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LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple
10:15 AM on 03/15/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said Sunday that the New York Jets signed the former Chargers running back to a two-year contract.
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African-American named nation's only female HS football coach
7:28 AM on 03/13/2010
VIDEO - A petite, unassuming young science teacher made history when she became what's believed to be the only female high school head football coach in the country ...
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Will Roethlisberger get the Michael Vick treatment?
10:15 AM on 03/10/2010
OPINION - Ben Roethlisberger, a white athlete, is innocent until proven guilty, but for black athletes, rapper Jay-Z said it best: Guilty until proven innocent...
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McNabb, T.O. teaming up again - for TV show
1:54 PM on 03/09/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Donovan McNabb will be throwing passes to Terrell Owens again...
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Playgirl would like to show you another side of Michael Vick
8:47 PM on 02/22/2010
The embattled American footballer, who was arrested for animal abuse and promoting dogfighting in 2007, has been invited to pose for Playgirl in return for a $1 million...
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NFL Chargers release Tomlinson in salary cap move
4:50 PM on 02/22/2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) - LaDainian Tomlinson was released Monday by the San Diego Chargers, ending a brilliant nine-year run in which he became one of the NFL's greatest running backs...
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Ga. prep football star killed; was to play at Vanderbilt
5:30 PM on 02/18/2010
POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) - A high school football star who had been signed to play at Vanderbilt University was shot to death by his mother's ex-boyfriend...
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Ravens sign wide reciever Donte Stallworth
12:39 PM on 02/17/2010
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- The Baltimore Ravens say they have signed wide receiver Donte Stallworth to a one-year contract...
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Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice become football Hall of Famers
11:58 AM on 02/08/2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Here's how you stop Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith: Put them in the Hall of Fame and watch them break down and cry...
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TheGrio's 100: Adrian Peterson, explosive Vikings running back
5:09 AM on 02/07/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Adrian Peterson runs on sacred ground...
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The Super Bowl will unite people of Haiti and New Orleans
10:33 AM on 02/06/2010
OPINION - On Super Bowl Sunday, the people of Haiti and New Orleans will to stand side by side in allegiance...
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Ex-NFL star Michael Irvin accused of sexual assault
1:37 PM on 02/05/2010
MIAMI (AP) - A woman claims in a lawsuit filed only days before the Super Bowl that former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin sexually assaulted her at a South Florida hotel...
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Ex-football star Michael Irvin accused of rape at Hard Rock
8:34 AM on 02/05/2010
Irvin's lawyer, Larry Friedman, called the accusations ``totally untrue.''
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Injured Freeney still hopes to play in Super Bowl
3:27 PM on 02/02/2010
MIAMI (AP) - Indianapolis Colts All-Pro defensive end Dwight Freeney still hopes to play in the Super Bowl despite a torn ligament in his right ankle...
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Saints in the Super Bowl is more than just a game
4:42 PM on 02/01/2010
VIDEO - New Orleans is a city that's never needed a reason to party, but for four-and-a-half years they've been searching for a reason to feel good...
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NFL star Steven Jackson accused of beating pregnant girlfriend
11:11 AM on 01/29/2010
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Supriya Harris of Mableton, Ga., filed a complaint with Las Vegas police this week saying the two-time Pro Bowl running back repeatedly pushed her to the ground in March 2009...
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NFL player Eric Green accused of forcibly sodomized transgender New Yorker
11:06 AM on 01/29/2010
A transgender New Yorker has filed a $10 million sex assault suit against an NFL player - and in a separate action is also suing the city, saying she was abused and humiliated by cops.
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Vick shows rebuilt life on BET docu-series
5:51 PM on 01/22/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Michael Vick returned to the site of his gruesome dogfighting crimes, looked at an empty dog bowl left behind in a dingy cage...
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Prince pens tune about Minnesota Vikings
4:10 PM on 01/22/2010
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The "Purple Rain" songsmith penned "Purple and Gold" after he saw the Vikings beat Dallas at the Metrodome last weekend...
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Prince pens 'Purple and Gold' fight song to support Vikings
8:29 AM on 01/21/2010
Apparently, Brett Favre's rendition of "Pants on the Ground" wasn't a good enough rallying cry for Prince...
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