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Time for Prayers: One of FAU's original coaches has cancer
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsSome sad news came out Monday. Fred O???Connor, former assistant coach and current radio color guy for FAU football, has been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. 5px 0px;" /> Fred, 72, was one of the original assistant coaches, starting out......Tags: O.J. Simpson, Howard Schnellenberger, John Riggins, San Francisco 49ers, Human Interest
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In the news...
Roch Around the ClockMajor League Baseball celebrated another historic moment last night, this one coming from an esteemed member of the Cincinnati Reds. One of the true greats of the game has joined an exclusive club. Paul Bako had the first multi-homer game of......Tags: Paul Bako, Chicago Bears, Baltimore Orioles, Ken Griffey Jr., Jay Gibbons
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Barack Obama likes Julius Erving, Chisox
WatchdogBarack Obama played basketball with and talked to Stuart Scott of ESPN last week in North Carolina, an interview that will debut on the 6 p.m. Monday SportsCenter. Obama has a chance to become the best basketball player in the......Tags: Wrigley Field, Politics, Chicago Cubs, National Government, Human Rights
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Baugh, perhaps greatest ever, dies at 94
O, by the WaySports fans love to talk in superlatives, especially who was the greatest in a given sport. Ruth in baseball. Gretzky in hockey. And then there are the debates. Jordan or Chamberlain? Bobby Jones or Tiger Woods? The differences in eras......Tags: Jim Thorpe, Washington Redskins, John Madden, Super Bowl, Sammy Baugh
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See ya, Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony
WatchdogRIP Hoosier/RCA Dome. Click below for my favorite memory of the place - Hint: it's from early spring, 1991 - and feel free to offer yours in the comments section.......Tags: Multi-Sport Events, NCAA Tournaments, Stacey Augmon, Sports, Larry Johnson
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NFL Network goes Cowboys-crazy Saturday
WatchdogThe NFL Network might sneak in a Cowboys-related show or two Saturday as the football world bids adieu to Texas Stadium. For example . . . 6:00 AM - America???s Game: 1971 Dallas Cowboys 7:00 AM - America???s Game: 1977......Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Troy Aikman, Ray Lewis, Philadelphia Eagles, All Stars
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ESPN promotes South Dakota tourism or something
WatchdogESPN's latest "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" release doesn't make much more sense to me than the last one. It appears Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Joe Namath and Manhasset's own Jim Brown will represent New York in this feature. I'm not......Tags: Brett Favre, Track Cycling, Willie Mays, Jim Ryun, Jackie Robinson
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Illinois secures Mt. Rushmore honors from ESPN
WatchdogWe lost to Pennsylvania again! New York finished fourth in the final voting for ESPN's "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" feature, which was won by Illinois (Michael Jordan, Walter Payton, Ernie Banks, Mike Ditka) with 28.6 percent of the vote. Pennsylvania......Tags: Mario Lemieux, California, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson
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It's fitting Urlacher ends career as lifelong Bear
There will be no purple smudge on the accomplishments of Brian Urlacher. The sight of him with some sort of cat or bird on his helmet never will make anyone wince. He will not have that moment when he makes us recall Willie Mays with the Mets....
Tags: Chicago Bears, Charles Woodson, Brian Urlacher, Max Starks, Dwight Freeney
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Former Bears lineman struggles in recovery from stroke
The silence in room 401 created peace and serenity. Former Bears guard Revie Sorey suffered a massive stroke on March 25, 2012, leaving the once eloquent and enthusiastic community leader barely able to utter a word. I visited my rehabbing friend...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Memory Loss, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Pancreatic Cancer, Physical Conditions
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One year later, Duerson's family still coping
On Friday, a mother and her four children will drive to South Bend, Ind., to place flowers by a mausoleum.
They will say a prayer.
They will drive away, break bread, and then they will turn the page.
That is how Alicia Duerson and her children —...Tags: White House, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Medical Research, Dave Duerson, San Francisco 49ers
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Bears appear to have leverage in money battle with Forte
Sometimes it seems the closer the Bears get to training camp, the further they are from signing Matt Forte to a new contract. In fairness, negotiations have been hush-hush, so we really don't know where the sides are. But the outward signs are not...
Tags: Tennessee Titans, Jerry Angelo, Career and Workplace, Maurice Jones-Drew, Philadelphia Eagles
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