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The NFL has announced that Jeffrey Miller, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police and a 24-year veteran of law enforcement, has been appointed to the newly created position of NFL director of strategic security. In his new role, the 45-year-old Miller will report to NFL Vice Preside......

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The Buffalo Bills announced today a new partnership agreement with PrimeSport, a Sports Travel and Event Management company. As an Official Partner of the Buffalo Bills, PrimeSport will provide fans with travel packages to each away game in the 2008 Buffalo Bills season, offering packages with p......

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Anheuser-Busch has signed on to fill one of the four "corner sponsors" for the new Jets/Giants stadium, which is scheduled to be ready for the 2010 season. As reported by The NY Daily News:"We are very proud that great American brands like Budweiser and Bud Light are extending their historic rela......

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On Tuesday, former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan agreed to join the Fox NFL pregame show, in a deal that is reportedly worth $2 million for one season. The announcement comes two weeks after the 15-year veteran retired from the league.  Now that he's a member of the media, St......

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On May 25, an F-5 tornado, packing winds in excess of 200 mph, destroyed a small town of 1,900 in Parkersburg, Iowa. The monstrous three-quarters of a mile wide twister needed just 34 seconds to kill six people and demolish the pride and joy of this community: the Aplington-Parkersburg High Schoo......

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According to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, the NFL is "exploring a possible partnership" of the NFL Network and ESPN. As reported by The Sacramento Business Journal:The report says that NFL Network president and chief executive officer Steve Bornstein has been engaged in "high-le......

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Newsday reported on Wednesday that New York Giants' play-by-play announcer, Bob Papa, will be named to the same position with the NFL Network. Papa will replace Bryant Gumbel, who resigned after last season. As reported by TICKER:He [Papa] will work next to Cris Collinsworth, who will continue to......

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The 15,000 tickets made available in the second general admission sale for the NFL's overseas regular-season game on October 26 at Wembley Stadium in London, England sold Friday in 30 minutes.  Last month, the first 40,000 tickets for the game between the San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints......

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Don Imus is at it again.The controversial shock jock was fired last year for referring to the Rutgers women's basketball players as "nappy-headed hos." Last week, Imus effectively immersed himself in hot water again as a result of what some are calling a racist interchange. In a discussion of......

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XM Satellite Radio can now say that they have the SEC covered...completely. The satcaster, who is already "the official satellite radio provider of the Southeastern Conference (SEC)", today announced that the University of Alabama, Auburn University, University of Florida, and Vanderbilt Universi......

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It's back to the future, SportsCenter-style for NBC. Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann will hook back up on television for NBC's "Football Night in America", which airs on Sundays. The last time Patrick and Olbermann did "The Big Show"? 11 years. Since then Olbermann has gone on to MSNBC and Patr......

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The NFL announced Monday that Commissioner Roger Goodell, joined by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and New York Giants defensive end Osi Mumenyiora, will soon leave on a seven-day, three-country summer USO tour led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. It ......

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The NFL announced Monday that Commissioner Roger Goodell, joined by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and New York Giants defensive end Osi Mumenyiora, will soon leave on a seven-day, three-country summer USO tour led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. It ......

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It's back to the future, SportsCenter-style for NBC. Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann will hook back up on television for NBC's "Football Night in America", which airs on Sundays. The last time Patrick and Olbermann did "The Big Show"? 11 years. Since then Olbermann has gone on to MSNBC and Patr......

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XM Satellite Radio can now say that they have the SEC covered...completely. The satcaster, who is already "the official satellite radio provider of the Southeastern Conference (SEC)", today announced that the University of Alabama, Auburn University, University of Florida, and Vanderbilt Universi......

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