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Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbooks) - Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad
Johnson will make his fifth straight trip to the Pro Bowl, as he was selected
to replace Randy Moss of New England for the AFC squad on Monday.
Moss decided to pass on Sunday's NFL All-Star Game in Hawaii after... |
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Berea, OH (Sportsbooks) - Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson was
rewarded with his first Pro Bowl selection Monday, taking the place of AFC
starter Tom Brady.
Brady won't play in Honolulu on Sunday after his New England Patriots lost in
the Super Bowl.
Anderson was th... |
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PHOENIX (AP) -An official says a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter intercepted a small plane flying near the site of Sunday's Super Bowl game and escorted the pilot to an airport in nearby Buckeye. Buckeye police spokesman Bob Bushner says the Cessna 172 had left Tucson for Buckeye and the pilot wasn... |
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Named Paul Boudreau offensive line coach. ... |
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Named Jim Overdorf senior vice president of football administration. ... |
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Signed quarterback Dave Dickenson. ... |
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El Paso, TX (Sportsbooks) - Adam Tafralis threw a touchdown pass as the
Texas All-Stars routed the Nation All-Stars, 41-14, in the second annual
Texas versus the Nation All-Star bowl game.
Tafralis finished the game 10-for-19 with 136 yards while Adrian Smith added
42 rushin... |
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) -The University of Texas' Erick Jackson returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown Saturday and a team of seniors representing Texas forced six turnovers in a 41-14 victory over seniors from around the nation. It was the second installment of an All-Star game billed as a bat... |
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El Paso, TX (Sportsbooks) - The 2nd annual Texas versus the Nation All-Star
bowl game is set to take place this Saturday at the Sun Bowl in El Paso,
Texas. This game pits the top collegiate players originally from Texas or who
play college football in Texas against top players from around th... |
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Stony Brook, NY (Sportsbooks) - Stony Brook University announced Thursday
that head football coach Chuck Priore has been given a contract extension
through the 2012 season. Priore recorded an 11-11 record over his first two
seasons at the school.
"I am extremely excited about... |
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Richmond, KY (Sportsbooks) - Eastern Kentucky University hired Wake
Forest defensive coordinator Dean Hood as head coach, the school announced
Tuesday.
Hood, 44, previously coached at Eastern Kentucky from 1994-98, the last two
years as defensive coordinator. After he ... |
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Lexington, VA (Sportsbooks) - Jim Reid left his job as VMI football
coach Wednesday to join the staff of the Miami Dolphins,
Reid will coach the Dolphins linebackers under new defensive coordinator Paul
Pasqualoni in South Beach.
Reid, 57, has been VMI's head coach for th... |
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New Orleans, LA (Sportsbooks) - The Arena Football League announced that
the league's championship game will be played in New Orleans for the second
straight year.
ArenaBowl XXII will be played at the New Orleans Arena on Sunday, July 27,
2008.
"Last year, ArenaBowl XXI was... |
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Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - The Arena Football League continued its
reshaping with the announcement that the team from Las Vegas will relocate to
play in Cleveland, starting in 2008.
Team owner Jim Ferraro received approval from the league's Board of Directors
at a meeting in ... |
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Nashville, TN (Sportsbooks) - Bud Adams, the owner of the NFL's Tennessee
Titans, is ceasing operations for his Nashville Kats Arena Football League
team.
"After much deliberation, I have made the difficult decision to cease
operations for the Nashville Kats Arena Footb... |
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Edmonton, AB (Sportsbooks) - Edmonton Eskimos middle linebacker A.J.
Gass announced his retirement Thursday, after ten seasons with the club.
"A decision like this is never easy to arrive at, but I'm excited to start on
the new phase of my football career and I'm thrilled to be d... |
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Calgary, Alberta (Sportsbooks) - The Calgary Stampeders have signed
quarterback Dave Dickenson, the club announced Thursday.
Dickenson started his Canadian Football League career with Calgary in 1996. He
played five seasons with the Stamps, then two in the National Football Leagu... |
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Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbooks) - Winnipeg Blue Bombers slotback Milt Stegall,
the Canadian Football League's all-time touchdown leader, announced during a
press conference Thursday that he will return for the 2008 season.
The 38-year-old Stegall, a veteran of 13 CFL seasons, broke the ... |
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