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| Why does NFL's next "European Vacation" come at expense of New Orleans? |
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02/01/2008 |
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| n the world is the NFL thinking, taking away a home game from the still-struggling city of New Orleans? Just three years after Hurricane Katrina forced the Saints to play an entire season on the road, they'll head to London next season to face the San Diego Chargers in ``European Vacation, The Sequel.'' The NFL made it official during Roger Goodell's state of the league news conference, announcing the Saints as the designated home team for an Oct. 26 game at Wembley Stadium - about 4,626 miles east of the Sup |
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| NFL heading to Toronto, back to London next season |
NFL Football |
02/01/2008 |
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| Friday. Goodell, in the annual "State of the League" address given the Friday before the Super Bowl, announced plans for the Buffalo Bills to play a regular-season game in Toronto in each of the next five seasons, and for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers to play in London next season. The New York Giants played the Miami Dolphins in London on October 28 of this season, the first regular-season NFL game played outside of North America. The Giants, the eventual NFC champions, prevailed 13-10 in a rain |
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| Patriots Game Recaps |
NFL Football |
02/01/2008 |
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| -coverage. Brady hit all the other receivers - throwing for three touchdowns and 262 yards. ---AFC CHAMPIONSHIPPatriots 21, Chargers 12 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Despite a shaky Tom Brady, New England Patriots was still too much for the banged-up San Diego Chargers in the AFC championship game, pulling out a 21-12 victory that sent them back to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in seven seasons. Brady made several stunningly poor throws that fluttered in the chilly wind, Randy Moss was a non-factor for the |
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| Gibbs' resignation put Rams' new coordinator on market |
NFL Football |
01/31/2008 |
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| ng period of time, but I think anybody has the right to bring in their own people.'' Saunders is beginning his second stint with the Rams after serving as associate head coach and wide receivers coach in 1999 and 2000. A former head coach with the San Diego Chargers in 1986, he also was an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs for 10 years over two stints. ``My wife and I have spent 17 years in the state of Missouri, so we've been paying taxes there for a long time,'' Saunders said. ``And that's home for us.' |
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| Raiders nearing deal to add Hall of Famer Lofton to coaching staff |
NFL Football |
01/31/2008 |
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| on letter for Kiffin two weeks ago, but the coach refused to sign it. Kiffin has two years left on the contract he signed last January. Lofton lost out on the Raiders' top job to Art Shell in 2006 and to Kiffin last year. Lofton was fired as the San Diego Chargers' wide receivers coach on Jan. 22 after the team lost to the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game. He had been with the Chargers six seasons and had one season remaining on his contract, working as wide receivers coach since 2002 - when |
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| Chargers, Saints expect to get second NFL game in London |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -The San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints expect to play each other in London this fall in the NFL's second regular-season game to be played outside of North America. Both teams said the invitation should come from commissioner Roger Goodell during his Super Bowl address on Friday. The Saints would lose a home game. ``We are very much aware that we are being considered for this unique and exciting opportunity to represent the league internationally and look forward to the decision o |
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| Dolphins add more assistants to fill out Sparano's staff |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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| 2003-05, Bonamego worked with the special teams unit for the Green Bay Packers. DeLeone comes to the Dolphins after spending the past two seasons as offensive coordinator at Temple University. His lone year of NFL experience was in 1997, with the San Diego Chargers. Puloka was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Atlanta Falcons during the 2007 season. He held the same job at the University of Virginia from 2005-06 before he joined Atlanta's coaching staff. Bush was previously the defensiv |
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| Tom Brady, without boot, appears at Patriots' Super Bowl send-off |
NFL Football |
01/27/2008 |
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| 't seen by the media the next two days while they were allowed into the locker room and at practice. There was no media availability Saturday, and Brady hadn't spoken in public since his news conference right after New England's 21-12 win over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC championship game the previous Sunday. The NFL MVP made no reference to the boot or the condition of his foot at the rally. Neither did coach Bill Belichick or the other players who addressed the crowd - Richard Seymour, Tedy Bruschi an |
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| Report: Chargers and Saints to tussle in London |
NFL Football |
01/27/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Chargers will meet the New Orleans Saints in London next October, according to the San Diego Union- Tribune. The newspaper reported the game is scheduled for October 26 and a formal announcement is expected Friday in Glendale, Arizona, the home of Super Bowl XLII. According to the report, the Saints would be considered the "home" team in London. "We want to go," Chargers president Dean Spanos told the paper. "I'm cautiously optimistic." Each NFL team has been mandat |
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| Mike Holovak, longtime NFL executive, dies at 88 |
NFL Football |
01/27/2008 |
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| coach in 1951. In 1960, he was hired as the first director of player personnel for the newly founded Boston Patriots. He became the Patriots' second head coach in the 1961 season. His 1964 Patriots reached the AFL championship game, losing to the San Diego Chargers. A memorial mass will be celebrated on the Boston College campus Feb. 9.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed wi |
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