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Larry Fitzgerald Sr. will have a unique Super Bowl week
WatchdogESPN's Rick Reilly on the guy with the most unusual sportswriting assignment in the history of the Super Bowl. Speaking of ESPN and The Big Game . . . click below for 2,100 words on the network's plans for covering......Tags: Kurt Warner, Brandon Jacobs, Vince Lombardi, Cris Carter, National Football League
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Next stop for Urlacher is Canton
Like he did to so many NFL running backs in 13 years, Brian Urlacher hit Chicago hard Wednesday morning. To many fans who have bought his jerseys and loved his game, it hurt like a helmet to the gut. Urlacher announced his retirement via Twitter,...
Tags: Brian Urlacher, Ray Lewis, National Football League, Chicago Bears, ESPN (tv network)
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Urlacher deserving of 54-gun salute
When Brian Urlacher held up that navy blue jersey for the first time on that April day in 2000, his face a little pimply and his scalp covered with closely cropped blond hair, no one had any idea what 54 would come to represent. After 13 seasons, it's...
Tags: Ray Lewis, National Football Conference, National Football League, Troy Polamalu, Green Bay Packers
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Bulls should root for Hawks to beat Dwight Homicide, er, Howard
I don’t need the Orlando-Atlanta series to go seven games so the winner supposedly will be too tired to challenge the Bulls. No, I just need Atlanta to win so Dwight Howard doesn’t show up and play ever dirtier on Derrick Rose than Indiana...Tags: Indiana Pacers, Jeff Foster, Atlanta Hawks, Derrick Rose, Stacey King
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More than anyone, Te'o fits Heisman ideal
Pity the poor assistant athletic director at Notre Dame who probably leafed through the NCAA manual to see if rules allow member institutions to cover shipping costs for student-athletes awarded more trophies than your kid's soccer team. Manti Te'o...Tags: Southeastern Conference, College Football, Heisman Trophy, ESPN (tv network), Collin Klein
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Warren Sapp: From picking oranges in Plymouth to Bucs Ring of Honor
TAMPA – "Just a little boy from Plymouth, Florida," Warren Sapp says, wiping away a single tear zigzagging down his cheek. A little boy who had a ginormous dream. "If they ain't laughing at your dreams," Sapp says, "you ain't dreamin' big...
Tags: National Football League, Chris Berman, Super Bowl, Oranges, ESPN (tv network)
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Bostic brings lot to Bears table
Jon Bostic may never be all that Brian Urlacher was. Or all that Mike Singletary, Dick Butkus or Bill George were. But the Bears, in the worst way, need him to be more than Dante Jones or Tom Hicks were. It's true there are no meager expectations...
Tags: Brian Urlacher, Detroit Lions, Stephen Paea, Phil Emery, D.J. Williams (football, linebacker)
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Reader Q&A: Bears mailbag
Who's the best edge rusher in the draft? RaiderNation4Life, from Twitter It’s Georgia’s Jarvis Jones. Forget about his slow 40 time. He has the burst to defeat a blocker, and he can close on the quarterback. He fits better in a 3-4 as an...
Tags: Phil Emery, National Football League, Gabe Carimi, Dan Hampton, Cedric Benson
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Phil Anschutz a game-changer in Los Angeles' bid for NFL
How sweet it is. Let the church bells ring. A suggestion for NFL fans in Los Angeles. Tonight over dinner, clink your cocktail glasses in toast to Phil Anschutz. We have just witnessed the most significant good-news story about the NFL and Los Angeles...
Tags: Roger Goodell, Football, Sports, Antonio Villaraigosa
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The Prospector: UM commit Ray Lewis III knows the expectations, and he's not concerned
You’ve got to hand it to Ray Lewis III. People expect things of him. That's what happens when you are the son and namesake of a future Pro Football Hall of Famer. Somehow, though, Ray Lewis III takes most everything in stride. Sure, he’s...
Tags: Ray Lewis, National Football League, Buck Gurley, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ray Lewis III
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Stanford-Wisconsin not exactly a matchup made in Rose Bowl heaven
The Rose Bowl pregame weather has been about as crummy as the seven combined losses for Stanford and Wisconsin. It's never good to make Dick Butkus, who made the game-clinching interception for Illinois in the 1964 game, slog through drenching rain...
Tags: Washington Huskies, Rose Bowl Game, College Football, Colorado Buffaloes, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Preston: Ray Lewis will retire as the greatest middle linebacker to play the game
There is really only one more appropriate ending for the Ravens' Ray Lewis, and that won't come for another five years when he takes his place in the NFL Hall of Fame as the greatest middle linebacker ever. Lewis, 37, made the announcement Wednesday...
Tags: Jack Lambert, Ray Lewis, National Football League, Eric Metcalf, Super Bowl
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