Dale Zanine/US PresswireAtlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez is one of the NFL's most prominent Hispanic players.By Jorge Castillo - Star Ledger 1/8/12
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January 06, 2012
Atlanta Falcons starting corner back Brent Grimes returned to practice Friday and is listed as questionable for Sunday’s NFC wild-card matchup with the New York Giants.Grimes has missed four of the past five games with a sore right knee. He underwent minor surgery in November and returned for Atlanta’s blowout loss to New Orleans on December 26.Grimes participation was limited...
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January 09, 2012
All the necessary ingredients for a Falcons upset were available on Sunday: a wildly inconsistent New York Giants team, a sleepy and indifferent home crowd, a fired-up defense and a set of offensive weaponry in red and black to rival anyone in the game. In the middle was an up and coming quarterback, now in his fourth season, who had set career highs in yards and touchdowns.
But...
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January 09, 2012
Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith announced the first offseason change to his coaching staff Monday, and it came as a bit of a surprise.
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January 07, 2012
The Siena men's basketball program has come up with a way to satisfy New
York Giants fans in attendance at their game Sunday afternoon.The
Albany, N.Y. school will show the Giants' NFC wild card game against
the Atlanta Falcons on the scoreboard during its tilt with Niagara. Both
games start at 1 p.m. ET, and Siena is concerned about fans being
forced to choose...
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January 08, 2012
The Atlanta Falcons scored two points in Sunday's wild-card loss to the New York Giants. How rare is it for a team to only score a safety in a game? Shutdown Corner looks back at the unusual history of the two-point finish.
• Atlanta's two-point total was the first such score in NFL playoff history and only the seventh in any game since the AFL-NFL merger.
• It was the...
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January 08, 2012
So far, Eli Manning is responsible for all nine points on the scoreboard. His ill-advised sprint backward into his own end zone and pass to nowhere while escaping the Falcons' pass rush opened the scoring, giving the Falcons a 2-0 lead. Then, after grinding out a long drive including a critical make on fourth and inches, Eli found Hakeem Nicks in the end zone for the go-ahead...
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January 08, 2012
The Giants host the Falcons in the NFC WildCard Playoffs today. Who will win…? Read on…
Rich Resch: Looks like the Giants are getting healthy at the right time (I just jinxed it…get the stretcher ready), and when both of these teams are playing up to their full potential, the Giants have the slight edge. That’s no disrespect to the Falcons, who are a talented...
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