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The Constitution guarantees a lot of freedoms, including football
Sentinel Columnist(Note: This is the text of the document ratified by the joint BCS/NFL Continental Congress at Canton, Ohio, on July 4, 2008.) When in the course of athletic events, it becomes necessary for one sport to dissolve the bands which have connected them with...Tags: Martha Washington, Football, Devin Hester, Paul Revere, O.J. Simpson
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On election night and at the gun: They shocked the world
Sentinel Staff WriterClichés are best avoided in speaking to and writing about sports, yet two fingernail-to-chalkboard beauties applied to Super Bowl XLII last February, and appeared as banner headlines in newspapers in America's largest city. "Nothing's impossible."...Tags: Football, Don Shula, St. Louis Rams, Super Bowl, New York Jets
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10 famous football upsets
Jan. 12, 1969 Jets 16, Colts 7 (Colts by 18) Joe Namath backs up his guarantee for AFL's first Super Bowl victory. All other upsets are playing for second. Feb. 3, 2008 Giants 17, Patriots 14 (Pats by 13 1/2 ) Eli Manning leads drive vs. unbeaten...Tags: Football, San Francisco 49ers, Randall Cunningham, Adam Vinatieri, Tony Dorsett
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Jets fans attend team's final practice at Hofstra
caitlin.strang@newsday.com; ERIK BOLANDWhen Carlos Rocha moved to the United States from Portugal almost 40 years ago, he was completely unfamiliar with American football. Then one day he witnessed a giant parade in New York celebrating a Jets victory. He enjoyed it so much, he decided to...Tags: Football, Long Island Rail Road, Wayne Chrebet, Brett Favre, Long Island
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After solid first start, Favre feels like a Jet
Brett Favre was having fun again. His tearful retirement and tumultuous offseason were tucked away in his memory. Favre was back where he's always been happiest: in the huddle with thousands of cheers providing a perfect soundtrack. "It's like...Tags: Football, Washington Redskins, Brett Favre, Thomas Jones, Multi-Sport Events
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Fans throng to Hofstra for Favre's 1st Jets practice
erik.boland@newsday.comJets owner Woody Johnson walked onto the practice field at Hofstra University early yesterday afternoon and took a moment to absorb his surroundings. Opposite where he was standing on the Jets practice field, the aluminum bleachers, which run from...Tags: Football, Michael Bloomberg, Washington Redskins, Brett Favre, Hofstra University
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Thanks to Favre, Jets finally matter again
wallace.matthews@newsday.comIt has only taken them 32 years, but the Jets have finally found a replacement for Joe Namath. At this stage of Brett Favre's career, probably not as a quarterback - it should be recalled that in last year's NFC Championship Game, it was Favre who...Tags: Football, Brett Favre, Super Bowl, New York Jets, National Football League
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Iconic Jets: First it was Namath, now it is Favre
BRETT FAVRE'S HALL OF FAME CAREER with the Packers began with the kind of slapstick moment that so many Jets quarterbacks have experienced over the years. He completed his first NFL pass - to himself. It was Sept. 13, 1992, in Tampa Bay, and Favre's...Tags: Football, Cancer, Brett Favre, Super Bowl, New York Jets
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Favre touches down in New York
AP Sports WriterBrett the Jet left the cheeseheads behind and got a few cheesecakes from the mayor in a big New York welcome. Brett Favre, the New York Jets' newest quarterback, was introduced to the city by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a packed City Hall news conference...Tags: Football, Brett Favre, Super Bowl, New York Jets, National Football League
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'Hell Ride'
rafer.guzman@newsday.com' Hell Ride," a low-budget spaghetti-biker movie, may have historical significance for connoisseurs of Z-grade garbage, whose unofficial president, Quentin Tarantino, executive-produced this film. Its writer-director is Larry Bishop, a veteran actor of...Tags: Movies, Crimes, Michael Madsen, Hell Ride, David Carradine
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Favre deal makes some Jets fans skeptical
neil.best@newsday.comBrett Favre is a football player first and foremost. So, in .theory, was Joe Namath, the only quarterback to lead the Jets to a Super Bowl and still the biggest name in franchise history. But to appreciate the potential impact of trading for Favre,...Tags: Football, Mark Messier, Brett Favre, Tickets, Super Bowl
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Pierre; Henry Van Middelem; Tommy Karn; Michael J. Pappillo; Alan Bernstein; Vinny Fiscella; Joe Krupinski; Steven Tourdo; Brian McCarron"Joe Namath called Brett Favre to see if he wanted to borrow his pantyhose." Mitchell H. Sloane Brightwaters "Brett Favre to the Jets! Talk about a Hail Mary play." Vincent Iammarino Syosset "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my...Tags: Football, Green Bay Packers, Brett Favre, Laveranues Coles, New York Jets
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