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| Weis testifies in obesity surgery lawsuit |
Division I College Football |
02/14/2007 |
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| t, and has had mobility problems since the surgery. He still needs a golf cart to get around practice at Notre Dame, and standing for up to five hours straight during games causes him severe foot pain. Weis, the former offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, decided to have the surgery shortly after the Patriots' February 2002 Super Bowl victory over the St. Louis Rams. ``I was watching the DVD of the Super Bowl, and I just looked at myself on the sideline and I said, 'We got a problem here,''' Weis |
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| Notre Dame coach claims malpractice in obesity surgery |
Division I College Football |
02/13/2007 |
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| gastric bypass surgery, allowing him to bleed internally for more than a day. Weis' lawyer, Michael Mone, made his comments at the start of the coach's malpractice trial. Weis had the surgery in June 2002 while he was an assistant coach for the New England Patriots after battling obesity for years. He weighed about 350 pounds at the time. Weis alleges in the lawsuit that Massachusetts General Hospital physicians Charles Ferguson and Richard Hodin acted negligently and left Weis so close to death that he rece |
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| With Phillips gone, Schottenheimer has another vacancy to fill |
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02/08/2007 |
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| r, speaking personally as GM, but I'm happy for the guys, because the aspiration is to become a head coach,'' said Smith, who lets Schottenheimer hire and fire assistant coaches. The coaching exodus follows the Chargers' shocking 24-21 loss to the New England Patriots on Jan. 14. After going an NFL-best 14-2, the Chargers had four turnovers and committed numerous other mistakes. Cameron was hired as Miami's head coach on Jan. 19. Tight ends coach Rob Chudzinski became the Cleveland Browns' offensive coordinat |
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| L.T., Belichick in harmony at Pro Bowl; Taylor-Merriman feud still going |
NFL Football |
02/06/2007 |
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| r offensive teammates from the champion Indianapolis Colts hadn't yet arrived, the star-studded AFC squad enjoyed the first day of workouts Tuesday on Oahu's gorgeous west shore. While league MVP Tomlinson no longer has any bad feelings toward the New England Patriots' three-time Super Bowl-winning coach after their playoff meeting, another San Diego player's feud still might be simmering: Merriman pointedly refused to speak to reporters after working out alongside Taylor, Miami's NFL defensive player of the year |
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| Patriots LT Light selected for Pro Bowl |
NFL Football |
02/06/2007 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -New England Patriots left tackle Matt Light was chosen for the Pro Bowl on Tuesday, replacing Jonathan Ogden of the Baltimore Ravens on the AFC team. Light was selected for the first time in his six NFL seasons. He will be New England's only representative in Saturday's game in Honolulu after defensive end Richard Seymour, who had elbow and groin problems, withdrew because of injury. The only other Patriots offensive tackles chosen for the Pro Bowl since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 wer |
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| Dungy is in everything for the long haul |
NFL Football |
02/05/2007 |
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| r Bowl champion changed just about every other coach good enough to win one, it won't change Dungy a bit. Not long after it finally happened, after all those tough seasons in Tampa and the handful in Indianapolis when a tough break or his nemesis, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, pulled the rug out from under Dungy, Peyton Manning and the Colts, Dungy pulled one of his three sons, 15-year-old Eric, up onto the podium and asked a few photographers to snap away. Dungy's large brown eyes sparkled. The sm |
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| Wade hoping Bears bring title to Chicago |
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02/03/2007 |
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| born. And on Sunday, Wade - a proud Chicagoan - will see Urlacher and the Bears play the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl at Dolphin Stadium. Wade has no recollection of the Bears' last title; he had just turned 4 when Chicago rolled past the New England Patriots 46-10 in the Super Bowl 21 years ago. So he's enjoying this experience, made especially sweet for him by the fact that it's happening in the city Wade led to last season's NBA championship. ``You keep seeing the highlights, you hear the song 'Supe |
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| Packers' Favre to return for his 17th season |
NFL Football |
02/02/2007 |
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| easons ahead of the Colts' Peyton Manning at 144. Favre's accomplishments include winning three league MVP awards - he shared 1997 honors with Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders - and throwing two touchdown passes in a 35-21 victory over the New England Patriots in the 1997 Super Bowl to give the Packers their first championship in 29 years. Earlier in that championship season, Favre spent time in the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kan., battling an addiction to painkillers. Favre led the Packers back to the |
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| Klecko outshines dad in two ways |
NFL Football |
02/02/2007 |
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| et. He even took many of the same paths, starting with Temple University, where Joe earned All-America honors and Dan was the Big East's defensive player of the year. Both started their pro careers in the Northeast, Joe with the Jets, Dan with the New England Patriots. And both eventually wound up in Indianapolis. The primary difference was that the older Klecko had a prototypical defensive lineman's body at 6-foot-3, 263 pounds when he entered the league in 1977. Dan Klecko is a pudgier version. His 5-foot-1 |
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| Report: Former Patriots LB says Belichick prodded him to practice with concussion |
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02/02/2007 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson said coach Bill Belichick subjected him to hard hits in practice while he was recovering from a concussion - against the advice of the team's top trainer. Johnson, who helped the Patriots win three Super Bowl titles before retiring two years ago, told The New York Times that a collision with another player during that 2002 practice led to another concussion. And, after sustaining additional concussions over the next three seasons, he now forgets |
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