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East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbooks) - New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard
suffered a torn knee ligament in the Super Bowl, the team said Tuesday.
Ballard tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the fourth
quarter of Sunday's win over the Patriots.
Fellow tight en... |
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Metairie, LA (Sportsbooks) - The New Orleans Saints officially hired
Steve Spagnuolo as their new defensive coordinator on Tuesday.
Spagnuolo spent the last three seasons as head coach in St. Louis, but was
fired on January 2 after the Rams finished the 2011 season with a ble... |
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Austin, TX (Sportsbooks) - Former All-Pro running back Ricky Williams has
decided to retire after 11 NFL seasons.
The 34-year-old Williams was a star at the University of Texas and a heralded
first-round pick of the New Orleans Saints. He spent the majority of his
pro career w... |
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Hired Joe Danna as defensive backs coach; promoted Glenn Thomas to quarterbacks coach and Andrew Weidinger to offensive assistant. ... |
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Named Bruce Arians offensive coordinator and Harold Goodwin offensive line coach; fired tight ends coach Ricky Thomas and assistant offensive line coach Ron Prince. ... |
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Signed linebacker Elimimian Solomon. ... |
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Memphis, TN (Sportsbooks) - The ongoing game of musical chairs in college
athletics has its newest player.
Memphis is expected to join the Big East in all sports for the 2013-14 season,
completing the conference's goal of having 12 football members.
The Big East will host a teleconfe... |
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Harrisburg, PA (Sportsbooks) - Prosecutors want the conditions of Jerry
Sandusky's bail to be modified to prevent the former Penn State assistant
coach from leaving the walls of his house unless it is to receive medical
treatment.
Court papers filed Tuesday by the attorney ... |
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New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Southern Illinois senior Bryan Boemer was
named on Tuesday as the 2011 recipient of the Rimington Award, given to the
top center in the FCS.
Boemer earned All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors for the third
time this past season, posting a 93 percent... |
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Worcester, MA (Sportsbooks) - Holy Cross football will play its first three
games at home and six of its 11 in a 2012 schedule announced on Tuesday.
The Crusaders will open the season against New Hampshire on Aug. 30 in the
second night game ever at Fitton Field.
They will then take on... |
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New Orleans, LA (Sportsbooks) - New Orleans will host the 2012 Arena Bowl,
the AFL announced Thursday.
Arena Bowl XXV will be played at New Orleans Arena, home of the AFL's VooDoo
and the NBA's Hornets.
It will be the fifth big sporting event held in the city in a short span,
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Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Aaron Garcia threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to
Jeron Harvey on the final play of the game to give the Jacksonville Sharks a
73-70 victory over the Arizona Rattlers in the Arena Bowl.
Garcia set an Arena Bowl record with 402 yards passing, but it was his l... |
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Tulsa, OK (Sportsbooks) - Chicago QB JJ Raterink has been named Russell
Athletic Offensive Player of the Week. Arizona DB Marquis Floyd and
Jacksonville Sharks WR/KR Jeff Hughley have been named Riddell Defensive Player
of the Week and JLS Ironman of the Week, respectively, for the First Rou... |
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Montreal, QC (Sportsbooks) - Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Kerry
Watkins announced his retirement on Tuesday.
During his eight-year career, Watkins caught 515 passes for 7,431 yards and 48
touchdowns.
"We congratulate Kerry for a fantastic career and thank him for helpin... |
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Toronto, Ontario (Sportsbooks) - Bob Nicholson resigned as president and
CEO of the Toronto Argonauts on Monday, and Chris Rudge has been named his
successor.
Argonauts owner David Bradley announced the change in leadership, stating
Nicholson resigned to pursue other opportun... |
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Calgary, AB (Sportsbooks) - The Calgary Stampeders re-signed their
longest-serving player, nine-year non-import veteran linebacker Marc Calixte,
on Monday.
Per club policy, terms of the agreement were not released,
"I'm proud to have been a member of the Stampeders for my en... |
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