| |
| NFL competition committee considering changing playoff seeding rules |
NFL Football |
02/21/2008 |
| |
| leveland missed the playoffs and Tennessee made it by beating Indianapolis backups. But competition committee members agreed Thursday that changing the seeding guidelines would result in fewer such situations. Committee co-chairman Rich McKay, the Atlanta Falcons' president, said some clubs had indicated support for the changes. ``There are definitely people on both sides,'' McKay said Thursday at the NFL scouting combine, ``and I think there are good arguments on both sides.'' The altered seeding wouldn |
|
| |
| Joey Jones takes over South Alabama's new football program |
Division I College Football |
02/15/2008 |
| |
| r'' Bryant and learned ``you have to earn your stripes.'' ``We want to get to that point,'' he said. Jones played the final three years of Bryant's career at Alabama and finished his eligibility in 1983 under Ray Perkins. He played for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL. Before joining BSC, he was a high school coach, with a record of 101-27 at Mountain Brook and 24-11 at Dora.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the |
|
| |
| South Alabama names Jones first football coach |
Division I-AA College Football |
02/15/2008 |
| |
| ranking third on the Crimson Tide's touchdown receptions chart and seventh in career receiving yards. He was later selected to Alabama's All-Decade Team for the 1980s and played professionally with the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL and the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. South Alabama plans to begin playing football in the Football Championship Subdivision with three to five games in the 2009 season. The school then plans a full schedule in the 2010 season before earmarking 2011 and 2012 as transition years to coll |
|
| |
| Falcons part ways with Crumpler, Coleman, Leftwich, four others |
NFL Football |
02/15/2008 |
| |
| Flowery Branch, GA (Best E Casino) - The Atlanta Falcons began revamping their roster Friday, releasing seven veteran players, including tight end Alge Crumpler, defensive tackle Rod Coleman and quarterback Byron Leftwich. Left tackle Wayne Gandy, cornerback Lewis Sanders, linebacker Marcus Wilkins and wide receiver Jamin Elliott were the other four players let go by the team, which recently named former Jacksonville defensive coordinator Mike Smith as its new head coach following a tumultuous 3-13 season. " |
|
| |
| Falcons release TE Alge Crumpler and 6 others in first step of rebuilding job |
NFL Football |
02/15/2008 |
| |
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -The Atlanta Falcons released four-time Pro Bowl tight end Alge Crumpler and six other players Friday in the first step of a major rebuilding job in the post-Michael Vick era. The Falcons also cut quarterback Byron Leftwich, defensive tackle Rod Coleman, offensive tackle Wayne Gandy, cornerback Lewis Sanders, wide receiver Jamin Elliott and linebacker Marcus Wilkins. ``This is a difficult day for the entire organization,'' said Thomas Dimitroff, the Falcons' new general manager. |
|
| |
| Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio fills vacant coaching vacancies |
NFL Football |
02/14/2008 |
| |
| ve line coach, and Tom Williams will serve as a defensive assistant after joining working one year as assistant special teams coach. Del Rio had to hire new coaches after defensive coordinator Mike Smith left to take the head coaching job with the Atlanta Falcons. Smith took some coaches with him, and secondary coach Dave Campo returned to Dallas.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redis |
|
| |
| Jones set to become South Alabama's first football coach |
Division I College Football |
02/14/2008 |
| |
| ve who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official announcement is to be made Friday. Through a Birmingham-Southern spokesman, Jones said he could not comment. The 45-year-old Jones, a former Alabama player who spent time with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and USFL's Birmingham Stallions, met with South Alabama athletic director Joe Gottfried for the third time on Wednesday and accepted the offer Thursday. South Alabama's trustees voted in December to start a football program that will begin play in |
|
| |
| Former Dolphins assistant Glenn Pires hired as Falcons linebackers coach |
Headlines |
02/13/2008 |
| |
ATLANTA (AP) -Glenn Pires was hired as the Atlanta Falcons' linebackers coach Wednesday, filling out new coach Mike Smith's staff. Pires was an assistant with the Miami Dolphins the last five years, serving as assistant linebackers coach in 2007. Pires was Detroit's linebackers coach for two years (2001-02) and coached linebackers for the Arizona Cardinals for five years (1996-2000). Also, Billy ``White Shoes'' Johnson was retained as assistant strength and conditioning coach. Johnson will work with new |
|
| |
| Thorpe Award winner Cason glad he stuck around for senior season |
Division I College Football |
02/12/2008 |
| |
| self to do, listen to the coaches and play hard with my teammates. I owe a lot to them.'' Cason seemingly had every reason to jump to the pros after his junior season. He has NFL bloodlines, as his father, Wendell Cason, played three years for the Atlanta Falcons after a standout college career at Oregon. He also had the statistics, entering the 2007 season with 10 career interceptions and three forced fumbles. But his coach at Arizona, Mike Stoops, advised the 6-foot, 185-pound Cason that he would be bett |
|
| |
| Video posted of Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at cockfight |
MLB Baseball |
02/07/2008 |
| |
PETA also sent a letter to baseball commissioner Bud Selig urging all major league players and staff to take its animal sensitivity training course - the same one Vick attended after pleading guilty to federal dogfighting charges in August. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback received a 23-month jail sentence. The NFL suspended him indefinitely without pay. In his letter to Selig, PETA assistant director Dan Shannon mentioned the Vick case and wrote, ``it seems that education on the importance of treating a |
|
| |
