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Archive for August 5th, 2009
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
The Eagles lost defensive coordinator Jim Johnson to melanoma on July 28th, but he had been battling it since the beginning of the year, and was also treated for it in 2001. Johnson did a great job of prepping new defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, so Andy Reid points out below ...
Posted in NFL, Philadelphia Eagles | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Al Harrington joined former NBA player Tom Tolbert on KNBR to discuss his much publicized fallout with his former coach Don Nelson in Golden State. The relationship got so bad that Harrington requested to be moved, a very similar scenario to what happened this season in G-State with Jamal Crawford. ...
Posted in Golden State Warriors, NBA, New York Knicks | 19 Comments »
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Dick Vermeil puts it straight and simple in this interview with 99.9 the Fan in Raleigh: Michael Vick is a good human being and no matter what he did, someone should give him a shot. Vermeil was always judging character in his days as an NFL coach - that was his number ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Future Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez will be suiting up for a team other than the Kansas City Chiefs for the first time in his illustrious year career. Gonzalez was of course traded to the Atlanta Falcons just days before the 2009 NFL Draft. He joins a team ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Ah, the Vikings. Super Bowl contenders or playoff pretenders? Doesn't it seem like they're on the verge of busting to the top every season? It's frustrating to know how dominant this team is on the one side of the ball, mix in Adrian Peterson, and they still can't reach that ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Jim L. Mora's tenure in Atlanta was short-lived and odd all the way around. Wins? Check. Mora held a 26-22 regular season record and led the Falcons to the NFC Championship game in his inaugural season as Head Coach in 2004. If you're counting the positives side of the checklist, ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce has been the conduit between the media and the whole Plaxico Burress situation on several occasions. That's the product of Pierce being retained by the Giants and Burress being let go by the 2007 champion Giants. Pierce of course was with Burress on the ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
I've said it all spring and summer after the trade for Jay Cutler went through prior to this year's NFL Draft - the play of Jay Cutler in Chicago and the play of whomever is quarterbacking in Denver will be two of this year's biggest stories. It's just impossible to ...
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