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| Line of Scrimmage: Packers Should Do Whatever Brett Tells Them |
NFL Football |
07/07/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - This has to be a joke, right? The reports that the Green Bay Packers brain trust of general manager Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy are not interested in scratching Brett Favre's "itch to play" in 2008 is not funny-ha-ha, though it is funny-weird. The Packers haven't said anything officially yet (nor has Favre, for that matter), but the whispers suggesting the team would prefer to move on without the certain Hall-of-Famer are clear and audible. And that makes no sen |
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| Steelers release Najeh Davenport |
NFL Football |
06/28/2008 |
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| le after the Steelers inked free agent running back Mewelde Moore and used their first pick in this year's draft to select running back Rashard Mendenhall. The 29-year-old University of Miami-Florida product spent his first four NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers before signing with the Steelers in 2006. Davenport has been injury-prone in his professional career. He missed the final eight games of the 2002 campaign with an eye injury and was shelved for the last 11 contests of 2005 with a broken ankle. In 67 |
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| AP Photos NY180-183 |
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06/13/2008 |
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| urses. But don't stay up too late, fellas. You'll need to save your strength for tomorrow's induction speeches, which are bound to exceed their allotted time. ``Probably a lot of foolishness will be talked about, will be my guess,'' said veteran Green Bay Packers tackle Mark Tauscher, who helped protect Favre from the likes of Strahan and Sapp for the better part of a decade. ``Those guys are great characters, and very good football players. I'm sure there'll be a lot of great stories exchanged - and most of |
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| Georgia State tabs Curry as first head coach |
Division I-AA College Football |
06/12/2008 |
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| r honors in 1985 after a 9-2-1 campaign. After three years at Alabama, which included a record of 26-10 with an SEC championship in 1989, Curry went to Kentucky. He coached the Wildcats from 1990-96, producing a record of 26-52 with a Peach Bowl appearance in 1993. Curry graduated from Georgia Tech in 1965 and played 10 years in the NFL as a center with the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Colts, Houston Oilers and Los Angeles Rams. He played in three Super Bowls, winning two, and was a two-time Pro Bowl selection. |
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| Georgia State to make Curry first coach |
Division I College Football |
06/11/2008 |
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| anta. Curry tried to return to Atlanta two years ago. He was the runner-up when Georgia Tech hired Dan Radakovich as athletic director on Feb. 22, 2006. Curry was a star center at Georgia Tech under coach Bobby Dodd. He played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts. Dodd was Tech's athletic director when Curry replaced Pepper Rodgers as football coach in 1980. Curry had a 31-43-4 record at Tech before he moved to Alabama, where he was 26-10 in three seasons.Copyright © 2005 The Ass |
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| Packers running back foils burglary |
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06/03/2008 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron thwarted a would-be burglar by hitting him with a bed post during a break-in at his home. Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken said Tuesday that the break-in happened late last Friday and the injured the intruder remained hospitalized but is expected to recover. ``Noah Herron used necessary, reasonable and justifiable force in protecting his life and property,'' Kocken said in a statement. ``Herron, the victim in this random home invasion, is |
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| Aaron Kampman's mind on tornado-devastated Iowa |
NFL Football |
05/29/2008 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Aaron Kampman was back at work Thursday, but his mind was back in Iowa. The Green Bay Packers' two-time Pro Bowl defensive end spent Monday and part of Tuesday in Iowa, surveying the devastation from the tornado that struck the region Sunday, killing seven and injuring more than 50, including Kampman's paternal grandfather, Claas. After seeing several photos on the Internet on Sunday evening of what the tornado had wrought, Kampman and his brother-in-law drove to Parkersburg, Iowa on |
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| Packers QB Rodgers says he's ready for spotlight post-Favre |
Headlines |
05/22/2008 |
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| g me to fail outside of this locker room,'' Rodgers said Wednesday in his first football-related comments since he was anointed as Favre's successor in March. ``I'm just trying to get the guys we've got here now to believe in me.'' Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers' second practice and third organized team activity earlier Wednesday. The 24-year-old whose mom thinks he needs a haircut played the part to perfection. At one point, he whipped a tight pass to top receiver Donald Driver, who broke out his big gri |
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| NFL owners opt out of labor agreement |
NFL Football |
05/20/2008 |
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| ners noted they are paying $4.5 billion to players this year, just under 60 percent of their total revenues as specified in the 2006 agreement. League revenues are estimated at about $8.5 billion, although none of the teams except the publicly owned Green Bay Packers discloses figures. The owners also want a change in the system to distribute the money more to veterans than to unproven rookies. Their argument is based on a disparity in salaries that leaves them spending far more on newcomers than on dependable |
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| Packers release WR Robinson |
NFL Football |
05/09/2008 |
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| Green Bay, WI (Best E Casino) - The Green Bay Packers released wide receiver Koren Robinson on Friday. Robinson, who signed as a free-agent in September 2006, served a year-long suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. He was reinstated by the league in October and appeared in nine games for the Packers recording 21 receptions for 241 yards and one touchdown. The ninth overall selection by the Seahawks in the 2001 NFL Draft, Robinson looked like he was on his way to stardom with Seattle befor |
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