Articles filed under Football
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Meeting Butkus 'surreal'Dec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Illinois football's greatest living icon showed up at practice Friday to inspect the troops and inspire them for Tuesday's Rose Bowl date with U...
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Brady -- who else? -- our fantasy MVPDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Normally when this time of year rolls around, I allow our readers to pick the studs and duds of the fantasy football season. But when it came to naming an MVP in 2007, t...
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Blunders don't cost Texas the victoryDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Now this was a Holiday Bowl to remember. Texas coach Mack Brown's stepson sure won't forget it, after he reached out to touch a live ball and drew an unspor...
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WVU sues RodriguezDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - West Virginia University's Board of Governors is suing former football coach Rich Rodriguez to collect a $4 million buyout of his contract with the school. The lawsuit,...
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Brown still not sure why he lost starting job to AndersonDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - A lot of people still don't understand why the Bears' Alex Brown lost his starting spot at right end to Mark Anderson last off-season -- including Brown. As a lightly re...
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New York, Boston stations remain upset with simulcastDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Three local TV stations thought they had one of the NFL's biggest games all to themselves. When the potentially historic Patriots-Giants matchup landed on their competit...
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Offense knows it didn't do job in '07Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - General manager Jerry Angelo recently referred to the offense this year as "inept," an assessment difficult to disagree with, considering the Bears are No. 31 in rushing...
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How can we devise a plan to beat those 'smart' Patriots?Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The New England Patriots haven't lost a game since Jan. 22. A lot of knowledgeable people don't think it will happen again anytime soon. Not all of them agree on why, bu...
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California dreamin' for Illini LB SteeleDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The last time Illinois played in the Rose Bowl, its roster teemed with California natives and/or recruits who played junior-college ball in the Golden State. That group ...
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Singletary wants Falcons jobDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - In a published report from Atlanta, Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary left no doubt about his interest in becoming the Falcons' next coach. "Sure I would - absolut...