Matt Lepsis was living the good life last season, making millions in the NFL and finally fitting in when he locked himself in a closet and screamed for help: Please, God, help me kick this drug habit. The Denver Broncos left tackle, who called it quits after last season and enrolled in seminary, admitted he [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2008 by admin
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Former New England Patriots player and high school football coach Danny Villa surrendered to police in his native Arizona on Saturday, one day after a court in Massachusetts issued a warrant for his arrest on charges that he raped a child. Walpole Police Chief Richard Stillman said Villa surrendered to authorities in Tucson and his [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2008 by admin
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Buffalo put rookie receiver James Hardy on injured reserve Saturday, ending his season a day before the Bills close out their schedule against the Patriots at home. Hardy tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Buffalo’s 31-27 loss to the New York Jets two weeks ago. Running back Bruce Hall came off [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2008 by admin
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The proudest accomplishment of Pat White’s college football career is not any of the 15 NCAA, Big East and school records he set. It came before he was even on the West Virginia team. Four months after White signed with the school in 2004, the Angels selected him in the fourth round of the baseball [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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Miami punt snapper Chris Ivory will not play in Saturday’s Emerald Bowl because he violated an unspecified team rule. He is the fifth Hurricane suspended for the final game of the season. Ivory did not accompany the Hurricanes to San Francisco, where Miami (7-5) will face California (8-4) on Saturday. He also was suspended for [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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Mike Smith believes it’s too early for the Atlanta Falcons to reflect on defying expectations and making the playoffs. The first-year head coach wants his players satisfied only with improving each week and taking incremental steps toward accomplishing the goal of winning Atlanta’s first Super Bowl. “I don’t think the season’s come to an end [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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This one’s for all the mediocrity. More than three months after referee Ed Hochuli’s blown call allowed Denver to beat San Diego, the increasingly bitter rivals will play for the title of the awful AFC West in prime time Sunday night in the last regular-season game. Will it be Jay Cutler’s bumbling Broncos (8-7) – [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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Sunday, Dec 28 ST. LOUIS (2-13) at ATLANTA (10-5) 1 p.m. EST, FOX OPENING LINE – Falcons by 14 1/2. RECORD VS. SPREAD – St. Louis 5-10, Atlanta 9-6. SERIES RECORD – Rams lead 47-24-2. LAST MEETING – Rams 28, Falcons 16, Dec. 16, 2007. RAMS OFFENSE – OVERALL (27), RUSH (27), PASS (25) RAMS [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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Thrown out of work in Detroit, tailback Tatum Bell was studying cell phone rate plans rather than a play book. After his unceremonious release by the Lions in September, Bell was hired as a manager to run a T-Mobile kiosk inside a Denver area mall. There, in a tiny booth located just across from the [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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CHICAGO 20, GREEN BAY 17 (OT) CHICAGO – Robbie Gould kicked a 38-yard field goal with 11:28 left in overtime to lift the Chicago Bears to a 20-17 victory over the Green Bay Packers. The Bears (9-6) were down 14-3 at the half but got a touchdown pass by Kyle Orton in the third quarter [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by admin
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