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| Strahan goes out on top |
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06/10/2008 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (Best E Casino) - New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan made it official on Tuesday, announcing his retirement after a 15-year career that ended with a Super Bowl triumph. "I am able to leave as a champion, able to leave as a New York Giant -- 15 years as a Giant. The only uniform I've ever known," Strahan said Tuesday. Strahan said he first thought about coming back for a 16th season following the team's stunning victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII last Febru |
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| BBC to offer live coverage of NFL's second Wembley game |
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06/10/2008 |
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| ffer live television coverage of the Oct. 26 regular-season game between the San Diego Chargers and the New Orleans Saints at Wembley Stadium. Last year's live telecast of the first NFL regular-season game played outside North America, between the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins, was only on Sky Sports - a satellite subscription channel. The Chargers-Saints game will start on one of the BBC's main channels, BBC Two, and switch after two hours to BBC Three, a digital channel with lower audience reach |
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| Giants DE Michael Strahan retires, surprises team |
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06/10/2008 |
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| N.J. (AP) -Michael Strahan is going out a winner after 15 seasons. The gap-toothed defensive end who went to seven Pro Bowls and recorded the fifth- most sacks in NFL history ended his almost certain Hall of Fame career on Monday by informing the New York Giants that he planned to retire just four months after helping them win the Super Bowl. ``I know there are a lot of tackles in the league getting excited right now,'' said receiver Amani Toomer, who played 12 seasons with the guy everyone called ``Stray |
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| Giants' Michael Strahan retires |
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06/09/2008 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Michael Strahan had what he wanted - a Super Bowl championship to add to a resume featuring seven Pro Bowls and two sack records. Now it was time to leave football and leave the New York Giants after 15 years in the NFL. Four months after a stunning Super Bowl victory over the previously unbeaten New England Patriots, the 36-year-old Strahan informed Giants co-owner John Mara he was done. He will be walking away from a $4 million contract for the 2008 season. ``I told him he' |
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| Report: Giants' Strahan set to retire |
NFL Football |
06/09/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - New York Giants star defensive end Michael Strahan will retire from the NFL, according to FOXSports.com. Strahan reportedly wanted to finalize his decision before the defending Super Bowl champs gathered for mini-camp. "It was important that my teammates knew which way I was going before they got on the field to start the work to defend our title," Strahan told the Web site. "It's time. I'm done." A six-time All-Pro, Strahan is the Giants' all-time sack leader with 141 1/2 s |
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| Giants defensive end Michael Strahan to retire |
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06/09/2008 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan is retiring after a 15-year career, capped by a Super Bowl title with the New York Giants in February. The 36-year-old Strahan, the NFL's active leader in sacks, informed the Giants on Monday. ``I'm just finding out about it; let me get organized,'' coach Tom Coughlin said after a team offseason workout. Strahan's retirement first was reported by Foxsports.com ``It was important that my teammates knew which way I was going |
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| Tom Brady jokes that he's still slow after ankle injury |
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06/07/2008 |
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| ew York wearing a protective boot two weeks before the Super Bowl. The passing combos of Brady to Randy Moss and Wes Welker helped the Patriots go unbeaten in the regular season and two playoff games. But they were stunned in the Super Bowl by the New York Giants, 17-14. Brady says the Patriots have moved on from the disappointing loss and are looking forward to improve in the next six weeks and then getting back together at the end of July month for training camp. ``There are a lot of new guys who weren |
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| Tom Brady says he still is slowed by ankle injury |
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06/07/2008 |
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| FC championship game. He was photographed in New York wearing a protective boot two weeks before the Super Bowl. Brady led the Patriots to an unbeaten record in the regular season and two playoff games, but they lost 17-14 in the Super Bowl to the New York Giants. ``In life, you don't reflect too much on what happened in the past. You try to learn from it and build on it,'' Brady said. ``We can only control what we did today, which in this case was a really good practice.''Copyright © 2005 The Associa |
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| Chipper Jones: .400 and holding on |
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06/07/2008 |
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| lems with the press, but he never faced the sort of media onslaught that follows anyone trying to do something out of the ordinary in this era. Besides, the year he batted .406, it had only been 11 years since the last .400 hitter (Bill Terry of the New York Giants in 1930). ``The type of pressure that would be on a hitter today wasn't on Ted in that way,'' Doerr said. The 36-year-old Jones has another factor working against him: He rarely beats out infield hits, having battled leg and foot problems the pa |
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| AP Photo of June 5: NY180 |
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06/06/2008 |
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| lems with the press, but he never faced the sort of media onslaught that follows anyone trying to do something out of the ordinary in this era. Besides, the year he batted .406, it had only been 11 years since the last .400 hitter (Bill Terry of the New York Giants in 1930). ``The type of pressure that would be on a hitter today wasn't on Ted in that way,'' Doerr said. ``The press was conscious he was hitting .400, but now there would be a big cloud hanging over 'em.'' The 36-year-old Jones has another fac |
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