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| Spagnuolo crossed off Redskins list of coaching candidates |
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02/07/2008 |
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| NGTON (AP) -The Washington Redskins eliminated Steve Spagnuolo on Thursday from their list of candidates to fill their coaching job. A person familiar with the selection process, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the New York Giants defensive coordinator and the Redskins agreed he is probably a year or two away from being prepared to become a head coach. Spagnuolo also felt he could play an important role as the Giants try to repeat as Super Bowl champions, said the person, w |
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| NFL at its peak, but league needs to address some issues |
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02/07/2008 |
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| bout after a game that kept the country tuned in all the way through the very last Bud Light commercial. It wasn't just the game that made the commissioner happy, though it would have been hard to write a better script than Eli Manning leading the New York Giants to a last-minute touchdown to beat the big, bad New England Patriots. Nearly half the country watched at one time or another, making it the most watched Super Bowl ever and further cementing the NFL's position as America's favorite sport. Good tim |
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| Giants coordinator Spagnuolo has all-day interview for Redskins job |
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02/06/2008 |
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| n the morning and continuing well into the evening. That's on top of the 90 minutes the two spent on the phone Monday evening and the first face-to-face portion of the interview at Snyder's house Tuesday night. The talks ran late Tuesday, with the New York Giants defensive coordinator spending the night in a guesthouse on the owner's property, as other candidates have done during the team's monthlong search. The talks were confirmed by two people familiar with the Redskins selection process who spoke to Th |
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| Eli Manning tells Letterman his theory for Belichick's early departure |
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02/06/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Turns out Eli Manning has his own theory behind why Patriots coach Bill Belichick left the field with one play left in the Super Bowl. ``Trying to beat traffic, I guess,'' the New York Giants quarterback told David Letterman, during an appearance on the ``Late Show'' Wednesday. Letterman replied, ``That's why he's a professional. It never occurred to me that the coach was trying to beat traffic. Must have been murder that day in Arizona, for God's sake.'' Two weeks before the Giants up |
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| Nevada sports books lose record $2.6 million on Super Bowl |
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02/05/2008 |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -Nevada sports books lost a record $2.6 million on Super Bowl bets when the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots on Sunday. The sports books handled just more than $92 million on the game, the third-highest amount ever but down for the second consecutive year. The record was set in 2006 when $94.5 million was bet. The last time the books lost money was in 1995, when the San Francisco 49ers blew out the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, and Nevada books lost $400,000. Nevada Gaming |
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| From Super Bowl to job interview: Spagnuolo meets with Redskins |
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02/05/2008 |
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| de in Manhattan to Dan Snyder's house along the Potomac River, via the Washington Redskins owner's private plane. It's already been quite a week for Steve Spagnuolo. Still basking in euphoria from a victory on American sport's biggest stage, the New York Giants defensive coordinator arrived in the Washington area Tuesday to interview for the Redskins' coaching vacancy. No audition tape was necessary; the defense's performance in Sunday's 17-14 upset of the New England Patriots pretty much speaks for itself |
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| Green Bay Packers sign coach Mike McCarthy to 5-year deal through 2012 season |
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02/05/2008 |
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| ip and bye in the first round of the playoffs despite having the NFL's youngest team. After beating Seattle in the NFC divisional playoff round, the Packers lost 23-20 in overtime in the NFC championship game to the eventual Super Bowl champs, the New York Giants. ``It's only natural to say, 'My goodness, that should have been us,''' McCarthy said. ``They're a perfect example of playing their best football when it counts.'' Both sides had hoped to get a contract done before the Super Bowl. Negotiations s |
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| Super Bowl parade: a Giant day for New York sports |
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02/05/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -On a day for jumping and whooping it up, Michael Strahan showed the throngs of jubilant fans just how it's done, New York Giants style. The star defensive end fires up his team - a wildly improbable NFL champion - with a leap that he calls ``stomping you out.'' And with that, Strahan jumped skyward on the podium at a Super Bowl rally Tuesday, lifting his knees to his shoulders. ``We would like to extend this to every other team in the NFL and particularly for the last team we defeated, th |
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| Patriots coach moving ahead after stunning Super Bowl setback |
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02/05/2008 |
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| still fresh of the stunning Super Bowl loss that ruined the Patriots unbeaten season, their coach hasn't watched tape of the game yet or analyzed everything that went wrong. And that exit from the field with one second left after he congratulated New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin? ``I wasn't really sure of the time,'' Belichick said in a conference call Tuesday. ``Everybody started on to the field and then I got over there and I wanted to congratulate Tom. I've been in that situation before after the gam |
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| Patriots' Andrews charged with marijuana possession |
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02/05/2008 |
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| ws was released on personal recognizance after entering not guilty pleas during his arraignment in Lowell District Court. Andrews' lawyer, Sean Delaney, declined to comment. The arrest came one day after the team returned from Arizona, where the New York Giants upset New England 17-14 in the Super Bowl to end the Patriots' perfect season. The Patriots declined to comment specifically on Andrews' arrest. ``The conduct of our players is very important to the New England Patriots,'' spokesman Stacey James |
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