browns |
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04/05/2007 |
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| kland and Detroit decided to do with the respective No. 1 and No. 2 overall picks. Crennel is likely to get a strong endorsement on Quinn from Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis. Crennel and Weis are good friends, having coached on Bill Belichick's staff with 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 The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.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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| Former NFL player Stingley dies at 55 |
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04/05/2007 |
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| 55. Stingley was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after he was found unresponsive in his Chicago home, according to Tony Brucci, an investigator with the Cook County medical examiner's office. Stingley, a star receiver with the New England Patriots, was left a quadriplegic after he collided with Oakland's Jack Tatum while trying to catch a pass in an exhibition game on Aug. 12, 1978. It broke Stingley's neck, and he spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Stingley regained limited moveme |
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| Broncos bring back P Sauerbrun |
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04/04/2007 |
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| he troubled punter back to the team that released him last season. Sauerbrun's agent, David Canter, said the deal could be worth more than the $1.395 million Sauerbrun was due to make in Denver in 2006 before being jettisoned by the Broncos. The New England Patriots have a week to match the incentive-laden offer. Sauerbrun started last season with Denver but lost his job while serving a four-game suspension for using the banned dietary supplement ephedra. When no other team offered him as much as a look, he |
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| NFL reschedules exhibition game in China |
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04/02/2007 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The NFL announced on Monday that the exhibition game in China between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks that was set for this August has been rescheduled for the 2009 season. The China Bowl, which was set to be played on August 9 at Beijing's Worker Stadium, will now be played in August of 2009 so the league can focus its global resources on the overseas regular-season contest between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants on October 28. "The regular-season game initiati |
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| NFL calls off China exhibition game |
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04/02/2007 |
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| n August was postponed Monday by the NFL, which said it wanted to concentrate its ``global resources'' on next October's regular-season game in London. The game had been set for Aug. 9 in Beijing, the second of two consecutive contests between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, who had been scheduled to meet in Seattle the previous week. NFL spokesman Michael Signora said Monday that game also had been called off. Although San Francisco and Arizona met in Mexico City in 2005, the NFL has never playe |
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| Veteran receiver says he had knee surgery, intends to play |
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03/28/2007 |
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BOSTON (AP) -Veteran receiver Troy Brown acknowledged Wednesday that he had offseason knee surgery, after saying in an earlier interview that he intends to play next season and hopes to finish his career with the New England Patriots. ``My intentions are to play. That's what the deal is,'' the 35-year-old unrestricted free agent said Wednesday before attending the Catholic Schools Foundation scholarship dinner. ``But we'll see what happens. I'm not writing anything in stone or anything, but my intentions are t |
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| Veteran receiver wants to end career with Patriots |
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03/28/2007 |
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BOSTON (AP) -Veteran receiver Troy Brown says he intends to play next season and hopes to finish his career with the New England Patriots. ``My intentions are to play. That's what the deal is,'' the 35-year-old unrestricted free agent said Wednesday before attending the Catholic Schools Foundation scholarship dinner. ``But we'll see what happens. I'm not writing anything in stone or anything, but my intentions are to play.'' Brown wouldn't comment on recent reports that he had offseason surgery. ``My body |
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| Colts to open season at home vs. Saints |
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03/26/2007 |
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| ns to host the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium in London on Oct. 28. It will be the NFL's first regular-season game outside North America. The rest of the schedule will be announced in April. --- COMPENSATORY PICKS: The Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots each will receive four compensatory picks in next month's NFL draft. The Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts will get three. Compensatory picks are awarded after teams lose more or better qualified free agents than they acquire in one year. T |
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