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| Former Falcons player arrested |
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02/02/2007 |
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| egan his 12-year career with the Indianapolis Colts, who will face Chicago in Sunday's title game. He spent four years with the Colts before signing with the Falcons in 1997. Released by Atlanta after the '03 season, he spent his final year with the Oakland Raiders. Known as ``Big Play Ray,'' Buchanan had 47 career interceptions and made the Pro Bowl during the 1998 season. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be publishe |
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| Offensive coordinator Spence to stay at Clemson |
Division I College Football |
02/02/2007 |
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -Once again, Clemson offensive coordinator Rob Spence has chosen to remain with the Tigers. Spence interviewed Wednesday with the Oakland Raiders for a position on the staff of new coach Lane Kiffin. But Spence told Clemson coach Tommy Bowden that he withdrew his name from consideration for the NFL job and wanted to stay, the school said Thursday. Earlier this offseason, Spence's name came up for openings at Alabama with its new coach Nick Saban, and then at Minnesota with its first-y |
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| Where's the patron saint of Super Bowl partying when we need him? |
NFL Football |
02/01/2007 |
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| staged here in 1989, when riots erupted and Cincinnati running back Stanley Wilson didn't make the game after a cocaine binge the night before. Instead, we could use some good, messy frat-boy fun, the kind we used to get when those vintage, 1980s Oakland Raiders swooped into town for the big game and kept bartenders on retainer. Or what McMahon drummed up in 1986, when he led the crew from the ``Super Bowl Shuffle'' on a weeklong crawling tour of New Orleans. A few were spotted partying late every night o |
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| Hall of Famer Biletnikoff retires from Raiders |
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01/31/2007 |
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ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff retired Wednesday as the Oakland Raiders' wide receivers coach after spending more than three decades as a player and coach for the franchise. Biletnikoff, who is second in team history with 589 career catches, spent the past 18 seasons on the Raiders' coaching staff, the last 10 as receivers coach. ``This is a celebration of a tremendous career that exemplified excellence in all of its phases,'' Raiders owner Al Davis said. ``That excellence will be |
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| Steelers conditioning coordinator Fuhrman leaves; Giemont hired |
NFL Football |
01/31/2007 |
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| owher's first staff in 1992, was not retained by new coach Mike Tomlin. Giemont was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' strength and conditioning coordinator from 2003-05, when Tomlin was the Bucs' secondary coach. Giemont also worked eight seasons with the Oakland Raiders. Fuhrman, who was chosen by his peers as the 2005 NFL strength coach of the year, had one season remaining on his contract. Tomlin also did not keep defensive backs coach Darren Perry or quarterbacks coach Mark Whipple. Special teams coach Kev |
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| 49ers file claim against San Francisco over stadium maintenance |
NFL Football |
01/30/2007 |
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| tadium at the city's old Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a location rejected by the team two years ago over concerns about limited freeway access and toxic waste at the site. The team also denied reports Monday that they were in discussions with the Oakland Raiders about sharing a new stadium at the Santa Clara site.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 writte |
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| Lions hire Colletto as offensive line coach |
NFL Football |
01/29/2007 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Lions hired former Purdue head coach Jim Colletto on Monday to coach their offensive line. Colletto was UCLA's offensive line coach last season after coaching the same unit with the Oakland Raiders, for one season, and for the Baltimore Ravens from 1999-2004. ``This was a hard decision for me to make,'' Colletto said in a statement released by UCLA. ``Karl (Dorrell) gave me a great opportunity and I am thankful to him for that. ``I just felt that the opportunity wit |
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| UCLA hires Norvell as offensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
01/26/2007 |
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| rvell, an assistant coach who helped Nebraska develop a prolific, well-balanced offense, joined UCLA's staff Friday as offensive coordinator. Norvell brings his ``West Coast'' style of offense back to California, where he was an assistant with the Oakland Raiders for two years before moving with head coach Bill Callahan to Nebraska following the 2003 season. The 43-year-old Norvell also will coach the quarterbacks at UCLA, a role he filled at Nebraska. Unlike Nebraska, where Callahan called the plays, Norv |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Manning - One Win Away From "Best Ever" Title? |
NFL Football |
01/22/2007 |
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| were virtually unknown NFL assistants. THE RAIDERS - GUESS AGAIN In the past week, both USC quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian and Chargers wide receivers coach James Lofton have seemingly been one pen-stroke from becoming the next head coach of the Oakland Raiders. As Oakland's search reaches Day 18, however, Sarkisian and Lofton have both apparently been eliminated from contention after running into obstacles at the contract- negotiation stage. Of those the Raiders have interviewed, ex-Giants head coach Jim |
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| Rob Ryan interviews for Raiders head coaching job |
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01/12/2007 |
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ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -Oakland Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan interviewed Friday for the team's head coaching vacancy. Ryan followed former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel and Southern California quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian to interview to replace the fired Art Shell. Ryan is the only defensive coach to interview so far. The son of former Philadelphia and Arizona coach Buddy Ryan, Rob Ryan was the coordinator of the NFL's third-ranked defense. While the offense struggled all season, scori |
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