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Jets QB competition starts on first day of camp
erik.boland@newsday.comAn interception thrown during the first practice of training camp typically isn't cause for analysis or explanation. But there was Kellen Clemens after yesterday's morning practice going through a pick thrown to linebacker Eric Barton as if it had...Tags: Kellen Clemens, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Chad Pennington, Eric Barton
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Humble return to training camp for Giants
tom.rock@newsday.comALBANY - Plaxico Burress said nothing. That, in the Giants' eyes, might be a step in the right direction. The man who caught the game-winning touchdown pass in Super Bowl XLII added to last month's minicamp conflagration by telling reporters he was not...Tags: Shaun O'Hara, Contracts, Brandon Jacobs, Injuries, Plaxico Burress
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Coughlin uses memorable sayings to motivate Giants
bob.glauber@newsday.comTom Coughlin isn't quite sure when the memorable sayings - the ones from Confucius to Lincoln to Lombardi - became a part of his coaching lexicon. The seeds probably were planted when he was growing up playing football and became a star wingback at...Tags: National Football League, Brandon Jacobs, Ethics, National Basketball Association, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
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Colleagues, friends recall drowned FDNY firefighter
Special to NewsdayTo his buddies at the always-busy firehouse in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Martin Simmons was the go-to guy, the one person less-experienced firefighters could always count on in a dangerous situation. On the Nesconset street where he lived with his wife, Judi,...Tags: Kennedy Airport, Fire Department of New York, Christianity, Roman Catholic, Fires
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Packers in hold pattern on Favre's jersey
With Brett Favre's retirement up in the air, it goes without saying that the Green Bay Packers might have to put off retiring the three-time MVP's No. 4 jersey. The Packers had scheduled a ceremony to retire Favre's jersey in conjunction with the Sept. 8...Tags: Green Bay Packers, Retirement, Rod Smith, New England Patriots, Brett Favre
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Mangini giving Jets a break in practices - so far
Softer side? Eric Mangini said last week that his plan was for shorter practices - "under two hours," he said - a far cry from the marathon sessions representative of his first two seasons as Jets coach. But although yesterday's morning workout...Tags: Laveranues Coles, New York Jets, Brett Favre
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Report: Jets, top pick Gholston agree to deal
erik.boland@newsday.comLinebacker Vernon Gholston, the Jets' top draft pick, missed the first day of training camp, a total of two practices, but his absence isn't expected to last much beyond that. The Jets and Gholston, the No. 6 overall pick of April's draft, reportedly...Tags: Contracts, National Football League, New York Jets
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Shockey glad to be away from "circus"
The way Jeremy Shockey figures it, had he remained with the Giants, he couldn't win. "If I had gone back to the Giants, no matter what, it would have been a circus," the controversial tight end said yesterday in his first extensive remarks since being...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Super Bowl, Jeremy Shockey, New York Giants
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Lieberman joins ageless wonders' pantheon of sports
Brooklyn-born Nancy Lieberman, signed out of retirement to a seven-day contract by the WNBA's Detroit Shock, last night became the oldest competitive player in the league's 12-year history. Now 24 days past her 50th birthday, Lieberman vaults into the...Tags: Contracts, National Football League, Cleveland Indians, Gordie Howe, Martina Navratilova
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Illegal procedure charged at PSU
Of The Morning CallIt didn't catch the eye of coach Joe Paterno, but a Salisbury Township man's middle-of-the-night football workout at Penn State did draw a few spectators, all police officers. Daniel J. Costenbader, a junior on his way home early Thursday after bar-...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Law Enforcement, Court Administration, Health and Safety at School, Penn State Nittany Lions
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