Articles filed under Football
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Falcons tight end Lee Smith retires after 11 years in NFLJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - Lee Smith plans to build a gym and mentor young athletes after announcing his retirement from the NFL. The 34-year-old tight end spent 11 seas...
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Rams' Stafford fired up to realize his Super Bowl dreamsJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Matthew Stafford usually mutes his emotions in public, whether he's under center or behind a bank of microphones. He had a measure of California cool ...
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AFC Matchup: Newbie Bengals visit perennial contender ChiefsJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - Talk about newcomers versus the tried and true. Here come the Cincinnati Bengals, who had lost eight straight playoff games since their last victory 31 years ago. Await...
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Big-time agent Don Yee switched his path, made right choiceJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - Long before he represented Tom Brady, Bryant Young, Sean Payton and Jimmy Garoppolo, Don Yee considered a career in journalism. Changing course was the right choice. Yee...
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NFC title game slightly delays Super Bowl stadium prepJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - Last year the NFL had a team play in its home stadium in a Super Bowl for the first time. On Sunday, the league will see another first that does put a delay in some of t...
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Chicago Bears hire Colts DC Matt Eberflus as head coachJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Matt Eberflus is the new coach of the Chicago Bears, tasked with turning around a franchise mired in mediocrity for much of the past decade. The Bears ann...
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NFC Matchup: Old West rivals meet for Super Bowl berthJan 27, 2022 6:00 am - They have gone at each other 145 times. The 49ers have owned the Rams in the past six meetings, and have a 75-67-3 mark against their California rivals. Until Sunday, o...
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Special teams coordinator Tabor leaves Bears for PanthersJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - On a day when the Bears gained a head coach, they also lost a special teams coordinator. Chris Tabor, who filled that role under Matt Nagy beginning in 2018, has been hi...
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Who will be the OC for new Bears coach Matt Eberflus? Here are 13 optionsJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - With Matt Eberflus set to become the next Bears head coach, the attention now turns toward who he can bring in as his top assistant coaches. With a defensive-focused hea...
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Bears hire Matt Eberflus as head coachJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - The Bears' new general manager Ryan Poles has made his first monumental decision. Nearly three weeks after the Bears fired Matt Nagy, and less than a week after the orga...