| How about Matt Birk biopic? (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 11:05pm
| A movie about Baltimore Ravens rookie Michael Oher is due to hit the theaters later this month, with actor Quinton Aaron playing the role of the rags-to-riches offensive lineman out of Mississippi. Oher's teammate, veteran center Matt Birk, was asked to guess who would be cast in a movie about himself. |
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| First half was fun, Favre has much left to prove (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 11:05pm
| Brett Favre's unfathomable season in Minnesota could be analyzed like a corporate earnings report. Through two quarters, the Vikings are meeting -- or beating -- expectations. How, then, will Favre fare in the next half of the 2009 season given his recent performances of fading down the stretch? The answer won't come until later, but Favre could not have done more to fuel confidence in his... |
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| Vikings Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
6 Nov 2009 at 6:59pm
When Brad Childress dashed off to Holman airport Field in St. Paul on Aug. 18 to pick up Brett Favre there were plenty who questioned whether the Vikings coach was making the right move.
The Vikings had broken training camp, played a preseason game and appeared as if they had moved on with Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels competing for the starting job at quarterback.
Now after an offseason of chasing Favre and eventually being told no thanks, Childress was going to let the future Hall of Fame reverse his decision.
There was plenty of speculation that Childress' players would rebel against the move and that Favre might end up being an outcast. A report of a schism in the locker room shortly after Favre's arrival only proved to intensify those feelings. So... |
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| Proving time for Bengals, Ravens (AP) |
5 Nov 2009 at 11:28am
| It's proving time for the Bengals. And maybe the Ravens, too. Cincinnati sits atop the AFC North along with Pittsburgh at 5-2, and the Bengals have beaten the Steelers and Ravens. Next week, they visit the Steel City. So this is make or break time for a team usually too fragile to handle such pressure. |
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| Goodell asks Congress for help on anti-doping (AP) |
3 Nov 2009 at 5:47pm
Arguing that sports leagues' drug programs could be "gutted" if not protected from individual states' laws, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asked Congress on Tuesday to intervene with legislation and found at least one powerful ally. Rep. Henry Waxman, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said during a hearing Tuesday that recent court decisions essentially...
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| Goodell, Smith to join labor talks Wednesday (AP) |
3 Nov 2009 at 5:20pm
| NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith both are slated to participate in the league's latest round of labor negotiations. Speaking after testifying before a House subcommittee Tuesday about a legal case involving two Minnesota Vikings players, Goodell told The Associated Press he would be present for Wednesday's talks in New York about... |
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