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| Comrie lifts Isles over Caps in shootout |
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02/20/2008 |
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| n. Trent Hunter let a shot go from the right wing that ticked off Kolzig and skidded behind the net. Vasicek chased down the rebound and shoveled a backhander towards the crease. The puck slid up Kolzig's leg and in as he scrambled back to cover the near post. Game Notes The Islanders have won six of the last eight meetings...Former Washington Redskins running back John Riggins was in attendance...Caps forward Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's leading goal scorer, was held without a point and picked up a minus-two rating. |
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| Redskins re-sign long snapper Albright |
NFL Football |
02/20/2008 |
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| Ashburn, VA (Best E Casino) - The Washington Redskins re-signed Pro Bowl long snapper Ethan Albright to a contract Tuesday. Albright, who made his first trip to the Pro Bowl this season, is the first free-agent Redskin to re-sign with the team this offseason. Albright has played in all 16 games of every season since joining Washington in 2001. |
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| Pro Bowl long snapper Albright re-signs with Redskins |
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02/19/2008 |
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -Pro Bowl long snapper Ethan Albright re-signed with the Washington Redskins on Tuesday. Albright hasn't had a bad snap since joining the Redskins in 2001. He was one of three Washington representatives at this month's Pro Bowl, his first All-Star selection in his 12-year NFL career. Albright was signed as an undrafted free agent by Miami in 1994. He made his NFL debut with the Dolphins in 1995 and later played with Buffalo before joining the Redskins.Copyright © 2005 The Associated P |
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| Redskins name Smith offensive coordinator |
NFL Football |
02/16/2008 |
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| Landover, MD (Best E Casino) - The Washington Redskins named Sherman Smith their new offensive coordinator on Friday. Smith comes to Washington from the Tennessee Titans, where he spent the last 13 seasons coaching running backs. Last year, the Titans finished with the NFL's fifth-ranked rushing attack, averaging 13.8 yards per game. LenDale White paced the club with 1,110 yards on the ground, to go along with seven touchdowns. Chris Brown also picked up 462 yards behind a 4.5-yard rushing average. "Sherman will |
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| Titans' Sherman Smith joins Redskins as offensive coordinator |
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02/15/2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -The Washington Redskins completed their coaching staff under new coach Jim Zorn, hiring Sherman Smith as offensive coordinator Friday. Smith comes from the Tennessee Titans, where he was the running backs coach since 1995 as well as an assistant head coach for the last two seasons. ``It was a hard decision because I couldn't make a bad decision,'' Smith said. Smith said he was drawn by the chance to reunite with ex-teammate Zorn. The two played together for the Seahawks in the late 1970s |
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| McGee's former financial planner files for bankruptcy during lawsuit |
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02/15/2008 |
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| ute between McGee and his former agent, Terry Bolar. An NFL Players Association-appointed arbitrator ruled in Bolar's favor in April, determining McGee owed Bolar an additional $100,000 for negotiating the player's last contract. Bolar and current Washington Redskins assistant coach Jerry Gray are also named in the lawsuit. They're accused of conspiring in the scheme and having had opportunity to benefit from it by introducing McGee to Curry who, because of his criminal record, is not licensed to represent NFL p |
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| Redskins name Mitchell RB coach |
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02/13/2008 |
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| Ashburn, VA (Best E Casino) - The Washington Redskins continued to fill out new head coach Jim Zorn's staff Wednesday, naming Stump Mitchell to the position of assistant head coach-running backs. The team also announced that Earnest Byner, Washington's running backs coach from 2004-2007, would not be retained. Mitchell comes to the Redskins after nine seasons as the running backs coach with the Seahawks, where Zorn was the quarterbacks coach before coming to the Redskins. During his tenure in Seattle, Seahawks r |
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| Redskins add Mitchell as RBs coach, await word from Sherman Smith |
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02/13/2008 |
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -Stump Mitchell followed Jim Zorn to the Washington Redskins on Wednesday, joining the team as running backs coach. Mitchell, the Seattle Seahawks running back coach since 1999, will also have the title of assistant head coach with the Redskins. He and Zorn worked together on the Seahawks staff from 2001 through last season. ``He's been a running back in this league, and I know him very well,'' Zorn said. ``And I know how he teaches. He's an excellent teacher.'' Mitchell played nine NFL |
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| Redskins add 2 assistants for new coach Zorn |
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02/11/2008 |
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -Newly hired Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn added John Palermo to coach the defensive line and Chris Meidt as an offensive assistant Monday. Palermo spent last season as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Tennessee Tech. He previously coached at the University of Miami and spent 14 years as an assistant at Wisconsin. His other stops have included Minnesota, Appalachian State, Memphis State and Austin Peay, where he was head coach in 1990. Palermo fills the vacancy creat |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Zorn, Redskins, Must Get Up To Speed |
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02/11/2008 |
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| ocking." Ultimately, however, we all know that Zorn's success will be measured more by wins and losses than by whatever head-scratching sound bytes he might offer our way in the future. If Zorn loses two out of every three games as head coach of the Washington Redskins, as Dennehy did at Utah State, he's not going to last five years under enigmatic owner Daniel Snyder. We say enigmatic because up to this point, we thought we had Snyder figured out. You know - greedy little creep, doesn't let his own fans get withi |
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