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Giants Phillips not starting- yet
tom.rock@newsday.comKenny Phillips lifted his shirt and looked at his stomach. "Nope," he said, grinning. "No butterflies there." As he approaches his first NFL game, the first-round draft pick said he is excited about playing. Still, it's a surprise to those who saw him...Tags: Washington Redskins, Football, Jason Taylor, National Football League, New York Giants
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NFL Rule Changes Favor Defense
Rule Changes Coaches have a choice to make if they win the coin toss at the start of the game — take the ball or defer to the second half, just as they do in college. The coin toss deferral is one of several new rules, most of them geared to defense...Tags: Oakland Raiders, Football, National Football League, Death and Dying, Super Bowl
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Former Dolphins QB Daunte Culpepper retires
Sun-Sentinel.comThree-time Pro Bowl quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who played four games for the Dolphins in 2006 while attempting to come back from a devastating knee injury, announced his retirement from the NFL today. Culpepper, 31, has been unable to land a job in...Tags: Retirement, Football, Jacksonville Jaguars, Injuries, Cam Cameron
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Bucs add Sean Mahan to bolster O-line
The Buccaneers reached to their past to shore up the future on the offensive line Tuesday, acquiring Sean Mahan from Pittsburgh for an undisclosed 2009 draft pick. Mahan, a combo center/guard, was a fifth-round pick by Tampa Bay in '03 out of Notre...Tags: Football, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, Injuries, Art Shell
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QB Daunte Culpepper retires but does not go quietly
Sentinel ColumnistThe first two words of Daunte Culpepper's e-mail Thursday were shocking and sad and defiant and mad. "Farewell NFL." On the same day the NFL played its first game, one of the greatest names in Orlando sports history announced he had played his last one....Tags: History, Peyton Manning, Football, Daunte Culpepper, Miami Dolphins
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Jaguars' Collier shot, critically injured
Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier was shot and critically wounded outside a Jacksonville, Fla., apartment building about 2:45a.m. as he and former Jaguars teammate Kenneth Pettway waited for two women they met at a nightclub, police said. Collier,...Tags: Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, Maryland, Washington Redskins, Football
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NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies at age 63
WatchdogRIP, Gene Upshaw. Not to be disrespectful by mentioning something trivial compared to the news of Upshaw's death itself, but this is a sports media blog, so . . . A story such as this is exactly why ESPN instituted......Tags: ESPN
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John Madden remembers Gene Upshaw
WatchdogNBC analyst and former Raiders coach John Madden on the death of Gene Upshaw: "It was a real shock waking up this morning and hearing that Gene had passed away. And it was such a shock because we all talk......Tags: John Madden, NBC, National Football League
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NFL needs to remain global
Sentinel ColumnistThe long NFL season starts this week. We could be just a year away from a longer one. Although negotiations toward a new labor agreement won't commence until the union replaces Gene Upshaw -- funeral services for the late Hall of Famer and NFLPA...Tags: Football, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, Willie Anderson, New York Giants
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Saints' home seems in good shape
From Sun News ServicesThe Superdome, for now still scheduled to host an NFL regular-season opener Sunday between the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, appeared to be in good condition after the worst of Hurricane Gustav had passed, the stadium's operator said. "We'...Tags: Physical Fitness, Peyton Manning, Fernando Bryant, Football, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Manning will face Bears
Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy said Monday that Peyton Manning would start Sunday's season opener against the Bears. "I'm sure he'd rather have gone through training camp and gotten his normal reps," Dungy said. "But we've done it before, so I don't worry...Tags: San Francisco 49ers, Peyton Manning, Football, New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars
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Anderson likely to start Browns opener
Cleveland Browns QB Derek Anderson, sidelined since Aug. 18 with a concussion, returned to practice and is expected to start Sunday's season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. Browns Coach Romeo Crennel indicated that his Pro Bowl quarterback would...Tags: Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, Fernando Bryant, Football, Matt Hasselbeck
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