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| Texans, 49ers, Will Have Much to Say About Draft Position |
NFL Football |
12/30/2005 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The individual most impacted by Sunday's matchup between the Houston Texans and San Francisco 49ers doesn't figure to be anywhere in the vicinity of Monster Park. USC running back and 2005 Heisman Trophy Winner Reggie Bush might be watching the contest of two of the NFL's worst teams from some undisclosed location, pondering whether one of the bumbling franchises will soon be his employer, but he won't witness Sunday's carnage first-hand. Should the 49ers beat the Texans in the regular season f |
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| Rams broadcaster Jack Snow critical with staph infection |
NFL Football |
12/30/2005 |
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| ive in close proximity to others. That can include sports teams. In fact, the Rams had an outbreak of the infections in 2003. Five members of the team developed drug-resistant infections after sustaining turf burns, and two or three members of the San Francisco 49ers developed infections after playing the Rams early that season. The outbreak was the subject of an article earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine. The players were not identified. In August, then-linebackers coach Joe Vitt was hos |
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| Bush Bowl bids: Texans can clinch top pick against Niners |
NFL Football |
12/29/2005 |
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| s (2-13), who can clinch the top choice in April's draft - and the chance to pick USC running back Reggie Bush if he decalred for the draft - with one more defeat Sunday. The players and coaches would rather take one last shot at a win against the San Francisco 49ers (3-12), who have been nearly as terrible all season long. ``Outside of the stadium here, we might be the only people that want us to win this game, and (the 49ers) might be in the same situation,'' Houston quarterback David Carr said. ``It's a ver |
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| Niners RB Barlow goes on injured reserve |
NFL Football |
12/28/2005 |
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The San Francisco 49ers put Kevan Barlow on injured reserve Wednesday, but coach Mike Nolan thinks the running back has a bright future with the club. Barlow has missed three of the last four games with a lingering knee injury, and the joint swelled up again this week. The 49ers made the move so they could sign cornerback Kris Richard for Sunday's game against Houston. Barlow was held out of last Saturday's victory at St. Louis, where Maurice Hicks and rookie Frank Gore combined f |
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| Pete Carroll agrees to contract extension with USC |
Division I College Football |
12/28/2005 |
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| ape for the future. This is a good time for this. There'll be a tremendous amount of movement in the NFL a week from now.'' Carroll was an NFL coach from 1984-99, serving as an assistant with the Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers. He was the head coach of the Jets for one season and the New England Patriots for three. The Patriots fired Carroll after the 1999 season, and he took a year off before being hired by USC, where he clearly wasn't the first choice. But he turned |
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| Niners place Barlow on injured reserve |
NFL Football |
12/28/2005 |
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| Santa Clara, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Francisco 49ers announced on Wednesday that running back Kevan Barlow has been placed on injured reserve due to his lingering knee injury. The team also announced the signing of third-year defensive back Kris Richard to fill Barlow's roster spot. Barlow, who leads the 49ers with 581 rushing yards this season, has been battling through the injury for some time. He missed a Week 13 loss to Arizona before returning to action the next week against Seattle, but managed only 3 |
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| Texans waiting for offseason |
NFL Football |
12/27/2005 |
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| re in the loss. Houston, though, might be able to give its fans something to root for this coming week. However, most fans in Texans land will probably be hoping for a Houston loss this week when the team closes its season against the equally woeful San Francisco 49ers. "I think there's probably a lot of that sentiment outside (the team), but if you polled our team or our coaching staff, we want to go to San Francisco and finish this season - as difficult as it's been - on a positive note," said Capers. If Houston |
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| Niners Get Back on Right Path With Win over Rams |
NFL Football |
12/27/2005 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Francisco 49ers and their fans are hoping that this past Saturday's win over the Rams was the first of many for quarterback Alex Smith. They are also hoping that Smith has begun turning the corner toward becoming a credible No. 1 NFL signal-caller. Smith completed 12-of-16 passes for 131 yards in the 24-20 triumph, not committing any turnovers for the first time in six starts and exiting with a season-high passer rating of 98.7. Smith was hardly prolific, but he was efficient, and Niner |
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| Merry Christmas - the Rams stink |
NFL Football |
12/27/2005 |
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| === Merry Christmas - the Rams stink === By Jim Brighters, NFL Analyst (MySportsbook) - Pop quiz. The San Francisco 49ers have won three games in this dreadful 2005 campaign. What team have the lowly 49ers beaten twice in this dismal season? For all of you that said the St. Louis Rams, you get the gold star. On Christmas Eve, the 49ers topped the Rams, 24-20. The loss was the fourth in a row for the Rams, and ensured a losing record at Edward Jones Dome for this year. Also, the 49ers swept the season series wit |
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| Cowboys keep playoff hopes alive |
NFL Football |
12/27/2005 |
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| nsive line really played their best game of the season. When they're playing like that, it's fun for me because I get to pick where I want to go." There was no doubt Jones was on point against Carolina. He scored his first TD since Week 3 versus the San Francisco 49ers and recorded the first touchdown by a Cowboys running back since November 20 against the Detroit Lions. Jones, who missed three-plus games this season because of a high-ankle sprain, has 958 rushing yards and can become the Cowboys' first 1,000-yard |
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