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Ex-Baltimore Colt has barbecue in the blood
Associated PressIf Southern culture is all about football and barbecue - with a dash of Elvis and catfish thrown in - then Alabama native Andy Nelson is probably the region's most distinguished ambassador to Maryland. Nelson, a former Memphis State University football...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Restaurant and Catering Industry, National Football League, New York Giants, Restaurants
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It's been 40 years since NBC called audible: Heidi
neil.best@newsday.comOf course Rose Szolnoki watched the TV movie "Heidi." Why wouldn't she have? As a Jets fan, she had been enjoying her team's game against the Raiders, which the Jets led 32-29 with about a minute left when NBC left Oakland for the Alps. There seemed...Tags: National Football League, George Blanda, Jim Turner, Washington Redskins, New York City Police Department
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Try to sound out Ravens; it all sounds same
Oh, the momentum the Ravens must be carrying into tomorrow's clash, right? "It's irrelevant," coach John Harbaugh insisted Monday. "Doesn't matter. We've got a road game this week playing the New York Giants." Well, at the very least, we can agree...Tags: Ray Lewis, New York Giants, National Football League, Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Colts
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Boomer Esiason voices concern about Troy Aikman
WatchdogOh, snap. I was hoping to avoid getting sucked into this matter of Boomer Esiason calling out Troy Aikman on WFAN and later WEEI for an alleged pro-Cowboys slant while calling Sunday's game. I have asked Troy about this so......Tags: Troy Aikman, Boomer Esiason
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Hot Topic: Bully for Bob Knight, or just a bully?
john.jeansonne@newsday.comNow that Bob Knight apparently has left the coaching scene for the last time, the sports world again is mulling an existential debate not unlike a central question in the nation's lively presidential campaigns: Whether it is better (as Machiavelli himself...Tags: Indiana University, Don Shula, Joe Paterno, Dustin Hoffman, John Murray
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Tackle who made daylight in '58
Sun ReporterIn a photo capturing the most famous moment of George Preas' football career, he's not even there. The picture, from 1958, shows Colts fullback Alan Ameche blasting through a hole for the winning touchdown in Baltimore's 23-17 sudden-death NFL...Tags: National Football League, New York Giants, Death and Dying, Diseases, Jim Parker
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18, 19 in horse race
Sun reporterAlex Hawkins sees it in the mannerisms, the way Peyton Manning sometimes cocks his helmet back on his head or the look on his face coming off the field. Gino Marchetti sees it in the way Manning stands in the pocket and in the way his shoulder pads sit...Tags: Johnny Unitas, National Football League, New York Giants, Peyton Manning, Gino Marchetti
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Vinny back in saddle
STAFF WRITERVinny Testaverde was getting reacquainted with his surroundings at Weeb Ewbank Hall yesterday when he was introduced to his new quarterbacks coach, Jeremy Bates. Testaverde, 41, immediately realized that he knew Bates, 29, who was a teenage ball boy in...Tags: Injuries, Jacksonville Jaguars, Chad Pennington, New York Jets, Jay Fiedler
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Ex-Colts assistant seen as coaching pioneer
Sun reporterIn four years as a young head coach at Johns Hopkins University, John Bridgers' football record was not distinguished: 10 victories, 21 defeats and one tie. There was no place to go but up. Bridgers, 84, died Friday at his home in Albuquerque, N.M.,...Tags: National Football League, Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Baltimore Colts, Baseball
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LI Sports: A Chronology
1664: The first organized sport in America, horse racing, begins when the first English Governor of New York, Richard Nicolls, establishes the Newmarket Course at Hempstead Plains, close to the present site of Roosevelt Raceway. The purpose was to...Tags: Jimmy Connors, New Jersey Nets, Jim Bunning, Arthur Ashe, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Schmitt: In the Middle Of Things
Staff WriterIT IS ALL TRUE, said John Schmitt, who was literally at the center of the Jets' hard-to-believe Super Bowl III win. Even the folklore is true. ``We were studying films of the Colts up to the Wednesday before the Super Bowl. Then Weeb wouldn't let us watch...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Schools, Basketball, High School Sports, Canadian Football
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The Jets At a Glance
First Game: Sept. 11, 1960. 27-3 home win over the Buffalo Bills Homes: Polo Grounds, 1960-63; Shea Stadium, 1964-83; Giants Stadium, 1984 Head Coaches: Sammy Baugh, 1960-61; Clyde Turner, 1962; Weeb Ewbank, 1963-73; Charley Winner, 1974-75; Ken...Tags: New York Giants, National Football League, Society, Joe Klecko, Ceremonies
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