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| 49ers WR Jones out with shoulder injury |
NFL Football |
08/07/2009 |
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| ght shoulder during Thursday's practice. Jones, who San Fran signed as a free agent in the offseason, will not need surgery on his shoulder but is expected to be sidelined up to two months. The Oklahoma product had spent all four of his NFL seasons with the Tennessee Titans, who selected him in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Jones played in 16 games for the Titans in 2008, recording 41 catches for 449 yards and one touchdown. For his career, the 26-year-old has 112 catches for 1,380 yards and nine TDs. |
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| Titans' helmets will honor McNair in 2009 |
NFL Football |
08/06/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - The tragic death of former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair will be honored by the team during the entire 2009 season with a sticker on each player's helmet. On the back of the players' helmets, there will be a "9" sticker decal in the shape of a helmet, signifying of course McNair's No. 9 jersey that he donned throughout his 11-year career with the Titans. "Through many internal discussions, we felt this was an appropriate way to honor Steve McNair and the contributio |
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| Titans agree to terms with WR Britt |
NFL Football |
08/01/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - The Tennessee Titans came to terms on a multi-year contract with their top pick, wide receiver Kenny Britt, on Saturday. Britt was selected by Tennessee with the 30th overall selection in this year's draft after a sterling three-year career at Rutgers. In 34 games -- 31 starts -- with the Scarlet Knights, Britt set a Big East record with 3,043 receiving yards. The 6-foot-3 Britt is Rutgers' all-time leader in career touchdown receptions (17, tied with Chris Brantley), consecuti |
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| Titans sign draft pick Marks |
NFL Football |
07/30/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - The Tennessee Titans announced Thursday that they have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract with defensive lineman Sen'Derrick Marks. The Titans selected the Mobile, Alabama, native in the second round (62nd overall) of this year's draft. Marks recorded 114 tackles and 7 1/2 sacks while starting 37 of 40 games during his three years at Auburn. |
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| Police: McNair death ruled murder-suicide |
NFL Football |
07/08/2009 |
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| m the weapon at the scene. "Because there's a lack of any evidence of a struggle or defensive wounds to McNair, his physical position on the sofa, the trajectory of the bullets in the wound pattern, we still believe Kazemi shot Mr. McNair and he didn't know," added Serpas. McNair, who announced his retirement from the NFL in April 2008, last played in the NFL in 2007, when he was with the Ravens. The longtime Titans quarterback spent 13 seasons in the NFL, 11 with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans franchise. |
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| Around FCS: Steve McNair's paradoxical life |
Division I-AA College Football |
07/06/2009 |
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| h ever among FCS players. I wrote a column at the time that said he should have won the Heisman over Rashaan Salaam of Colorado and Ki-Jana Carter of Penn State, both of whom proved to be flops in the NFL, while McNair became an MVP and led the 1999 Tennessee Titans to the Super Bowl. He nearly rallied the Titans to the Super Bowl victory over the St. Louis Rams in what many consider the greatest Super Bowl ever played, but his pass to Kevin Dyson on the final play of the game came up one yard short of the end |
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| McNair's death ruled a homicide |
NFL Football |
07/05/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - The shooting death of former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair has been ruled a homicide. McNair and a female friend were found shot to death Saturday at a Nashville condominium. Nashville police department public affairs manager Don Aaron spoke at a news briefing Sunday and classified McNair's death, but would not do the same for the other victim, 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi. Aaron said McNair had multiple gunshot wounds, including two in the head and |
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| McNair found dead |
NFL Football |
07/05/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - Former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was found shot to death Saturday. He was 36. Nashville police department public affairs manager Don Aaron confirmed McNair's death. Aaron said that an unidentified female victim was also found. It is not known when the shooting occurred, or what the circumstances of the shooting were. The Tennessean later reported the unidentified woman was 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi, who apparently died of a single gunshot wou |
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| 2009 CFL Eastern Preview - Toronto Argonauts |
CFL |
06/23/2009 |
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| be tolerated and spent a ton of money on free agents in the off-season. There is also a new man running the show, as Bart Andrus was hired as the team's head coach. Andrus comes with 25 years of coaching experience, including his work with the NFL's Tennessee Titans in an assistant role. Toronto decided to begin the rebuilding process up front with the signing of two big-time linemen, Rob Murphy and Dominic Picard. The addition of those two players alone make the team more formidable, giving quarterback Kerry J |
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| Giants try to get their freak on against Padres |
MLB Baseball |
05/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Tennessee Titans veteran defense end Jevon Kearse earned the moniker 'The Freak' for his tremendous speed and physique while chasing down quarterbacks at the University of Florida. San Francisco Giants ace and reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum also goes by the same nickname, but it's certainly not for his size. The skinny 5-10, 170-pound Lincecum inherited the byname for his uncharacteristic delivery and strength at almost half the size of Kearse, lending support to |
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