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Cutler struggles as Bears drop NFC title game
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears were rallying behind a young quarterback, forcing the Green Bay Packers to sweat out what looked like an easy win with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.
No, it wasn't Jay Cutler leading the charge.
The...Tags: Football, Injuries and Wounds, Wrigley Field, Green Bay Packers, Brian Urlacher
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Do not confuse antique tobacco jars with cookie jars
The first U.S. Surgeon General warning on tobacco products was required in 1964. Tobacco was labeled as bad for your health. Americans were soon using fewer tobacco products, like cigarettes, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco and cigars. In the late...Tags: Auction Service, Tobacco Products, Donald Duck (fictional animal), World War II (1939-1945), Japan
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Bounty hunters are not new in the NFL
There they were Sunday night, during the televised NFL game, their pictures flashed to a nation of TV viewers, with penalties incurred listed below. They were three known New Orleans Saints evildoers. They might just as well have been on the wall of a...
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Sports Legend Revealed: Did Red Holzman get his start in pro basketball due to the fact he was Jewish?
The Fabulous ForumBASKETBALL LEGEND: Red Holzman got his start in professional basketball due to the fact that he was Jewish. STATUS: Basically True. William "Red" Holzman was one of the most successful coaches in the history of the NBA. He coached the...... -
Jim Murray, March 29, 1961
The Daily MirrorJim Murray on Otto Graham: Crazy Otto is still bucking a trend. Where Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin and other of his contemporaries in the NFL have chosen glamour jobs in the pro game, Crazy Otto has picked the head coaching job and athletic... -
New reminder of price NFL retirees pay
Joe "The Jet" Perry died and Fred "Curly" Morrison got a little sadder. They had lots in common. Perry was 84 when he died last week in Tempe, Ariz. Morrison is 84 and lives in Murrieta, Calif. Both were star pro running backs in the 1950s, Perry...Tags: Football, Injuries and Wounds, National Football League, Health, Sports
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August 27: Author - Taylor Bell Talks About His Book Dusty, Deek, and Mr. Do-Right: High School Football in Illinois
WGN NewsTaylor Bell From small towns like Metamora, Aledo, and Carthage to East St. Louis and Chicago's South Side, Illinois's high school football fields have been the proving ground for such future stars as Dick Butkus, Red Grange, and Otto Graham. In Dusty,...Tags: Education, Dick Butkus, High Schools, Social Issues, Racism
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Highlights Of George Steinbrenner's Career As Owner Of The New York Yankees
Jan. 3, 1973 - Heads group that purchases Yankees from CBS Inc.
Sept. 30, 1973 - Manager Ralph Houk resigns, the first of 20 managerial changes under Steinbrenner through 1995.
Aug. 30, 1974 - Fined $15,000 by U.S. District Court in Cleveland...Tags: Football, Health, Chicago White Sox, Government, Joe Girardi
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Yankees Owner Steinbrenner Dies
Web ReporterHe was baseball's bombastic Boss. He rebuilt the New York Yankees dynasty, ushering in the era of multimillion-dollar salaries and accepting nothing less in return than World Series championships. He fired managers. Rehired them. And fired them again....Tags: Football, Seinfeld (tv program), Health, Elections, Joe Girardi
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Dante 'Gluefingers' Lavelli dies at 85; sure-handed Cleveland Browns receiver
Associated PressHall of Famer Dante "Gluefingers" Lavelli, a sure-handed receiver who helped the Cleveland Browns build a pro football dynasty in the 1940s and '50s, died Tuesday night at a Cleveland hospital. He was 85. Lavelli had been hospitalized with congestive...Tags: Lou Groza, Football, Paul Brown, Sports, Health
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The Golden Colt
Sun StaffJohn Unitas' importance in pro football history can't be emphasized enough. He was not only one of the game's all-time greatest quarterbacks, but also a central figure in the NFL's rise from relative obscurity to the nation's No. 1 sports obsession. When...Tags: Football, Literature, Sports, Dallas Cowboys, Robin Hood
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Great Coaching
Latimes.com ColumnistCoaching seems to be the decisive variable in the development of a successful football team, although, in New Orleans as well as in Philadelphia on Sunday, that might not be apparent. One game doesn't make a career. The odds are that Jim Haslett of...Tags: Football, Warren Sapp, Jon Gruden, Aaron Brooks, Periodicals
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