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| Brady practices, but with slight limp |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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| Championship game against the Chargers. Brady had been noticeably absent during media availability at Pats camp last week, after photos earlier in the week showed the quarterback with a walking boot on his right foot. Sunday's clash with the New York Giants will mark New England's fourth trip to the big game in the past seven seasons. The Patriots are bidding to become the second team in NFL history to finish a regular season and playoff season without a loss, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who were 17-0. |
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| Chargers, Saints expect to get second NFL game in London |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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| ill pit New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees against his old team, and Saints running back Reggie Bush against his hometown team. Brees was allowed to leave the Chargers as a free agent following the 2005 season. Last season, the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins played in London in the NFL's first regular-season game outside of North America. The Giants won 13-10.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, |
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| New Orleans Saints promote assistant coaches McMahon and Allen |
Headlines |
01/28/2008 |
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| key Loomis announced on Monday. Both McMahon and Allen joined the Saints with coach Sean Payton's original staff in 2006. McMahon was the assistant special teams coach. He replaces John Bonamego, who left to become special teams coordinator of the Miami Dolphins. Allen was an assistant defensive line coach for his first two years with the team and replaces Tom Hayes. A Saints spokesman said he didn't know why Hayes left the organization.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The |
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| Dolphins add more assistants to fill out Sparano's staff |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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MIAMI (AP) -The Miami Dolphins hired more assistants Monday, as the team continued to fill out the staff of new coach Tony Sparano. John Bonamego will join Miami as its special teams coordinator, George DeLeone has been named tight ends coach and David Puloka has been hired as assistant strength and conditioning coach. Steve Bush has been hired as offensive quality control coach. Bonamego has spent the last nine seasons in the NFL, including the past two as the New Orleans Saints' special teams coach. |
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| Ravens rehire, promote defensive coach Rex Ryan |
Headlines |
01/28/2008 |
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| ian Billick. The 45-year-old Ryan and the rest of the coaching staff were fired with Billick after the season. Ryan was one of six people to be interviewed for the head coaching vacancy in Baltimore, and he interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons and Miami Dolphins. No one offered him a job, so Ryan returned for a 10th season with the Ravens, the fourth as defensive coordinator. ``Man, it's great to be a Raven. That head coaching stuff, I was just kidding about that,'' Ryan said with a grin. ``Quite honest |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Super Bowl Tale of the Tape |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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| tory, or tell me that Richard Seymour is no Richard Dent, or spout out any Spygate nonsense, it's all immaterial. The measure of greatness in competitive athletics is winning. Any number other than wins or losses is incidental, which is why the 1972 Miami Dolphins deserve to be considered the best ever and the 1998 Minnesota Vikings do not. Now, if the Giants upset the Patriots on Super Sunday, does New England still belong in the discussion of the No. 1 team in NFL history by virtue of its unprecedented 18 w |
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| Ravens bring back defensive coordinator Ryan |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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| ns under Brian Billick, who was fired following a disappointing 5-11 season in 2007. Ryan, the son of former NFL coach Buddy Ryan, interviewed for the Ravens head coaching job before the team selected Harbaugh, and also received consideration from the Atlanta Falcons and Miami Dolphins for their head coaching positions. In his three seasons as coordinator in the Charm City, Ryan's defense consistently ranked among the top units in the league and was the No. 1 ranked defense in the NFL during the 2006 season. |
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| Brady says he'll be ready for Super Bowl |
NFL Football |
01/28/2008 |
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| ng for Arizona. Brady had been noticeably absent during media availability at Pats camp this week, after photos earlier in the week showed the quarterback with a walking boot on his right foot. There have been reports that Brady has a mild ankle sprain. This will mark New England's fourth trip to the big game in the past seven seasons. The Patriots are bidding to become the second team in NFL history to finish a regular season and playoff season without a loss, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who were 17-0. |
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| Report: Chargers and Saints to tussle in London |
NFL Football |
01/27/2008 |
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| r. "I'm cautiously optimistic." Each NFL team has been mandated to play a game outside the country at least once every 16 years and the league's owners voted in October of 2006 to play up to two games each year outside the United States. The New York Giants and Miami Dolphins played at Wembley Stadium in London this past October in the first-ever regular-season game played outside the continent. The NFL announced earlier this month that it would return to the United Kingdom for a regular-season game in 2008. |
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| Former UM, Dolphins stars say goodbye to Orange Bowl with flag football game |
This Day in Sports |
01/26/2008 |
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MIAMI (AP) - Dan Marino and Don Shula - regarded as Miami Dolphins royalty - were there. So were the five quarterbacks who won national championships at the University of Miami. Even Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, who never played in the Orange Bowl, came out to say goodbye to the soon-to-be-demolished stadium and play in a flag football game between former Dolphins and UM players. ``I respect everything the Dolphins and Hurricanes accomplished here,'' said Taylor, who was the only current Dolp |
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