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| Dolphins promote Cobbs; Brown likely to sit Sunday |
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12/03/2006 |
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| unday's game with Travis Minor serving as the primary backup. Cobbs was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New England Patriots this summer and led the team in rushing during the preseason with 188 yards and three touchdowns on 38 carries. The Pittsburgh Steelers acquired Cobbs in a trade for an undisclosed draft pick on September 1. He was inactive for the Steelers' regular-season opener against Miami and released the next day. Cobbs was a standout at North Texas, setting Sun Belt Conference records with 4, |
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| Can Browns Play Spoiler Against Chiefs? |
NFL Football |
12/02/2006 |
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| on. Cleveland, meanwhile, is in free fall. The Browns are in the final triad of a three-game homestand that has thus far been nothing short of disastrous. One week after allowing a double-digit fourth-quarter lead to disappear in a 24-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Romeo Crennel's team suffered a 30-0 humiliation at the hands of visiting in-state rival Cincinnati last Sunday. The game, Cleveland's second shutout in its last eight home appearances, was marked by an apparent heated sideline exchange between Cle |
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| Bucs know exactly what not-so-Super Steelers are going through |
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11/30/2006 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden knows exactly what the Pittsburgh Steelers are going through in this post-Super Bowl letdown of a season. The Steelers have made the playoffs 10 times since 1992 under coach Bill Cowher, appeared in the Super Bowl twice and finally won it in February like no team ever did, winning four postseason games away from their own stadium. This Steelers season started going wrong long before it began, with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's motorcycle crash in Jun |
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| Title on the Line for Ravens in Cincinnati |
NFL Football |
11/30/2006 |
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| ed offensive coordinator Jim Fassel and took over play-calling duties following a loss to Carolina in Week 6. The Ravens, who have scored 24 points or more in each game of their winning streak, extended their winning run with a 27-0 punishing of the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday. Baltimore comes into Thursday's game with a handle on the number two spot in the AFC playoff picture, behind only 10-1 Indianapolis. The Ravens and Chargers are both 9-2, but Billick's team holds the head-to-head tie-breaker based on th |
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| As season winds down, Steelers perplexed by inconsistent running |
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11/30/2006 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Back in 2003, the Pittsburgh Steelers promised they would never go through another season like that one. Three years later, these out-of-character Steelers are experiencing a very similar season, one in which they are frequently abandoning what has worked successfully for them for years and years. In 2003, it was Tommy Maddox throwing the ball nearly 2 1/2 times every four downs in a passing-driven offense that resembled no other Steelers system of recent vintage, and the result was a 6-10 |
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| Ravens can be first team into playoffs |
NFL Football |
11/30/2006 |
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| and lose another game.'' The Ravens haven't lost since that win over Cincinnati, stretching their winning streak to five games while taking control of the division. Baltimore played its best game of the season last Sunday, a 27-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. ``Confidence is probably one of the biggest things that gets overlooked and biggest reasons why a team is successful,'' tight end Todd Heap said. ``You take Pittsburgh, for example, the Super Bowl champions. I think they lacked a little bit of co |
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| Lerner on Browns' loss: 'Sickening' |
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11/29/2006 |
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| has been batted around like a pinata, the Browns have shown some encouraging signs of growth. That is, growth for them. Other than two lopsided losses to Cincinnati, they have been competitive every Sunday. Just a week earlier, the Browns led the Pittsburgh Steelers for 3 1/2 quarters before collapsing. However, in the aftermath of the debacle against the Bengals, Lerner found it difficult to feel much satisfaction from a could've, should've loss. ``What I saw with the Steelers game was a very motivated, pa |
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| Steelers' Cowher has no interest in NC State job |
NFL Football |
11/29/2006 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Bill Cowher is not interested in coaching alma mater North Carolina State, even though the Super Bowl-winning Pittsburgh Steelers coach has only one season left on his contract. Cowher, a former NC State linebacker, has seen his name mentioned prominently in speculation since Wolfpack coach Chuck Amato was fired last weekend. Asked if he had any interest in going back to his former school, Cowher said, ``No.'' ``I've been getting a lot of contacts about it; I've heard about it,'' Cowher s |
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| Police: Father of Jerome Bettis dies of heart attack |
NFL Football |
11/28/2006 |
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| of death or whether an autopsy would be performed. Fuhs said he notified Jerome Bettis' wife that the player's father had died. Family members were arriving at the hospital Tuesday evening, Carlisle said. Jerome Bettis retired after helping the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks in last season's Super Bowl in his hometown of Detroit. He is now a studio analyst for Sunday night football games on NBC. Johnnie Bettis worked as an electrician for the city of Detroit. He and his wife Gladys attended e |
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| Police: Father of NFL great Jerome Bettis dies of heart attack |
NFL Football |
11/28/2006 |
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| of death or whether an autopsy would be performed. Fuhs said he notified Jerome Bettis' wife that the player's father had died. Family members were arriving at the hospital Tuesday evening, Carlisle said. Jerome Bettis retired after helping the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks in last season's Super Bowl in his hometown of Detroit. He is now a studio analyst for Sunday night football games on NBC. Jerome Bettis starred at Notre Dame before being drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the |
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