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DALY: NFL on TV was more than a political football to Nixon
ANALYSIS/OPINION: The current occupant of the White House is a basketball guy. Other recent Leaders of the Free World have been partial to golf, jogging and brush clearing. Not Richard Nixon. Nixon loved football — pro football, college football, any kind of football. Perhaps the love stemmed from his own ...
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WR Ward willing to restructure deal with Steelers
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers' wide receiver Hines Ward wants to finish his career in Pittsburgh, offering to restructure his contract to do it.Ward posted on his Facebook page Saturday that he's already told the Steelers he's willing to work with them on altering his deal so he can remain with ...
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1 day ago
Bengals LB Maualuga charged with assault in Ohio
CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO'-guh) has been charged with assault stemming from a downtown Cincinnati bar incident.Police cited the 25-year-old Maualuga with the misdemeanor count on Friday after investigating allegations by a bar employee that Maualuga punched him in the face early Sunday morning. Maualuga's arraignment ...
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2 days ago
Belichick wanted Giants to throw toward Manningham
NEW YORK (AP) - Sideline audio from the Super Bowl reveals that the Patriots wanted the Giants to throw toward Mario Manningham, who made a crucial over-the-shoulder catch during New York's winning drive."Sound FX," which first aired Wednesday night on NFL Network, catches New England coach Bill Belichick telling his ...
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2 days ago
Giants' core to return, but changes on horizon
The New York Giants already started preparing to defend their Super Bowl title, just days after winning their second NFL title in five seasons. General manager Jerry Reese said Thursday he expects a strong core of players to return next year, but cautioned "there will definitely be some changes." That's ...
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3 days ago
Holmes staying put with Jets after clause kicks in
NEW YORK (AP) - It appears Santonio Holmes is sticking around _ just as the New York Jets said he would.By remaining on the roster through the second day of the NFL's waiver period Tuesday, the talented but troublesome wide receiver will get $15.25 million in guaranteed money over the ...
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4 days ago
Column: There's still a game in there somewhere
The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defense to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from 6 yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. ...
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5 days ago
Fans enjoy Super party for champion Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It wasn't the Canyon of Heroes and there wasn't as much tickertape, but that didn't seem to bother about 30,000 New York Giants fans who flocked to MetLife Stadium Tuesday to celebrate the team's rousing Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots. Some of them ...
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5 days ago
Chiefs hoping for continuity with Daboll as OC
KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) - As Kansas City's fifth offensive coordinator in four years, Brian Daboll says he knows the value of continuity.Daboll, who ran the Miami Dolphins offense last year, was introduced by the Chiefs on Tuesday. He says he hopes to stick around a while.The 36-year-old New York ...
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5 days ago
RB Ricky Williams says he's retiring from NFL
OWINGS MILLS, MD. (AP) - Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams says he's retiring from football.The 34-year-old Williams still has a year left on his contract with Baltimore, but told the team Tuesday that he does not intend to play next year.After winning the Heisman Trophy with Texas, Williams broke ...
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5 days ago
N.Y. throws ticker-tape parade for Super Bowl champion Giants
NEW YORK — One million people are expected as New York celebrates its team's Super Bowl football win with a ticker-tape parade. New York Giants players are being showered with confetti along the way. The city's sanitation commissioner said about 40 tons of confetti are expected. The team will be ...
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6 days ago
Amid Super Bowl kudos, Indy cleans up, looks ahead
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Bleary-eyed and jubilant, Super Bowl organizers swung into cleanup mode Monday and hoped the rave reviews from fans and journalists over how it pulled off its first Super Bowl will draw the NFL's showcase event back to town.From record attendance at Super Bowl festivities to high praise ...
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6 days ago
Super Bowl-champion Giants return home
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Super Bowl-champion New York Giants have returned home.The team's charter plane touched down around 1:55 p.m. Monday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.Once on the ground, they were greeted by about 200 airport employees and a Port Authority bagpipe band. Crews also fired ...
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6 days ago
NJ governor to attend rally for Super Bowl champs
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be on hand at the Meadowlands for a rally to celebrate the team's victory in the Super Bowl.The rally is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Met Life stadium on Tuesday, following a ticker tape parade through Lower Manhattan's "Canyon of ...
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6 days ago
New Vikes stadium plan would tuck in next to Dome
ST. PAUL, MINN. (AP) - Yet another plan is in play for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium.The latest idea would build the stadium just east of the Metrodome on a parking lot. Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune report it's a variation of an earlier proposal that required relocating ...
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7 days ago
Overnight rating for Super Bowl just shy of mark
NEW YORK (AP) - The overnight rating for the New York Giants' Super Bowl win over New England was less than 1 percent shy of the record tied last year.New York's 21-17 victory Sunday night on NBC received a 47.8 rating and 71 share, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. It ...
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7 days ago
Super Bowl champs to get welcome at Newark airport
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Officials are planning a special welcome for the Giants when their charter plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport Monday afternoon.The Port Authority says a water cannon will salute the Super Bowl champions as their plane taxis to a hangar. The players will get on buses ...
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7 days ago
Coughlin plans to be back with Giants in 2012
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Tom Coughlin is planning to go for a third Super Bowl win with the New York Giants next season.Speaking early Monday morning at a news conference, the 65-year-old coach says he has every intention of returning to coach the team, although management will have a say in ...
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7 days ago
Tom Coughlin has 2 Super Bowls, and job for life
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - No more hot seat for Tom Coughlin. No more second-guessing.The 65-year-old Coughlin made NFL history on Sunday, becoming the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl by guiding the Giants to a 21-17 victory over New England for his second NFL championship in four years."What I was ...
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7 days ago
Mistakes cost Pats in Giants' 21-17 Super Bowl win
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The New England Patriots' three star receivers couldn't make the big plays when they needed them. Neither could their superstar quarterback.There was plenty of blame to go around in the Patriots' second Super Bowl loss in four years, both to the New York Giants."We had opportunities to ...
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7 days ago
Giants take advantage of Patriots' gamble for TD
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Bill Belichick saw the New York Giants at the 6-yard line and a clock with only 64 seconds left on it.Let the Giants score, and New England gets the ball back with enough time for a game-winning drive. Stop `em, and the Giants were going to run ...
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7 days ago
Eli's elite, for sure, after 2nd Super Bowl MVP
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Back in August, back before the season began, Eli Manning was asked whether he considered himself an "elite" quarterback a la Tom Brady.Manning replied simply that he belonged "in that class." He was questioned and criticized for that, and _ shocking, right? _ it all became quite ...
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7 days ago
Eli Manning wins 2nd Super Bowl MVP award
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eli Manning is elite, for sure. A king of comebacks, too. And far, far more than Peyton's little brother now.Spot-on from beginning to end Sunday night, Eli Manning won his second NFL championship in a four-year span _ and second Super Bowl MVP award _ for coolly, ...
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7 days ago
Tuck's pressure keeps Brady in check
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Justin Tuck called together his pals from the New York Giants' defensive line, gathering them in the end zone before the game for an impromptu pep talk and urging them to create some havoc for Tom Brady.On the first play for the New England Patriots, Tuck took ...
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7 days ago
Missed chances cost Patriots in Super Bowl
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The eyes that watched Tom Brady's pass sail to him were red. The hands that couldn't catch it were clasped in his lap. The heart that has helped make Wes Welker a star was broken.Blame me, he said. Blame me for letting a ball I always catch ...
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7 days ago
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