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| NFL announces 2011 schedule |
NFL Football |
04/19/2011 |
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| demption after losing to the Jets, 28-21, in last year's divisional round. Thanksgiving marks the traditional games hosted by Detroit and Dallas. The Lions will welcome the Packers, while the Dolphins visit the Cowboys. In a Turkey Day nightcap, the San Francisco 49ers will play the Ravens in Baltimore. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Bears will continue the league's regular- season foray overseas, as the two teams will square off at London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday, October 23.It will be the fifth straight yea |
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| Buccaneers and Bears will play in London |
NFL Football |
04/18/2011 |
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| y in 2007. In 2008, the New Orleans Saints recorded a 37-32 victory over the San Diego Chargers. Tampa Bay made a previous appearance at Wembley Stadium in 2009, suffering a 35-7 drubbing at the hands of the New England Patriots. Last season saw the San Francisco 49ers tally a 24-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. "Our past four games in London have demonstrated the tremendous passion for NFL football that exists in the UK," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "We hope by staging another extraordi |
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| More mocking while we wait |
NFL Football |
04/15/2011 |
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| ast mock, but growing concerns about his troublesome right knee may scare the Browns off. Green may be atop Mike Holmgren's wish list regardless, and would provide a needed field-stretcher for young quarterback Colt McCoy. LAST PREDICTION: Bowers 7) San Francisco 49ers: Prince Amukamara, CB, Nebraska -- The quarterback- needy Niners have shown more interest in second-round types like Andy Dalton and Colin Kaepernick than Gabbert, so targeting a potential shutdown corner like Amukamara with their top pick may be th |
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| Mock Draft #1: Newton's Fall? |
NFL Football |
04/01/2011 |
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| quarterback Colt McCoy a needed weapon, the Browns are in even worse shape across the defensive line. Bowers is an elite talent who can step in immediately, though the Clemson junior must show his offseason knee problems aren't a long-term issue. 7) San Francisco 49ers: Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU -- Many insiders feel the freakishly-gifted Peterson, who ran a blazing 4.34 at the combine and carries a chiseled 219 pounds on a six-foot frame, is the best overall player in this class. Seeking a replacement for the agi |
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| Jerry Rice Award to honor FCS Freshman of the Year |
Division I-AA College Football |
03/22/2011 |
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| amazing career. He was a two- time first-team All-American in the FCS at Mississippi Valley State and finished his career with 310 receptions for 4,851 yards and 50 touchdowns. His 27 TD receptions in 1984 set the NCAA record for all divisions. The San Francisco 49ers traded up in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft to select Rice, and he rewarded them with a record-setting career while they won three of their Supers Bowls (XXIII, XXIV and XXIX). He was a 13-time Pro Bowl selection (1986-96, 1998 and 2002), two |
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| Coaches have faith players won't slack off |
Headlines |
03/22/2011 |
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| h at Stanford, leave for Michigan or head to the NFL and the 49ers? Very. ``I wanted to coach Stanford, a top five team and something I was a part of building up,'' he said. ``I wanted to coach my alma mater (Michigan). And I wanted to coach the San Francisco 49ers. I wanted all of them.'' Sorry, Jim, it doesn't work that way. So the Niners won the bidding, giving Harbaugh a five-year deal for about $25 million. ``Ultimately, it was the chance to coach at the top level, in the NFL where there's 32 teams th |
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| Packers reward McCarthy with new contract |
NFL Football |
03/04/2011 |
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| ge that ranks tied for first among active NFL coaches. "I want to thank the Green Bay Packers, especially Mark Murphy and Ted Thompson, for the continued commitment and confidence they have shown in our program," McCarthy said. McCarthy had been the San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator for one season before taking over the Green Bay job. He also served as the offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints from 2000-04. He previously coached with Green Bay in 1999, as the team's quarterbacks coach. Green Bay |
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| Redskins release Carter, Dockery |
NFL Football |
03/01/2011 |
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| fensive lineman Derrick Dockery. Carter recorded 44 tackles and 2.5 sacks in 16 games -- five as a starter -- last season for the Redskins, his fifth with the team. He has totaled 442 stops and 66 sacks during his ten-year career with the 'Skins and San Francisco 49ers over 149 games, including 133 starts. Dockery played in five games last season, starting twice, and wound up losing his job to third-year guard Kory Lichtensteiger. The Texas product has played in 117 games -- 111 as a starter -- during his eight-ye |
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| 'Nisei Jackie Robinson' dies at age 85 |
MLB Baseball |
03/01/2011 |
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HONOLULU (AP) - Wally Kaname Yonamine (Ka-NAH-meh Yo-NA-mee-neh), the first American to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II and a former running back with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 85. His son, Paul Yonamine, told The Associated Press that Yonamine died Monday night at a Honolulu retirement home after a bout with prostate cancer. The Maui-born Yonamine is considered one of the greatest athletes to come out of Hawaii. He played for the 49ers in their second season in 1947, |
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| USC hires Nebraska's Gilmore as WRs coach |
Division I College Football |
02/24/2011 |
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| past four as the Huskers' recruiting coordinator. He also was an assistant head coach, but was dumped by coach Bo Pelini in a staff shake-up last week. Gilmore replaces John Morton, who left USC last month to join Jim Harbaugh's new staff with the San Francisco 49ers. Gilmore will be in charge of a touted group of receivers who have arrived at USC in the past two years, including Robert Woods, Kyle Prater, Markeith Ambles, Brandon Carswell and incoming recruits George Farmer and Victor Blackwell.Copyright &cop |
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