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BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING

NFL to have full-time female official?

After she completes the NFL's officiating development program, Sarah Thomas could become the league's first permanent female official, possibly as soon as 2014.

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Pete Carroll on Earl Thomas: “There’s no end to the potential Earl has”

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is very excited about safety Earl Thomas as he enters his fourth season in the NFL. ,” coach Pete Carroll said, via MyNorthwest.com, “because he’s so fast and he’s so tough, but more than that, he’s just so driven to be great. He’s just driven to be a great player.” Carroll says Thomas is now entering the prime of his career. “He...
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Jay-Z and Patriots owner Robert Kraft (Photo)

Rand Getlin of Yahoo! Sports shared this photo of Patriots owner Robert Kraft and rapper Jay-Z on the red carpet during last night’s anniversary celebration at the 40/40 club. Jay-Z may as well get to know Kraft since I’m sure the two will be closely working together down the road with Jay’s Roc nation Sports agency. Need NFL Tickets? The post Jay-Z and Patriots owner...
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Adrien Robinson could the ‘JPP of tight ends’ says position coach Mike Pope

The tight end position has been a revolving door for the New York Giants, but second year player Adrien Robinson could be the answer the team has been looking for. There is building hype around Adrien Robinson, the "JPP of tight ends," as he's been referred to. He was drafted in the 4th round (127th overall) in the 2012 NFL Draft and the departure of Martellus Bennett...
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Who Is In Competition For The Redskins Final Roster Spots?

Redskins training camp is quickly approaching as it is now less than six weeks away. A few weeks ago we visited training camp battles within each position group. We have a firm grasp on who will be the Redskins top 40 players or so on their 53 man roster but the remaining spots are up for grabs.  So let’s look at the battles going on for the final roster spots this summer. Each...
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Aaron Rodgers loves being Under the Radar

Usually the Packers are the team to beat, but that could change this year, and Rodgers knows it. The Packers are no longer one of the trendy NFC teams: Those teams reside in the NFC West. “I love it. I love being under the radar,” Rodgers told Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com recently. “For sure, we’re a contender. For sure. I mean, we’re going to put ourselves in position...
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JUST FOR KICKS

NFL team wanted to try out Beckham?

According to reports, David Beckham was recently contacted by an NFL scout, apparently because an NFL team wanted to offer him a tryout as a placekicker.

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Five Undrafted Free Agents That Have A Chance Of Making The Steelers 2013 Roster

Last season, three undrafted free agents from the 2012 draft class made the Pittsburgh Steelers 53 man roster out of training camp as punter Drew Butler, linebacker Adrian Robinson and safety Robert Golden all beat the odds. This years' undrafted free agent class has a tougher road, in my opinion, but there are five players I think at least have a chance of making the 2013 team...
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Desmond Bishop's release serves as motivation, on Vikings' radar

What better place to visit with than the Minnesota Vikings if you've just been released by the Green Bay Packers. That's the line of thinking from former Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop, who was finally and officially released by the team on Monday. "This is definitely a motivating factor. For several reasons, moreso I think than anything in my entire career,...
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Ronnie Hillman aims to break out from the pack in 2013

The Denver Broncos have no clear-cut feature running back for 2013, and will go with a RB by committee of sorts with Ronnie Hillman, rookie Monte Ball and Knowshon Moreno. The odd man out as we know, was Willis McGahee, who was released lst week, but Hillman believes he'll separate himself from the pack and be the feature back this season, although his small size brings quite...
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Antoine Winfield ready to show Vikings what they’re missing

Antoine Winfield, now of the Seattle Seahawks, might not have much time left. 15 years have passed on a stellar NFL career. Much like the Buffalo Bills who passed on resigning Winfield in 2003, the Minnesota Vikings also decided they would be better off without his services. While rehabbing his knee after surgery it was at the Vikings’ facility when he was called into Rick Spielman’s...
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Steelers’ unselfish veterans teach possible replacement

For an NFL Rookie it doesn’t get more intimidating than to have Pittsburgh Steelers future Hall of Fame safety Troy Polamalu diagram a play for you. Shamarko Thomas, a fourth round pick has the luxury of not only Polamalu, but also Ryan Clark to teach him the ropes. According to Triblive.com, the veteran Steelers are happy to finally have a player they can pass their knowledge...
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Extend Clark, send Polamalu packing after the season is over

Ryan Clark is entering his twelfth year in the NFL. Clark will soon turn 34 years old. It’ll be interesting to see if Clark continues to play at a high level in 2013. He is also in the last year of his contract with the Steelers. Clark’s safety counterpart Troy Polamalu is starting to see his success in the NFL dwindle away. Polamalu is 32 years old and has faced many injures...
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Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired for Mocking Former Saints Captain Steve Gleason’s Battle With ALS (Audio)

There are some lines not meant to be crossed, but that didn’t stop three shock jocks in Atlanta from doing just that. Atlanta radio station 790 The Zone’s Mayhem in the AM hosts Steak Shapiro and Chris Dimino were fired on Tuesday, after the show aired a segment mocking former Saints captain Steve Gleason. Gleason, who has ALS, wrote Peter King‘s Monday Morning Quarterback...
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Minnesota Vikings Want LB Desmond Bishop

The Minnesota Vikings are expected to make a “strong run” at free agent LB Desmond Bishop. As has been speculated on here already, source says look out for Minnesota to make a strong run at Bishop, league source says. — Packer Report (@PackerReport) June 17, 2013 Photo Credit: Packers.com Bishop, 28, had a strong two-year stretch in 2010-11, collecting a total of 218 tackles...
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New England Patriots sign Mel Kiper’s steal of the draft George Winn

It is official George Winn is a New England Patriot. Overlooked by most media outlets due to only having one season of starting experience at Cincinnati, Winn aced that season by leading the Big East Conference in rushing ( a Conference that contained much more highly publicized Pittsburgh RB Ray Graham) with 1,334 yards (5.5 YPC) and a remarkable 13 touchdowns. Winn eclipsed the...
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GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS

Dolphins cheerleaders lip synch to Taylor Swift

Remember last summer when EVERYONE had a parody video of ‘Call Me Maybe?’ Of course you do. You loved it. Well, we aren’t certain that Taylor Swift’s ’22′ is going to go the same route, but the Miami Dolphins’ Cheerleaders are back to kick this summer off with their own lip synching video to the popular song. Not that we needed another reason to stare at them. But whatever...
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