Niners retire Young jersey. As Steve Young listened to the Candlestick Park crowd roar at his jersey retirement ceremony, he looked at Jerry Rice and wished he was in his old No. 8 uniform instead of a suit. “Honestly I feel like I want to play,” Young said after the ceremony. “My life is sublime [...]
Posted on October 6th, 2008 by admin
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The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t been this thin at running back since losing 1,000-yard. Rushers Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier to injuries before the 1976 AFC championship game. With Willie Parker and Rashard Mendenhall injured and out, the division-leading Steelers are down to one healthy running back for Sunday night’s key AFC game in Jacksonville – [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin
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Raiders fire Kiffin 4 games into second season. When Al Davis finally broke his silence about Lane Kiffin on the day he fired his coach, he had plenty to say in response to the one-sided verbal attack Kiffin had been launching at the organization for months. Davis detailed acts of what he called insubordination by [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin
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Baltimore running back Willis McGahee has a rib injury. And his status for the Ravens game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday is unclear. McGahee suffered the injury during Baltimore’s 23-20 overtime loss Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was limited to just one yard on his only second-half carry after injuring his ribs in [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin
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The Houston Texans placed safety C C Brown on injured reserve. And signed fullback Cecil Sapp on Tuesday. Brown broke his arm against Jacksonville on Sunday and had surgery on Monday. Sapp spent five seasons with the Broncos and scored two touchdowns in 2007. Also, Houston signed linebacker Kevis Coley to the practice squad and [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin
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The Denver Broncos placed wide receiver Clifford Russell on injured reserve Tuesday. And signed free-agent wide receiver Glenn Martinez. Russell sprained his neck on kickoff coverage in the fourth quarter of the Broncos’ 33-19 loss at Kansas City on Sunday. Russell, a sixth-year pro who had signed with the Broncos on Sept. 17, saw a [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin
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San Francisco 49ers cornerback Shawntae Spencer will miss the rest of the season. With a torn ligament in his left knee. Spencer, a fifth-year pro, will be placed on injured reserve soon after undergoing surgery Wednesday to repair the ligament. He injured his knee late in the 49ers’ road victory at Seattle on Sept. 14, [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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The San Diego Chargers strengthened their defensive line Tuesday. Signing veteran defensive tackle Ian Scott to a contract. Terms were not disclosed. A fourth-round pick of Chicago in 2003, Scott set career highs of two sacks and 77 tackles with the Bears in 2004. The 6-3, 302-pounder signed with Philadelphia prior to the 2007 season [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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The Pittsburgh Steelers running game struggled last season. When Willie Parker was injured. They’re convinced that won’t happen now that they have Rashard Mendenhall. The Steelers’ main injury worry following their 15-6 loss Sunday in Philadelphia was the punishment quarterback Ben Roethlisberger took while being sacked eight times. He played with a slight shoulder separation, [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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Marc Bulger is out as the St Louis Rams starting quarterback. After throwing only two touchdown passes in three games and will be replaced by 38-year-old Trent Green for Sunday’s game against Buffalo. The benching of the Rams’ highest-paid player, announced by coach Scott Linehan in a terse, two-paragraph release on Tuesday, signals just how [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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