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movie review

 Bullock Shines in 
 Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side  

Football chick flick lacks suspense, delivers happy ending

6 hours, 38 minutes ago
(Newser) - The Blind Side lacks inherent suspense—it's based on the true story of Michael Oher, a rookie offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. But the tale of a homeless African-American teen adopted by big-hearted white yuppies, at bottom a Sandra Bullock vehicle, goes over big in football country.
  • Writer-director
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entertainment • NFL • film • football • movie review • Tim McGraw • Baltimore Ravens • movies • Sandra Bullock • high school football • college football • sports movie • National Football League • pro football • The Blind Side • The Blind Side review • Quinton Aaron • John Lee Hancock

LeBron in NFL? Browns Coach Says Suit Up

Woeful Cleveland willing to give NBA star a shot

Nov 18, 09 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - If LeBron James really wants to try football, Eric Mangini will find room on his roster. “I think he should come on down,” the Browns coach tells the Cleveland Plain Dealer . “The guy’s a freak athletically.” James may be an NBA star now, but... More »

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NBA • NFL • basketball • LeBron James • Cleveland Cavaliers • Brady Quinn • Cleveland Browns • football • Eric Mangini

octogenarians gone wild


 NFL Fines Titans 
 Owner $250K for 
 Flipping Bird 

Tennessee's Bud Adams dinged for 'detrimental' conduct

Nov 16, 09 6:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The NFL fined 86-year-old Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for "conduct detrimental to the league"—namely, flipping the bird toward the Buffalo Bills' sideline in the waning moments of yesterday's 41-17 Tennessee victory. He later repeated the display on the field, the Tennessean reports. "I... More »

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NFL • Buffalo Bills • Tennessee Titans • fines • fine • National Football League • pro football • Bud Adams • obscene gesture • middle finger • Titans owner fined • Bud Adams fined • Bud Adams NFL fine • flip the bird

 Pats Lose on Belichick Stunner 

Colts capitalize on fourth-down screw-up

Nov 16, 09 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Belichick’s vaunted genius got the better of him last night, when a gutsy fourth-down gamble cost the Patriots a win in Indianapolis. Up by six with 2:08 left on the clock, New England decided to go for it on fourth-and-two from its own 28. Kevin Faulk made... More »

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NFL • Indianapolis Colts • New England Patriots • Peyton Manning • Tom Brady • Rodney Harrison • Bill Belichick

paging janet jackson

 The Who Bound for 
 Super Bowl: Source 

British band will rock halftime show, says source, but NFL won't confirm

Nov 13, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The Who may be joining the ranks of recent Super Bowl performers Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and Prince. A source tells Sports Illustrated the British rockers will play the Feb. 7 halftime show, but an NFL rep says only, “When we have something to announce, we’ll announce it.... More »

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entertainment • Paul McCartney • NFL • Super Bowl • Bruce Springsteen • Prince • The Who • halftime • pro football

 NFL Scores Ratings Touchdown 

Recession keeps people on couch on Sunday

Nov 6, 09 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - NFL ratings are through the roof this year, as the recession keeps fans on the couch on Sunday afternoons...and Sunday nights and Monday nights. Ratings are at a 20-year high, with an average 17.2 million watching each game. “The NFL and television are actually getting the so-called... More »

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NFL • football • recession • TV ratings • Robert Kraft

 Jets Star 
 Charged 
 With Assault 

Braylon Edwards could face jail, suspension in club bust

Oct 27, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jets receiver Braylon Edwards could be catching a sentence of up to 6 months in jail for an alleged assault outside a Cleveland nightclub. Edwards, who may also face suspension from the NFL, is accused of punching a friend of NBA star LeBron James in the incident earlier this month,... More »

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Iraq • NFL • LeBron James • Cleveland Browns • New York Jets • assault

(inter)national football league

 Patriots Rule 
 Brittania, Bucs 

New England cruises past winless Tampa Bay, 35-7

Oct 25, 09 5:11 PM CDT
(AP) - Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes and had more than 300 yards as the Patriots (5-2) beat the winless (0-7) Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 35-7, today at Wembley Stadium in the NFL's third regular-season game at the iconic London venue. The game drew a sellout crowd of 84,254. NFL commissioner... More »

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NFL • London • Manchester United • Roger Goodell • New England Patriots • Tennessee Titans • England • Tom Brady • Liverpool • English Premier League • Chelsea • Tampa Bay Buccaneers • Wembley Stadium • National Football League • Brandon Meriweather

 McNair-Kazemi Texts Released 

As CBS questions investigation, police paint Sahel Kazemi as unstable

Oct 20, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nashville police released 50 text messages between Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi, the woman they believe killed him before killing herself, last night—on the heels of a CBS Early Show report claiming the investigation was flawed, the AP reports. The text messages show McNair transferred $2,000 into... More »

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NFL • murder • murder-suicide • Steve McNair • Sahel Kazemi

 Beck Weeps for 
 'Simpler America' 

He recalls kinder, gentler football players

Oct 16, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck had a weepy "Kodak moment" when he shared old commercials with viewers yesterday and recalled a "simpler" America when "we used to be united." One of the oldie ads he played—a day after fellow right-wing commentator Rush Limbaugh was bounced from a Rams... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Kodak • commercials • Glenn Beck • right wingers • New Coke

nate silver

 Rush Got Bum Rap 
 on  Racist Slurs 


Face it, liberal media: Claims he said that stuff look pretty bogus

Oct 15, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is getting such a raw deal in the media that even Nate Silver—who got his start on the Daily Kos—has come to his defense. Lately CNN and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch have repeated racist statements that appear to be "completely made up," Silver... More »

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media • NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • race relations • CNN • Nate Silver • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

 'Race Hammers' 
 Crushed Rush 
 Deal: O'Reilly 

Limbaugh 'should sue' NBC, CNN for '1984 attack'

Oct 15, 09 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Thought police" in the media who have unfairly skewered Rush Limbaugh as a racist spoiled his bid to become an owner of the Rams, charged right-wing media maven Bill O'Reilly. Now that he's been dumped from the buyers' group after the controversy over his participation, Limbaugh should sue media... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Bill O'Reilly • Rush Limbaugh • right-wing media • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

No NFL Team
for Rush: Investors Dropping Him

Controversy too intense, say sources

Oct 14, 09 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like Rush Limbaugh's hope of becoming an NFL owner is kaput. Dave Checketts—the man putting together a team of investors to buy the St. Louis Rams—is dropping Limbaugh, three league sources tell ESPN. Checketts, who already owns the St. Louis Blues, has concluded that the... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • Dave Checketts

Columnist Backtracks, Slightly, on Limbaugh Quote

Rush still has no business trying to own the Rams

Oct 14, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Columnist Bryan Burwell acknowledges that he is among those who ran with an old quote attributed to Rush Limbaugh on the "merits" of slavery without verifying it. Limbaugh insists he never said it, and Burwell is fine taking him at his word on that. It doesn't change his view... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • football • slavery • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

glossies

 Dog Fighting, Football 
 Share Brutal Similarities 

We despise one and love the other. But willful injury is inherent to both

Oct 13, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Malcolm Gladwell is serious when he asks the question, in the New Yorker, whether football is really any different from dog fighting. He doesn't just mean that both inflict grievous injury to combatants—though the brain damage sustained by football linemen takes considerably longer to kill them—but that there... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • football • Malcolm Gladwell • dog fighting • chronic traumatic encephalopathy • linemen

Colts Owner, NFL Chief Slam Limbaugh Comments

Rush's bid to be an NFL owner looks unlikely

Oct 13, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh's bid for the St. Louis Rams is looking increasingly hopeless: Colts owner Jim Irsay said today he "couldn't even think of voting for him" and didn't plan on discussing the bid with other NFL owners, reports NBC's Pro Football Talk. "I'm very sensitive to know... More »

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NFL • Indianapolis Colts • St. Louis Rams • Roger Goodell • Rush Limbaugh • Jim Irsay

 Gangs, Race, and 
 More Limbaugh 
 NFL Slams 

Talk show host has repeatedly bashed players and culture of football league

Oct 12, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Sharpton has urged the NFL to block Rush Limbaugh's purchase of the St. Louis Rams, calling him “anti-NFL.” Sharpton was particularly disturbed, Politico reports, by a “recent statement that the NFL was beginning to look like a fight between the Crips and the Bloods without the... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Al Sharpton • Rush Limbaugh • Crips • racism • Bloods • gang violence • Donovan McNabb • pro football • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

 NFL Union 
 Boss Rips 
 Rush 'Hatred' 

Exec director urges players to speak up about Limbaugh's potential Rams purchase

Oct 12, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An email from the head of the NFL players union has blasted a potential purchase of the Rams by Rush Limbaugh, complaining that the right-winger's brand of "hatred and discrimination" have no place in sports. "Sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • football • team • football player

 Limbaugh Bids 
 to Buy Lowly Rams 

Along with NHL/MLS owner Dave Checketts

Oct 6, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is teaming with Dave Checketts, owner of the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, in a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh confirmed the bid but refused to elaborate. “The Rams would be a great team to have,” he previously told the St. Louis ... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • football • St. Louis Blues • Dave Checketts

 Most Underpaid Athletes 

Even LeBron James makes the list—relatively speaking, of course

Oct 3, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you set aside the fact that even the minimum-earning NBA player ($457,558) is still in the top 1% of American earners, you can appreciate that some sports standouts are relatively underpaid. Yahoo! Sports lists some of the biggies:
  • Tim Lincecum, MLB, San Francisco Giants: Though he’s
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sports • NBA • NFL • MLB • NHL • LeBron James • Martin Brodeur • Mark Reynolds • Adrian Peterson • Joe Flacco • Rajon Rondo • sports salaries • Zack Greinke • Hanley Ramirez • Tim Lincecum • US athletes • Elvis Dumervil

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