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In football, every inch matters. Coaches know it, players know it, fans know it. Ever watched a center move the football up a few centimeters before the snap? Okay, maybe you've never noticed but I bet you have. Ever watched a running back dig deep and battle two linebackers for an extra few blad......

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While I cross formats into the online realm, I feel the need to bring something with me. Horrid grammar aside, I hate lists. Well I should be a little more specific, I hate that I write lists. People love lists. People need to compartmentalize. I don't stop them, in fact, I encourage them - and [......

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From Yahoo! Sports DALLAS (AP)a?"Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo says his broken pinkie will keep him off the football field again this week. "It's going to be Brad (Johnson). Brad is going to go this week unless something happens that I don't foresee," Romo said on Terrell Owens' "Inside th......

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From Yahoo! Sports: SURRY, Va. (AP)a?"Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick plans to plead guilty to state dogfighting charges, a step that could allow him to qualify for an early release from federal prison and into a halfway house, court papers show. In a motion filed Oct. 15 in Surry County Circ......

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From Yahoo! Sports: SAN DIEGO (AP)a?"Kobe Bryant hyperextended his right knee in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' exhibition game Tuesday night. Bryant, who scored four points in 14 minutes against the Charlotte Bobcats, did not come out with the team for the second half. The Lakers ......

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Rank (LW) Team Name 1. (1) Texas (7-0) 2. (2) Penn St.(8-0) 3. (3) Texas Tech (7-0) 4. (4) Alabama (7-0) 5. (7) Oklahoma St. (7-0) 6. [...]...

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Here are the Diet NFL Week 7 Picks. They are the spark-note version this week. SD @ BUF: 27-24, Chargers win NO @ CAR: 22-17, Saints win MIN @ CHI: 30-20, Bears win BAL @ MIA: 24-13, Dolphins win TEN @ KC: 21-10, Titans win PIT @ CIN: 24-9, Steelers win SF @ NYG: 34-10, Giants win DAL @ S......

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"We're now 2-0 in a new 14-game season" - Braylon Edwards said in a post-game interview with MNF on ESPN ...

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The [Five] NCAA Football Top 25...

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A week has passed since the fated night October 4, 2008 where approximately five million viewers held their breath as the "champion" Kimbo Slice was felled by the off kilter right-hook of Sean Petruzelli, a punch that was destined to shift the very core of MMA itself.A Give me a break! A EliteX......

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Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)a?"B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Rays outlasted the Boston Red Sox 9-8 early Sunday, evening th......

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From Yahoo! Sports: DALLAS (AP)a?"The Texas Longhorns came into their annual showdown against the Oklahoma Sooners with a quarterback they could trust and a defense playing great under an aggressive new coordinator. Yet even after five solid wins, coach Mack Brown still wondered how good they wer......

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From Yahoo! Sports: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)a?"Tony Gonzalez, the most productive tight end in NFL history, will be traded to a contender if the Kansas City Chiefs get the right price. Three people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the nine-time Pro......

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The AP is reporting: SAN DIEGO (AP)a?"Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star as he attempted to bring a fertility drug from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday. Canceco was detained at San Diego's San Ysidro border c......

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Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: MINNEAPOLIS (AP)a?"Magic Johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts Friday for accusing him of faking AIDS but said he didn't want them to be fired. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis made the remarks during Baker's conservative radio show on Wednesd......

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