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| Muhammad sharing story of how losing a Super Bowl can feel |
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02/02/2007 |
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MIAMI (AP) -Muhsin Muhammad has a Super Bowl record. He'd gladly trade it for a ring. Muhammad caught an 85-yard pass from Jake Delhomme in the 2004 Super Bowl, which the Carolina Panthers lost to the New England Patriots. The sting of defeat took away any joy gained by making the longest catch in an NFL title game. Now the Chicago Bears wide receiver has another chance to get his hands on the Vince Lombardi Trophy. And he's letting his teammates know how precious an opportunity this is. ``I tell them abou |
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| Giants to play Dolphins in London next season |
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02/01/2007 |
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| ecades, and team owners voted last year to include regular-season matches in the American Bowl series. The NFL hopes to play regular-season games again in Mexico, as well as in Canada, other cities in Europe, and in Japan, China and Australia. The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will play a preseason game in the China Bowl on Aug. 8 at Beijing's Workers Stadium. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broa |
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| 'Super Bowl Shuffle' back in spotlight |
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02/01/2007 |
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| `We all enjoyed and honor the '85 Bears. But with all due respect to those guys, let's give the current team its due.'' Part of enduring popularity of the ``Shuffle'' was the '85 Bears backed their musical braggadocio by going on to annihilate the New England Patriots, 46-10, in the Super Bowl. Even some of those Bears, including defensive tackle Dan Hampton, refused to take part in the recording project, fearing it could end up being a jinx or simply embarrassing, said Roy Taylor, author of the ``Chicago Bears |
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| Super Bowl win could catapult Peyton Manning into endorsement stratosphere |
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02/01/2007 |
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| mercial appeal. ``He will have the platform to transcend the sport of football to an even greater extent than he does now.'' Manning pocketed $11.5 million in endorsements in 2005, highest among football players, according to Sports Illustrated. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a three-time Super Bowl champion who earned $9 million in endorsements, was the No. 2 NFL player on the list. Tiger Woods led all U.S. athletes with $87 million in endorsement earnings. It is unlikely Manning will approach W |
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| For Huizenga, Super Bowl week is a bittersweet time |
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01/31/2007 |
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| --EUROPA VETERANS: There were 201 veterans of the NFL Europa league on rosters this season, and eight of them - four from Indianapolis, four from Chicago - wound up in the Super Bowl. The most notable is Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri, who helped the New England Patriots win three titles before coming to Indianapolis this season. He played for Amsterdam in 1996. Other Colts with NFL Europa - formerly known as NFL Europe - experience include tight end Bryan Fletcher (Berlin, 2003-04), running back Kory Chapman (Col |
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| Bears' Hester looking to make Howard-like impact |
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01/31/2007 |
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| s Network) - Returning kicks can almost be compared to being the neglected stepchild. You only get noticed when you screw up. However, back in Super Bowl XXXI, it was a kick returner who made the game's most notable impact. The year was 1997 and the New England Patriots were battling the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay was ahead 27-14 before New England's Curtis Martin dashed into the end zone early in the third to make it a six-point game. Now with momentum, the Patriots kicked off with a former Michigan standout wai |
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| Chargers safety Kiel cited for urinating in public |
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01/30/2007 |
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| ld and arrested in the locker room on Sept. 26. He didn't accompany the team to its game at Baltimore the following Sunday. The Chargers were an NFL-best 14-2 and earned home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs, but were upset 24-21 by the New England Patriots in the divisional round. 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 Asso |
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| Once Bumpy Colts' Road Freshly Paved for Miami |
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01/29/2007 |
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| o will the stepped-up play of a defense that looks nothing like the porous unit of the regular season's second-half. So will the efforts of a quarterback who has cast aside doubts about his big-game abilities by downing both the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots with methodical drives and gigantic plays. It would be convenient to say that the Colts of the past month have returned to the form they displayed when they began the 2006 season at 9-0, though that characterization would be less than accurate. Thos |
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| Colts' arrival transformed Indy into major sports city |
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01/28/2007 |
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| will be the highlight in the city's transformation from a sleepy Midwest city to a world-class sports venue. ``It's like that MasterCard commercial: It's priceless,'' Colts owner Jim Irsay said after the 38-34 AFC championship game win against the New England Patriots. ``You can't explain the joy you're sharing with the community because you get caught up in that avalanche of emotions.'' Indianapolis officials had decided sports was the city's ticket to prominence long before the Colts arrived in 1984. The In |
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| Colts enjoying long-awaited ride to Super Bowl |
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01/27/2007 |
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| em perspective on their accomplishment. The Colts were expected to reach the Super Bowl last season but lost their first playoff game at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers, then watched the Steelers win the championship. This year, the Colts beat the New England Patriots 38-34 in the AFC championship after losing to the Patriots in the playoffs after the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Now that they're finally going to the big game, even long-lost family members can't take the shine off their experience. ``It's been fun,'' |
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