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Gigantic Dallas Stadium
Will Host Super Bowl

Appallingly large arena to hold 120,000, wins bid for 2011 NFL championship

May 23, 07 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dallas beat out Indianapolis and Arizona to secure the coveted hosting rights to the 2011 Super Bowl, largely due to the colossal capacity of the Cowboys' future stadium. The putative 120,000 seater could generate $27.6 million more in ticket sales than Indy's puny 73,000-seat venue. More »

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NFL • Dallas Cowboys • Dallas • Super Bowl • Super Bowl XLV • Jerry Jones • football • stadium • Arlington

Portis Defends Vick on Dog Fighting

"It's his property, it's
his dog," says Redskins running back

May 21, 07 9:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even if Michael Vick held stake in a dog fighting ring in rural Virginia, said Redskins running back Clinton Portis to a local television station, it's not a big deal. The embattled Atlanta signal caller owned property on which scarred dogs and dog fighting paraphernalia were discovered during a drug... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • Washington Redskins • Clinton Portis • football • animal cruelty • dogfighting • animal

Titans Mull Giving Keyshawn the Damn Ball

Colorful aging receiver will visit Tennessee after Carolina release

May 18, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thin at receiver, a young Tennessee Titans team may add leadership in the form of 34-year-old Keyshawn Johnson, who helped win a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay but is best known for a book entitled, "Just Give Me the Damn Ball," written after a frustrating rookie campaign. ... More »

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NFL • Keyshawn Johnson • Tennessee Titans • Carolina Panthers • football

T.O.: Parcells Taught Me 'Nothing'

Diva wideout blithely talks smack on Hall
of Fame coach

May 15, 07 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens is happy to see Bill Parcells gone.  After the famed disciplinarian made it clear in an interview that signing the controversial receiver was not his decision,Owens fired back, saying he had gotten "nothing" out of Parcells' tenure.  "A new head coach... More »

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NFL • Dallas Cowboys • Terrell Owens • Bill Parcells • football

Fed-Up Favre Wants a Trade

Aging gunslinger
irked that Packers passed on Moss

May 13, 07 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Packers signal caller and future HOFer Brett Favre privately demanded a trade last week, livid that Green Bay's management failed to acquire talented receiver Randy Moss. Moss had taken a pay cut to escape Oakland and join the now-terrifying offense of New England, and Favre felt the Packers could have... More »

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NFL • New England Patriots • Randy Moss • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • football • sports trade

In Pittsburgh,
the Crash Lingers

Injuries were not
all to the Steelers' quarterback

May 2, 07 10:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eleven months ago, Ben Roethlisberger was nearly killed in a motorcycle collision. Now, ESPN takes a look at the people who's lives were changed that day: the quarterback who wasn't wearing a helmet, the surgeon who became an overnight celebrity, the 62-year-old driver who failed to yield and learned... More »

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Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • crash • motorcycle

Raiders Trade Moss to Pats

Pats give up paltry fourth-round pick to continue offense upgrade

Apr 29, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hampered by a lack of receiving options last year, the Patriots are looking more and more terrifying in 2007 with the acquisition of talented but troubled receiver Randy Moss. Moss had been agitating to leave a humorously dysfunctional relationship with the Raiders, who have also succeeded in alienating budding star... More »

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sports • NFL • New England Patriots • Randy Moss • Oakland Raiders • football • Jerry Porter • sports trade

Home Team Puts Quinn Out Of His Misery

Browns trade up to
stop Brady's free fall through the first round

Apr 29, 07 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cleveland had the most active first day of the NFL draft, trading next year's first-round pick for Dallas's, at 22nd, and taking heralded pretty-boy Ohio native and Notre Dame signal caller Brady Quinn. This after the highly regarded, disturbingly photogenic prospect was publically rejected by 21 teams. More »

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NFL • Brady Quinn • Joe Thomas • Cleveland Browns • football • NFL draft

NFL Draft Features Backflipper

Gymnastic rapper, XXXXXXL defensive end considered a sleeper

Apr 24, 07 10:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Walter Thomas, a remarkably athletic 370-pound 21-year-old who performs backflips in moments of excitement, is generating buzz as the NFL draft approaches.  This despite the fact that Thomas has played in exactly two games in the past two years and was then arrested for conspiracy to commit robbery. More »

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NFL • Walter Thomas • football • NFL draft • draft

The Run to The NFL Starts Here

No one learns speed like kids chasing
rabbits in Florida sugarcane fields

Apr 20, 07 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There's a good reason Glades Central High School in Bell Glade, Florida, has produced 28 pro football players in the past 29 years. Refreshingly, it has nothing to do with steroids, high endurance training, or secret energy drinks, Eric Adelson testifies in ESPN.  Deep in the Everglades, kids run.... More »

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Florida • high school • Fred Taylor • Jacksonville Jaguars • football • Bell Glade

Draft Prospects Admit To Smoking Pot

NFL GMs hope to encourage candor, won't punish drug use

Apr 18, 07 10:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three of the most highly regarded prospects in the upcoming NFL draft—Calvin Johnson, Amobi Okoye, and Gaines Adams—admitted in interviews at the combine that they have used marijuana. Nevertheless, all three are considered to be free of the kind of dramatic character problems that have plagued the NFL... More »

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NFL • drugs • football • marijuana • Calvin Johnson • Amobi Okoye • Gaines Adams

Vince Young Now Officially Cursed

Young will appear
on video game cover,
risk bodily harm

Apr 17, 07 10:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Titans signal caller and former Longhorns phenom Vince Young will appear on the cover of Madden NFL 08, the newest edition of the wildly popular football video game. In so doing, he may be jeopardizing his career; appearances on the cover have historically led to injuries and heartbreak. More »

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NFL • Texas Longhorns • football • Vince Young • curse • video games

Bledsoe to
Hang 'em Up After 14 Years

Quarterback walks away rather than accept role as reserve

Apr 12, 07 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Quarterback Drew Bledsoe has decided to retire rather than play next season as a backup, ESPN’s Michael Smith reports. The number one overall pick in the 1993 draft was a free agent this off-season, but turned down offers from Cincinnati and Seattle to play a fifteenth year. More »

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NFL • Drew Bledsoe • Dallas Cowboys • New England Patriots • Buffalo Bills • football

NFL Commish Benches Bad-Boy Players

Pacman, Henry draw suspensions from   no-nonsense Goodell

Apr 11, 07 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has meted out a season-long suspension to Titans cornerback and police-blotter regular Adam "Pacman" Jones, plus an eight-game layoff for similarly intractable Bengals wideout Chris Henry.  Goodell, argues Len Pasquarelli, has thus broken with his more timid predecessor Paul Tagliabue and set the... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Chris Henry • football • Paul Tagliabue • Adam "Pacman" Jones

Monday Night Football Gets Face Lift

ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski to replace Joe Theismann as co-host

Mar 26, 07 11:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monday Night Football will swap one former NFL quarterback–turned–ESPN analyst for another this season when Ron Jaworski steps in for Joe Theismann. The network is looking to freshen up its hit show—cable's most-watched ever—which recently finished its first season on ESPN after more than three decades... More »

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sports • NFL • Ron Jaworski • ESPN • Joe Theismann • Monday Night Football • MNF • Toyn Kornheiser • Mike Tirico • CBS • Sports Emmy • Outstanding Live Sports Series • football

Texans Release Carr, Williams

Huston waives its two best-known players

Mar 25, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Houston Texans released their two best-known players today, quarterback David Carr and running back Domanick Williams (formerly Davis), after years of disappointing performances. More »

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sports • NFL • Houston Texans • Ron Dayne • Domanick Williams • Domanick Davis • Heisman Trophy • football • Houston

Texans Acquire Schaub for
Draft Picks

$48 million deal for Matt Schaub as starter

Mar 25, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former second-string Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Schaub will earn up to $48 million as starting quarterback for the Houston Texans the next six seasons. The Texans, meanwhile, are looking to shop David Carr, who had been the team's starter. In five years, Carr's QB rating was 75.5, and he... More »

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sports • NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Matt Schaub • Houston Texans • Texas • Atlanta • Georgia • football • Houston

Faulty Knee Forces Faulk Out

Former Colts and Rams running back will announce retirement Monday

Mar 23, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The knee injury that sidelined Marshall Faulk last season has officially ended his career. Faulk will announce his retirement Monday, March 26, at the NFL owners' meetings. Faulk retires ninth in all-time NFL career rushing with 12,279 yards, and tied for sixth with 100 touchdowns. In 2000, he ran... More »

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sports • Marshall Faulk • NFL • Indianapolis Colts • St. Louis Rams • NFL Network • NFL MVP • football • Indianapolis • St. Louis

Brawl Could
Cost Pacman
2007 Season

Lawless behavior may earn him a seat on the bench, says Goodell

Mar 22, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman'' Jones may be forced to sit out the 2007 season as the first casualty of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's off-field conduct crackdown. More than 50 NFL players have been arrested since January 2006, prompting Goodell to push tougher punishments, even for those like Jones... More »

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sports • NFL • Roger Goodell • Tennessee Titans • football • strip club • Adam "Pacman" Jones

Goodall Wants To Get Tough

NFL commissioner  seeks fast response
to off-field woes

Mar 22, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - NFL Commisioner Roger Goodell could respond more quickly and decisively to off-field disciplinary issues with a change in league rules proposed in response to legal messes players got into last season. Goodell will introduce the idea in a league meeting next week. More »

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sports • NFL • San Francisco • Roger Goodell • football • Greg Aiello

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