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| Patriots are healthy and ready to go |
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| ide receiver Jabar Gaffney's shoulder injury improved, allowing the wideout to participate fully in practice on Friday. Quarterback Tom Brady's infamous right ankle also continues to be a non-issue as the big game approaches. Sunday's clash with the New York Giants will mark New England's fourth trip to the Super Bowl 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 wer |
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| Mike Carey set to work as Super Bowl's first black referee |
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| pointment for Sunday's game as ``another step in the erosion of stereotypes we all know should be eroded.'' There have been several dozen black officials in the Super Bowl - two other blacks are on the crew for the game between New England and the New York Giants. Carey stood by as the alternate referee for the 2002 game in New Orleans when the Patriots beat the Rams. He praised the black officials who have gone before him, notably Johnnie Grier, the first black referee in the NFL and now an assistant supe |
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| Goodell gives state of the league address |
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| ars, would have the Bills play a preseason game every other year in Toronto, as well as one regular-season contest. But the dominating topic of the day was the infamous 'Spygate' incident, in which the New England Patriots -- who are set to face the New York Giants in the Super Bowl on Sunday -- were caught using videotape equipment to film the New York Jets' defensive signals in Week One. For the incident, Goodell fined Patriots head coach Bill Belichick $500,000, the club $250,000, and stripped New England o |
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| Umenyiora added to injury report with thigh injury |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -There is no guarantee New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress will play in the Super Bowl. Ankle and knee problems caused Burress to miss his third straight practice Friday, leaving coach Tom Coughlin hoping his star receiver can continue his yearlong trend of playing every week without the benefit of working with his teammates. ``He's improved,'' Coughlin said after the Giants finished their final practice for Sunday's NFL title game against the New England Patriots. ``He's done it |
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| Belichick after Patriots' final Super Bowl practice: 'We're ready to roll' |
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| >``We're ready to roll,'' coach Bill Belichick said Friday. ``We're ready as we're going to be.'' According to the Chicago Tribune's Dan Pompei, the designated pool reporter, the Patriots concluded their preparations for the Super Bowl against the New York Giants with a crisp 1-hour, 20-minute workout in shorts and shells at Sun Devil Stadium. Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown spoke to the team before practice, at Belichick's request. The Patriots will not have a walkthrough at University of Phoenix St |
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| Coughlin, Belichick reveal little pregame strategy |
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| of all, and that is the Super Bowl,'' Coughlin said Friday. ``That's the type of fulfillment that can be shared by all and that's something you would remember for a lifetime.'' Coughlin was engaging and even smiled for photographs while holding a New York Giants helmet, but passed on a chance to have his photo taken with the Lombardi Trophy. He'll wait until Sunday, when his team - a 12-point underdog - takes on Belichick's undefeated New England Patriots. ``You have to believe that you have an opportunit |
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| Bills gear up for northern exposure after OK to play in Toronto |
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| ach of the next five seasons. The plan also includes three Bills preseason games - one every other year starting this season - in Toronto during that stretch. The NFL has played games outside the United States, most recently when Miami faced the New York Giants in London in October. But the Bills will be the league's first team to do it annually. In his pre-Super Bowl address to reporters, Goodell said the Bills' plan, first presented to league owners in October, ``was done thoughtfully to help regionali |
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| NFL planting trees, using clean energy to offset game's impact |
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| he land. And this year for the first time, Groh said the NFL partnered with travel Web site Expedia.com and San Francisco-based TerraPass Inc. to use ``carbon offsets'' to make up for the 571 tons of greenhouse gas created by the air travel of the New York Giants, the New England Patriots and the NFL staff. Groh said the NFL isn't claiming that these efforts totally offset the Super Bowl. ``When we talk about all these tree plantings, are 10,000 trees enough to absorb the carbon dioxide from all of our e |
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| Injured Giants player arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Arizona, sent home |
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PHOENIX (AP) -New York Giants backup defensive end Adrian Awasom was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving by Arizona state police early Friday. An officer with the Arizona Department of Public Safety stopped Awasom's vehicle at about 3 a.m. Friday on Interstate 10 in Phoenix, said Sgt. Tim Mason. Blood test results aren't yet available, Mason said, but Awasom was cited on suspicion of driving under the influence and extreme DUI and was released. Awasom, who arrived Thursday for Sunday's Super Bowl |
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| Super Bowl Facts and Figures |
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AT STAKE - National Football League Championship for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. PARTICIPANTS - New York Giants (NFC) and New England Patriots (AFC). This is the fourth appearance for the Giants and the sixth appearance for the Patriots. SITE - University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. This is the second Super Bowl played in Arizona and the first at this Stadium. SEATING CAPACITY - 70,500. DATE - Feb. 3, 2008. KICKOFF - 6:17 p.m. EST. NETWORK COVERAGE - By FOX-TV to more than 200 stations th |
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