Articles filed under Football
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Bears sign Kennedy to help fill void at defensive tackleDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - For the Bears, it was another day and another body added to shore up a defensive tackle position thinned by injuries. Starting nose tackle Anthony Adams (triceps) and ba...
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Did Ditka do the right thing?Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - After a critical report in USA Today questioning the fundraising practices of his Hall of Fame Assistance Fund, Mike Ditka criticized the media and disbanded the fund af...
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Packers fume over Favre hitDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Packers coach Mike McCarthy called a hit that Raiders defensive end Derrick Burgess made on Brett Favre low and unnecessary. Favre, making his 250th consecutive start, g...
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Back to the future for Orton, BearsDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Kyle Orton is back as the Bears' starting quarterback after going nearly two years without taking a snap in a regular-season game. After Rex Grossman suffered a fracture...
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Vick's future clouded with uncertaintyDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Michael Vick knows where he'll be spending most of the next two years, locked away in a federal prison, doing his time for dogfighting. Once he's a free man -...
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From BCS gains, losses to non-calls in basketballDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It's finals week for our local semester-based colleges and the highbrow-sounding "Reading Week" at our local private Division I university. Since all this academic stuff...
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Saints Brees past defenseless FalconsDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The New Orleans Saints shook off the hangover from a devastating loss. The Falcons are still trying to get over a much bigger setback. After waking to news th...
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Ditka to dissolve assistance fund after critical reportDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Mike Ditka will dissolve his Hall of Fame Assistance Trust Fund in the wake of a report that the charity had given only a small amount of money to needy f...
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Bowden continues ... but successor namedDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Jimbo Fisher will succeed Bobby Bowden as Florida State's next football coach -- someday. President T.K. Wetherell designated offensive coordinator Fisher as "head-coac...
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Rose Bowl tickets go on sale todayDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois football fans who weren't already able to buy Rose Bowl tickets now get their shot. The university's ticket office says Rose Bowl tic...