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| Some Bears recall lost opportunities |
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01/27/2007 |
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| time in 21 years, with the Indianapolis Colts standing in their way. Muhammad hopes this championship game goes better than the one he played in three years ago for Carolina. He set a Super Bowl record with an 85-yard touchdown reception, but the New England Patriots beat the Panthers 32-29 on Adam Vinatieri's 41-yard field goal. ``I think all the guys that played in that game, or played in a Super Bowl and lost, know that it's very important to seize the moment,'' Muhammad said. The pain of that loss stuck |
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| Indianapolis Game Recaps |
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01/26/2007 |
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| and the Colts scored on five of their first seven possessions to defeat Eli and the Giants 26-21 in the much-hyped nationally televised matchup of the sons of Archie Manning at Giants Stadium. Adam Vinatieri, the hero of two Super Bowl wins by the New England Patriots, kicked four field goals in his first game for Indy, including a 32-yarder with 1:12 to play to push the lead to five points. ---GAME 2Colts 43, Texans 24 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Peyton Manning and the Colts played a near-perfect game. The Texans an |
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| Cavaliers look to lead paperless ticketing trend |
NBA Basketball |
01/25/2007 |
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| venue last year. It charges users a 15 percent fee to sell tickets on the site, while the buyers are charged a 10 percent commission. Many teams work with StubHub and refer fans to the site, including the Chicago Bears and New Jersey Nets. But the New England Patriots sued the company in November, alleging the site encourages fans to break state law that bans selling tickets for more than $2 above face value. The New York Yankees revoked season tickets of fans who sold their seats on StubHub. StubHub's sales of |
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| Colts get advice from a few Super Bowl winners |
NFL Football |
01/25/2007 |
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| he game. I think the team that prepares the best, can get focused in and get rid of all distractions and can execute on the field is the team that's going to win.'' Vinatieri understands better than most; his right foot was an essential reason the New England Patriots won three Super Bowls in four years. The Colts don't have to rely merely on the Super Bowl veterans for leadership. Manning, one of the league's most studious players, and quiet Pro Bowl receivers Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne maintain a busi |
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| The last roundup: Parcells retires |
NFL Football |
01/23/2007 |
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| ition to win with a short field goal, but Romo failed to handle the snap from center and the Seahawks went on to pull out a 21-20 triumph. Parcells had an overall head coaching mark of 172-130-1 in the regular season with the Cowboys, New York Jets, New England Patriots and New York Giants, winning Super Bowl titles after the 1986 and 1990 seasons during an eight-year run with the Giants. This will be the third retirement for Parcells, who first called it quits after his second Super Bowl triumph following the 1990 |
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| Pey-back: Manning lifts Colts over Pats for AFC title |
NFL Football |
01/22/2007 |
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| icket to the Super Bowl in the process. The highly-touted signal-caller, who was just as renowned for his postseason failures as his regular-season accomplishments, engineered the largest comeback in championship game history, as the Colts edged the New England Patriots, 38-34, in the AFC Championship Game at the RCA Dome. Manning and the Colts dug out of an 18-point hole and fought back to tie it on three separate occasions before taking their first lead of the game with one minute left on a three-yard run by Jose |
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| Super Bowl reshuffle: Bears topple Saints to win NFC crown |
NFL Football |
01/22/2007 |
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| defeated the New Orleans Saints, 39-14, in the NFC Championship Game at Soldier Field. Cedric Benson added 60 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 24 carries for the Bears, who will be making their first trip to the Super Bowl since throttling the New England Patriots 21 years ago in Super Bowl XX. The Bears' opponent in Super Bowl XLI will be the Indianapolis Colts, who beat the Patriots 38-34 in the AFC Championship Game. Like the 1985 Bears, this Chicago team also leaned heavily on its defense, which forced fo |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, January 14, 2007) |
NFL Football |
01/21/2007 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The following is a list of the players placed on the inactive squad for this week's NFL games. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 6:30 P.M. (ET) Patriots - S Rodney Harrison, WR Bam Childress, WR Kelvin Kight, OL Gene Mruczkowski, OT Wesley Britt, DL Le Kelvin Smith, DL Marquise Hill Colts - WR Ricky Proehl, DB Tim Jennings, DB T.J. Rushing, LB Gilbert Gardner, OG Matt Ulrich, OT Dan Federkeil, WR John Standeford, DE Ryan LeCasse NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 3:0 |
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| Patriots' Harrison out for AFC Championship |
NFL Football |
01/21/2007 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison will miss Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts with a sprained medial collateral ligament that has kept him out both of the Patriots' previous playoff games. Harrison suffered the injury in his right knee after being blocked low by Tennessee's Bobby Wade in the Pats' regular season finale. The safety also missed six games earlier this season because of a broken shoulder blade. Meanwhile, New England wide receiver Tr |
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| Patriots-Colts Rivalry Resumes in AFC Title Game |
NFL Football |
01/18/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The NFL's two most consistent teams of the current decade will be in familiar high-stakes roles at the RCA Dome on Sunday night, when the Indianapolis Colts play host to the New England Patriots for the right to represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLI. The Colts, who own a regular season record of 60-20 and have made the playoffs in each season of head coach Tony Dungy's five-year tenure, will be trying to make their regular season greatness extend to postseason success for the first time during tha |
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