Tag Archive | "American Football"

Big East Notebook: Stewart Won’t Talk About Rodriguez Controversy

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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While most of the college football world is talking about the allegations against Michigan’s program and coach Rich Rodriguez for violating NCAA rules governing practice time, West Virginia coach Bill Stewart does not want in on the discussion. Stewart, a former Rodriguez assistant at West Virginia who succeeded Rodriguez when he left in 2007, was asked [...]

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Coaches Association Says Coaches Don’t Have to Turn Over Poll Ballots

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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Bobby Bowden has heard the fuss — there are fans who believe the USA Today coaches’ poll is fraught with bias — but the veteran coach believes in the poll’s integrity and feels the voting process should remain confidential. “It seems that it’s something that ought to be private, to me,” Bowden said Wednesday. [...]

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Sports Illustrated to Demand Coaches’ Ballots

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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When college football coaches decided that their little shred of transparency — making each coach’s final ballot public — was just too much sharing, there was some outcry over the decision to go back to anonymous balloting in 2010. All accountability and openness of the votes appeared to be out the window. Sports Illustrated has decided [...]

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Four Decades of Notre Dame Legends Ready to Take on … Japan?

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Joe Montana to Kris Haines — touchdown! Haines was Notre Dame’s leading pass receiver in 1978 with 32 catches for 699 yards, most of those coming from all-star quarterback Montana. In fact, Haines caught the game-winning touchdown from Montana as time ran out in the 1979 Cotton Bowl against Houston. It capped an amazing [...]

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Yes, Virginia: Detroit Lions Had a More-Hated GM Than Matt Millen

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Russ Thomas was a curmudgeonly soul, a sort of modern day Charles Dickens-type character. He walked with a limp and had an old, craggy face and seemed to live in a time about two generations before the rest of us. And he was tight-fisted with the cash that his boss charged him with overseeing. Thomas was the Lions’ [...]

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San Francisco 49ers and the All-American Football Conference (AAFC)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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  When World War II ended in 1945, the Bay Area was booming. Thousands of veterans were returning and opportunity was in the air. The vegetable gardens south of the city were bought up by Henry Doelger, whose thousands of side-by-side homes at Westlake Village inspired Malvina Reynolds to later write Pete Seeger’s song, “Little Boxes.” People [...]

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Wikipedia, A Resource For The Masses

Friday, June 5, 2009

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The Wikipedia page for Lars Tate - the father of MLB prospect Donovan Tate - is proof that you should believe absolutely everything that is found on the Interwebs: Lars Jamel Tate (born February 2, 1966 in Indianapolis, Indiana), is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the [...]

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How Jealousy Led to Die-Hard Giants Fandom

Thursday, May 21, 2009

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I can still remember the moment that started me on my way to becoming the Giants fan I am today.  It wasn’t a moment of excitement like going to my first game, a moment of heartbreak like losing the Super Bowl to my best friend’s Baltimore Ravens or a moment of intense joy like finally [...]

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Is the NFL Really Considering London as a Super Bowl Host?

Monday, May 4, 2009

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The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday that London officials have “received assurances from the NFL that…there is a commitment to bring the championship game to the capital in 2014.” The paper also said that an announcement will be made within the next 12 months. The report comes a week after Frank Supovitz, NFL senior vice president of [...]

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