NFL
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Matthews, defense shake off season-long struggles as Packers pound Vikings 45-7
“Tonight was no different than any other night for me,” Matthews said. “It was just the fact I was able to get home. (I’m) just putting pressure on the quarterback each and every week and if he holds on to the ball when I hit him, then so be it. If not, I’m still going [...]
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Belichick leftovers: Faulk, Price, Deaderick
Mike Reiss Mike Reiss first started covering the Patriots in 1997 with the team's official newspaper, Patriots Football Weekly, before moving on to the MetroWest Daily News in his hometown of Framingham. From 2005 to 2009, he covered the Patriots for The Boston Globe, while also writing on the NFL. He started his popular Patriots [...]
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Bold prediction: Peyton Manning to start at QB for Redskins in 2012
How would Peyton look in burgundy and gold? (Andy Lyons – Getty Images) How’s that for a headline? Got your attention, didn’t it? Let me make clear that I haven’t spoken with anyone associated with the Colts or Redskins about this, and let me make just as clear that this is not even what you [...]
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Senator John McCain wants hearings on HGH testing
Getty Images To date, two Congressional committees have expressed an interest in taking action aimed at forcing the NFL and NFLPA to implement an August agreement to conduct HGH testing. Now, former Presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants a Senate committee to get in on the act, too. Senator McCain told Dan Patrick earlier today [...]
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Florio: Sign Forte Or Major Problems Will Arise
(WSCR) It's no secret: The Bears hold all the cards in the Matt Forte contract situation. Forte, who is in the final season of his rookie contract, accounts for almost half of the Bears total offense, but is making roughly $550,000 this season. The Bears have the option of using the franchise tag on Matt [...]
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Vince Young sued for assault at Dallas strip club
Associated Press DALLAS – October 26, 2011 (WPVI) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Vince Young is being sued by a Dallas strip club manager he allegedly punched in the face last year. Creiton Kinchen claims in a lawsuit filed in a Dallas court Tuesday that the 28-year-old Houston native and former University of Texas star hit [...]
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New kickoff rule provides limited returns
Just about everyone in the NFL knew that the new kickoff rule in which the tee would be lined up at the 35-yard line instead of the 30 would change the return game to some degree. Just seven weeks into the 2011 season might be a bit early to draw definitive conclusions with the poorer [...]
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Blount's TD run lifts Bucs past Colts
Josh Freeman threw for 287 yards and a touchdown and LeGarrette Blount ran for another touchdown as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-17 in the NFL on Monday. Freeman, who ran for a touchdown early in the game, scrambled for a huge first down on the winning drive as the Buccaneers won [...]
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Chiefs pledge not to fall into the abyss
Some of the Chiefs players recognized the feeling after the team’s first loss, a blowout at Arrowhead Stadium against the Buffalo Bills two weeks ago. It was something familiar but bitter, and they began working quickly to curb it. Before the 2010 season, when the Chiefs finished 10-6 and won their division, the team spent [...]
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Brett Favre Retires From Bear Hunting
The Chicago Bears are cheering the retirement (supposed) of Brett Favre more than any other team in the NFL. Why? Because after 17 years, it has stopped being Chicago Bears hunting season in Green Bay. Brett Favre considered the Chicago Bears his own personal punching bag during his reign with the Packers. In the end [...]
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Drew Brees – Is He the Quarterback to Beat Now?
Of all the quarter backs that I have watched play this year in the NFL this year Drew Brees has had to be the most exciting. Aside from Peyton Manning, no other quarter back can even come close to his accuracy. It's like out of nowhere this year he just blossomed. Many people haven't been [...]
