May 22, 2013

CFL Friday Night Football: Eskimos and TiCats win

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Edmonton Eskimos’ Cliff Washburn (69) pushes Toronto Argonauts’ Ricky Foley (95) while Eskimnos Patrick Kabongo (56) confronts Toronto Mike Bradwell (88) after a late sack of Eskimos quarterback Ricky Ray on Friday. (Ian Jackson/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio/ CBC Sports) – The Edmonton Eskimos cut it pretty close to remain perfect on the year. Trailing by six [...]

Saints release Jeremy Shockey

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For flamboyant tight end Jeremy Shockey, the party is over — at least in New Orleans. Shockey was released Tuesday by the Saints, who appear ready to move on with promising second-year pro and 2010 third-round draft choice Jimmy Graham. Shockey was no stranger to the Big Easy social scene and [...]

New CBA could bring with it an 18-game NFL regular season

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NFL owners want an expanded 18-game regular season by 2012. Commissioner Roger Goodell calls it a way to “present the best football” to fans. The NFL players union and its members, who have taken the hard knocks of a 16-game schedule since 1978, say replacing two preseason games with two played for keeps is not [...]

Doug Williams leaving UFL job to return as coach of Grambling

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Doug Williams led Grambling to three SWAC titles in his six years with the school. CAPTION By Judi Bottoni, AP Doug Williams is leaving his position as general manager of the UFL’s Virginia Destroyers to become coach of Grambling for the second time. Williams previously succeeded Eddie Robinson in 1998 and compiled a 53-17 record [...]

Owners, players agree to federal mediator in contract talks

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(Reuters) – The National Football League and the NFL Players Association, at odds in their negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, have agreed to mediation of their talks beginning on Friday. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), an independent U.S. government agency whose mission is to preserve and promote labor-management peace, will mediate [...]

Report: Ronaldo set to retire

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Three-time FIFA player of the year Ronaldo will announce his retirement from football on Monday, according to a Brazilian newspaper. “It’s time,” Ronaldo was quoted as saying by the website of the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper on Sunday. “I can’t keep going. I wanted to continue but I can’t. [...]

NFLN’s Mayock cites ‘cautionary’ Russell tale after Newton’s workout

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Former Auburn QB Cam Newton works out in San Diego on Feb. 10. CAPTION By Chris Park, AP Former Auburn quarterback and likely first-round draft pick Cam Newton worked out for the media at a San Diego-area high school Thursday. While the Heisman Trophy winner got some positive reviews as he tries to tailor his [...]

Lawsuit filed over Super Bowl ticket snafu

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DALLAS (AP) — Football fans have filed a lawsuit accusing the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of people who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or got seats they felt were inadequate. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Dallas alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive [...]

Packers-Steelers Super Bowl sets ratings record

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NEW YORK (AP) — For the second year in a row, the Super Bowl has set a record for American television viewing. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 111 million people watched the Green Bay Packers outlast the Pittsburgh Steelers in professional football’s ultimate game. That tops the 106.5 million who watched the [...]

Rodgers, Packers top Steelers 31-25 to win Super Bowl XLV

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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Lombardi Trophy is going home. The Green Bay Packers are back at the top of the NFL mountain after surviving a furious comeback attempt by the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 31-25 victory in Super Bowl XLV before one of the largest crowds in NFL history — 103,219 —at Cowboys Stadium on [...]