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| NFL owners opt out of labor agreement |
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05/20/2008 |
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| >For example, offensive tackle Jake Long, taken first in the NFL draft last month, got $30 million guaranteed before playing an NFL game. David Diehl, a fifth-round pick in 2003 who has started every game of his career and played left tackle for the New York Giants in their Super Bowl victory, signed a six-year $31 million extension with less than half of that guaranteed. But Upshaw, who opposes cutting rookie salaries, contended those huge figures go only to the top ten draft picks. And he said the big mone |
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| Cowboys sign Barber, Newman through 2014 |
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05/20/2008 |
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| fan favorite. And a Pro Bowler. He ran for 975 yards and 10 touchdowns last year, plus had 44 catches for 282 yards and two touchdowns. Acknowledging he'd be the starter in 2008, the Cowboys moved him into the lineup for a playoff game against the New York Giants. He responded with a career-high 129 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 27 carries. Barber split carries in college at Minnesota and with Jones his first three seasons. Despite the big bucks, he still won't carry the full load as Dallas used i |
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| Owners may opt out of labor deal next week |
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05/16/2008 |
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| a new deal. And if a vote is taken, 24 of the 32 teams would have to vote to extend it, something that is highly unlikely to happen. One problem, league officials note, are rising and unpredictable bond rates, which leave teams like Dallas and the New York Giants and Jets, who are building new stadiums, with rising costs and rising debt on their bonds. The Cowboys' Stadium is scheduled to open next season and host the 2011 Super Bowl and the new facility for the New York teams is scheduled to open in 2010.Co |
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| Belichick: 'There was no deception' in videotaping opponents |
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05/16/2008 |
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| have any knowledge of football. He was our third video assistant.'' Belichick's comments came on the same day the Boston Herald printed a front-page apology by reporter John Tomase, who wrote on the day before New England's Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants this year that the Patriots had taped the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough before the 2002 NFL title game. Under the headline: ``How it went wrong,'' Tomase wrote that he heard rumors the team's cheating was more widespread than the league had already |
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| Boston Herald reporter expresses regret over Spygate story |
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05/16/2008 |
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| iled to keep challenging what I had been told,'' wrote John Tomase in Friday's editions of the newspaper. Tomase explained what led up to the publication of the Feb. 2 story, which appeared one day before the Patriots' 17-14 Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants. The Herald on Wednesday apologized for the story, after former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh told NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he did not tape the walkthrough and did not know of anyone who had. Tomase wrote that he first heard rumor |
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| Kraft feels vindicated by Boston Herald apology |
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05/14/2008 |
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| .'' The apology, he said in a telephone interview, ``was sort of a vindication of what's gone on since September.'' The Herald story about the alleged taping of the walkthrough was published the day before the Patriots lost the Super Bowl to the New York Giants 17-14, ending New England's bid for a 19-0 season. The Patriots had won the 2002 Super Bowl against the Rams 20-17, their first of three championships. Kraft said he didn't think the report and NFL investigation would leave a lasting stain on his |
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| Kearse: Chip on his shoulder now boulder of motivation |
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05/14/2008 |
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| e team forced to rebuild by salary cap woes. Now his motivation is proving that he is the defensive end who had four sacks in two games in 2006 before he tore multiple ligaments in his left knee during Philadelphia's overtime loss in Week 2 to the New York Giants. Kearse returned in 2007, but struggled with swelling in the knee. He had only four sacks in 14 games. Now, Kearse says he's feeling fine. ``It's just a chance for me to prove to everyone no matter the speculation on whatever they've been hearin |
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| Kraft pleased with Boston Herald's apology |
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05/14/2008 |
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| ' Kraft said in an interview with The Associated Press. He also said he doesn't know why former New England video assistant Matt Walsh didn't refute the story soon after it came out on Feb. 2, the day before the Patriots lost the Super Bowl to the New York Giants, 17-14, ruining their quest for an unbeaten season. ``I must compliment the Boston Herald for doing what is unprecedented in terms of recognizing their error in a major way,'' Kraft said. ``I'm really delighted with that, but I wish it never happe |
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| Newspaper says Spygate story false, apologizes |
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05/14/2008 |
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| s. Walsh told Goodell he did not tape the walkthrough and had no knowledge that any other Patriots employees did so. The Herald's story cited unidentified sources and was released Feb. 2, one day before New England's 17-14 Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants. In the apology, published in the newspaper's Wednesday edition and posted on its Web site, the Herald said the story was based on sources ``it believed to be credible.'' ``We now know that this report was false, and that no tape of the walkthro |
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| Mets' new stadium shaping up |
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05/13/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -The Mets' new stadium is starting to look like a ballpark. Rows of seats, forest green in tribute to the New York Giants' Polo Grounds, have been installed in the right field upper deck at Citi Field. While the playing field was still a busy construction zone Tuesday, with the home-plate area boxed by orange netting, steel trusses for the two enormous high definition video boards, one 70-by-40 feet, were in place beyond center and right-center fields. And distance markers - it's 408 to |
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