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| Eagles finalize coaching staff |
NFL Football |
02/08/2011 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Andy Reid and the Philadelphia Eagles completed their staff on Tuesday by adding two coaches and promoting four others. Johnnie Lynn was hired to be the secondary/cornerbacks coach, and Bobby April, Jr., was named defensive quality control coach. David Culley was promoted to senior offensive assistant/wide receivers. James Urban becomes assistant offensive coordinator. Doug Pederson is the new quarterbacks coach. And Duce Staley will serve as special teams quality control coach. Lynn j |
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| Eagles promote 2 defensive coaches |
NFL Football |
02/07/2011 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles have promoted Mike Caldwell to linebackers coach and Michael Zordich to secondary/safeties coach. Both were former players for the Eagles. Caldwell served as the team's assistant linebackers coach in 2010. He initially joined the coaching staff as a defensive quality control coach in 2008. Zordich originally joined Philadelphia's coaching staff as an intern in 2009 before being promoted to defensive quality control coach in 2010. Last week, the Eagles made longt |
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| Vick named Comeback Player of the Year |
NFL Football |
02/05/2011 |
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| Fort Worth, TX (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has been named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year by the Associated Press. Vick, the first Eagles player to win the award, put together a stunning comeback in 2010, more than three years since pleading guilty to felony dog fighting charges and about a year and a half since he was released from prison. He began the season as Kevin Kolb's backup, but got a shot to be the team's starter when Kolb sustained a concussion in the Eagles' sea |
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| Jackson drops in on 'The View' |
Headlines |
02/03/2011 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Who says the Philadelphia Eagles are through with national television until next season? Receiver DeSean Jackson, and two other Eagles, made a surprise visit Thursday on ABC's ``The View.'' They took the stage, and greeted guest Nadin Khoury, 13, of Upper Darby, Pa., with an Eagles No. 10 Jackson autographed jersey. Jackson, as well as guard Todd Herremans and center Jamaal Jackson, were there to show their support for Khoury, who was bullied by a group of seven attackers last month, one |
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| Eagles name Juan Castillo defensive coordinator |
NFL Football |
02/02/2011 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Eagles have tabbed Juan Castillo, the team's offensive line coach for the last 13 years, to be their defensive coordinator. Howard Mudd becomes the Eagles' next offensive line coach with Castillo moving to the other side of the ball. Castillo has been with the Eagles since 1995, when he was an offensive assistant. He spent two years in that role before becoming tight ends coach for the 1997 season, and took over offensive line coaching duties the following year |
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| Browns add quarterbacks coach |
NFL Football |
01/31/2011 |
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| rmal announcement about Whipple on Monday night. They also announced the additions of Dwaine Board (defensive line), Bill Davis (linebackers), and Mike Wilson (wide receivers) to the staff. Before Miami, Whipple was an offensive assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2008. He also spent three seasons (2004-06) as quarterbacks coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's still not known if new Browns coach Pat Shurmur intends to hire an offensive coordinator. At his introductory news conference, Shurmur, St. Louis |
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| Eagles WR Jackson replaced by Austin in Pro Bowl |
Headlines |
01/29/2011 |
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HONOLULU (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has withdrawn from the Pro Bowl because of injury and will be replaced by Miles Austin of the Dallas Cowboys. The NFL confirmed the moves Friday night. Jackson practiced with the NFC squad earlier in the week but told the Philadelphia Inquirer he had tweaked an injury to his left knee. He said he hurt the knee in the Eagles' playoff loss to Green Bay. Austin, who caught 69 passes for 1,041 yards this season, becomes the sixth Dallas player on |
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| Goodell skips Pro Bowl to focus on new contract |
Headlines |
01/27/2011 |
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| les, one sack and two interceptions in 15 games this season. Austin is making his second Pro Bowl appearance after finishing second on the team with 69 receptions for a team-high 1,041 yards with seven touchdown receptions. Austin replaces injured Philadelphia Eagles' DeSean Jackson. Henderson is playing in his first Pro Bowl. He finished second on the team with 139 tackles, including seven for losses and one sack. He tied for the team lead with three interceptions, tying the most by any linebacker in the NFL |
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| Vick basking in return to Pro Bowl |
NFL Football |
01/26/2011 |
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KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) - While every Pro Bowl player endured a long trip to get to Hawaii, the journey for Michael Vick in many ways was the longest. Less than two years after being released from federal prison, the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback is making his fourth Pro Bowl appearance - and first since serving 18 months for his role in a dogfighting operation. Vick says to make it back feels great. The 30-year-old is coming off the best season of his career and was the NFC's leading vote getter with 1.5 m |
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| Gardner-Webb names Dickerson Jr. as head coach |
Division I-AA College Football |
01/26/2011 |
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| ve was a running back and wide receiver at Arkansas under Nutt from 1989-92, leading the Razorbacks in receptions in 1991 and '92 and finishing with 2,355 career all-purpose yards. He played professionally from 1993-96 for the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL, and the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe. Dickerson received his degree from Arkansas in 1996. Dickerson's father, Ron Sr., was a long-time college and professional coach and became the first African-American head coach in Division I-A w |
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