NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Michael Vick has paid a significant price for doing an egregious thing and will have to show genuine remorse and that the experience has changed him in order to get a chance at resuming his career in the league. Goodell appeared Tuesday night at Washington Lee University, engaging in a [...]
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by admin
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The Jacksonville Jaguars addressed their biggest need Monday night, agreeing to a three-year contract with veteran receiver Torry Holt. The deal lessens the need for Jacksonville to get a receiver early in this weekends NFL draft and gives the franchise its biggest weapon at the position since Jimmy Smith retired in 2006. The Jaguars still [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2009 by admin
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A 70-year-old man who played a year for the New York Giants in the 1960s pleaded guilty Monday to fraud charges and was immediately imprisoned. Clyde Peter Hall cheated investors out of millions of dollars by promising to help them obtain loans from banks, only to accept large deposits before failing to deliver on his [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2009 by admin
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Super Bowl champions dont get much of an offseason. Only 2 1/2 months after the Pittsburgh defeated the Arizona Cardinals for the franchises sixth NFL title, the Steelers – at least most of them – were back on the practice field Monday. Rain chased them indoors for the first of 14 organized team practices that [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2009 by admin
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Saints owner Tom Benson intends to buy a high-rise office tower next to the Louisiana Superdome, and the state has pledged to lease much of the building back as an incentive for Benson to keep his NFL club in New Orleans long-term, a state senator said Thursday evening. I dont have all the details to [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2009 by admin
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New Denver Broncos safety Brian Dawkins has won the 43rd annual Byron Whizzer White award honoring the 13-year veterans community work while with the Philadelphia Eagles. Dawkins won the award Thursday night at the NFL Players Association gala in Washington, D.C. Dawkins received the award as the NFL player who best served his team, community [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2009 by admin
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Former NFL player Travis Henry has signed a plea deal with prosecutors in which he admits to a single cocaine conspiracy charge in exchange for two other charges being dropped. Under a plea deal filed with the court Tuesday, the 30-year-old Henry will admit to conspiracy to possess at least 11 pounds of cocaine with [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2009 by admin
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Suspended NFL star Michael Vick has begun the third leg of his trip back to a federal penitentiary in Kansas. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons Web site showed Tuesday that Vick has left the federal prison in Atlanta. Vick was held in a local jail for several days after he was brought to Newport News [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2009 by admin
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Kansas City added another veteran linebacker to its rebuilding roster Monday when it signed free agent Zach Thomas. In an effort to fix one of the weakest positions on a team that went 2-14 last year, the Chiefs have acquired Mike Vrabel in a deal that also brought quarterback Matt Cassel from New England, and [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2009 by admin
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Cornerback Kevin Dockery signed a one-year free agent tender for $1,54 million on Monday, agent Drew Rosenhaus said Monday in an e-mail. Dockery had 36 tackles and an interception in 13 games last season. The 25-year-old former Mississippi State product also returned a blocked field goal 71 yards for a touchdown in a loss to [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2009 by admin
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