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| Around the CFL: Alouettes on roller coaster |
CFL |
11/18/2006 |
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| s (15) as touchdown passes (20). However Calvillo remains the key to Montreal's offense because he calls his own plays. If there's an offensive catalyst, though, it's running back Robert Edwards. The former Georgia star was a first-round pick of the New England Patriots in 1998 and rushed for 1,115 yards in his rookie season. But his career appeared over when he suffered a serious knee injury at a NFL rookie flag football game in Hawaii, with concerns he might have to get his leg amputated below the knee. Edwards m |
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| Bengals, Saints, Vying for Trip Back to Win Column |
NFL Football |
11/17/2006 |
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| ckles and his first sack in a Bengals uniform. Cincinnati is 23rd against the rush this season, averaging 126.8 yards a game, but last week allowed a player to rush for more than 100 yards in a game for the first time since a Week 4 loss against the New England Patriots. Behind the front line of the defense figure to be linebackers Landon Johnson (62 tackles, INT), Rashad Jeanty (23 tackles), and Caleb Miller (60 tackles). Johnson had eight tackles and a forced fumble against the Chargers. OVERALL ANALYSIS Ticketho |
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| 2006 Pro Football Hall of Fame Semifinalists List |
NFL Football |
11/17/2006 |
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| ers; 1982-1984 New Orleans Saints Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner, 1989-2006 National Football League Derrick Thomas, LB, 1989-1999 Kansas City Chiefs Thurman Thomas, RB, 1988-1999 Buffalo Bills; 2000 Miami Dolphins Andre Tippett, LB, 1982-1993 New England Patriots Roger Wehrli, CB, 1969-1982 St. Louis Cardinals George Young, GM-Administrator, 1968-1974 Baltimore Colts; 1975-1978 Miami Dolphins; 1979-1997 New York Giants; 1998-2001 National Football League Gary Zimmerman, T, 1986-1992 Minnesota Vikings; |
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| Contrasting moods don't reflect records of Patriots, Packers |
NFL Football |
11/16/2006 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -The New England Patriots are facing the stunning possibility of a three-game losing streak. The Green Bay Packers are trying to calm an unexpected burst of chatter about the playoffs. But the contrast of gloom in New England and optimism in Green Bay doesn't jibe with the reality of records and standings. The Patriots are 6-3 and leading the AFC East, a fact Tom Brady brought up twice in an interview session this week. The Packers (4-5) would need an extension ladder to reach the Chicag |
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| QB to be third-stringer in 20th season |
NFL Football |
11/15/2006 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -Vinny Testaverde strode into his latest locker room, the gray flecks in his hair matching the color of the New England Patriots sweat shirt on his back. Two days past his 43rd birthday, the still strong-armed quarterback stood at his locker with the No. 14 on it - his usual No. 16 already belongs to Matt Cassel - before his first practice with his new team Wednesday. Testaverde was born more than three years before the first Super Bowl. He is the only player to have thrown a touchdown |
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| Patriots sign veteran QB Testaverde |
NFL Football |
11/15/2006 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - The New England Patriots signed veteran quarterback Vinny Testaverde, the club announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Testaverde, 43, ranks sixth in NFL history in both passing completions and yards, with 3,691 attempts and 45,252 yards. He is eighth in league history with 269 touchdown passes. The Patriots are his sixth team, after 19 seasons spent with Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Baltimore, the New York Jets, and Dallas. The 1986 Heisman Trophy-winner from the Universit |
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| Jets get biggest win of Mangini era |
NFL Football |
11/14/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - You are not going to find a more optimistic, glass-half- full kind of New York Jets fan than me. But even I gave the Jets next to no shot at beating the New England Patriots on Sunday in Foxborough. New England, which lost to Indianapolis last Sunday night, had played 57 straight games without back-to-back defeats. Plus, it had beaten the Jets in seven straight dating back to the 2002 season. A recipe for disaster if you ask most Jets fans. New York, though, produced its biggest win of the seaso |
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| McCarthy Sparks "Favre Future" Talk |
NFL Football |
11/14/2006 |
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| was held under 100 yards for the first time since mid-October Sunday against the Vikings. Green went up against the league's No. 1 rush defense and produced just 55 yards on 22 attempts. NEXT UP This Sunday the Packers will be the first team since the '02 Miami Dolphins to face a New England Patriots team that is coming off back-to-back losses. --- Andy Benoit is the author of Touchdown 2006: Everything You Need to Know About the NFL This Year. For more information or to contact Benoit, visit www.touchdown2006.com |
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| Vikings Drop Third Straight |
NFL Football |
11/14/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Vikings have every reason to be alarmed. In Week 8, on Monday night, they hosted the New England Patriots and got thoroughly outplayed by a superior team. In Week 9, they traveled to San Francisco and lost an ugly game to what was, at the time, thought to be an inferior 49ers club. And just this past Sunday, Brad Childress' squad lost a critical divisional game at home to the Green Bay Packers, dropping them to 4-5. Entering November, the Vikings were looking at a soft schedule tha |
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| New FieldTurf surface to be ready for Nov. 26 game |
NFL Football |
11/14/2006 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -The New England Patriots began installing a synthetic field surface Tuesday to be used in time for their next home game Nov. 26 against Chicago. Heavy equipment scraped the grass and leveled the dirt beneath it in preparation for the installation of FieldTurf, which has become increasingly popular around the NFL. Gillette Stadium has had natural grass since it opened in 2002. It's the second time in less than three weeks that the field has been worked on following complaints from Patr |
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