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Kragthorpe: Is Austin Collie crazy? It's his life, his choices bc-fbn-austincollie(sh) | By: KURT KRAGTHORPE | Source: Salt Lake Tribune | Professional Football (FP), Sports Columns (TN) Jun 17, 2013 11:07 AM By KURT KRAGTHORPE Austin Collie's father is acknowledging his bias, using the word as a disclaimer. "I'm the dad," Scott Collie says, before endorsing his son as a proven NFL receiver, who's looking for a job. And then he continues, "I think a te
Alexander: For Chargers' Sorensen and Wright, a reunion - and more bc-fbn-chargers(sh) | By: JIM ALEXANDER | Source: The Press-Enterprise | Professional Football (FP), Sports Columns (TN) Jun 17, 2013 11:02 AM By JIM ALEXANDER It could be like old times: Brad Sorensen and Shareece Wright carpooling to Chargers Park, just like they shared rides to Colton High School so many years ago. But there's one catch so far. "I haven't had a chance to, because he'
Tarvaris Jackson has earned right to fight for job with Seahawks bc-fbn-jackson(sh) | By: DAVE BOLING | Source: Tacoma News Tribune | Professional Football (FP), Sports Columns (TN) Jun 14, 2013 10:52 AM By DAVE BOLING Yes, the NFL is a business, occasionally ruthless and certainly impermanent. Tarvaris Jackson could tell you all about that. But as he comes back to Seattle, Jackson may be benefiting from a little bit of karmic reward. Here's why:
Jets' Geno Smith having usual rookie problems adjusting bc-fbn-geno-smith(sh) | By: BOB GLAUBER | Source: Newsday | Professional Football (FP) Jun 13, 2013 11:17 AM By BOB GLAUBER Having worked under Bill Parcells in Dallas, New York Jets quarterbacks coach David Lee is quite familiar with the Hall of Fame coach's philosophy about rookies struggling to adjust. Parcells had a stock quote about first-year playe
Don't rule out rookie linebacker Jarvis Jones starting for Steelers bc-fbn-jarvis-jones(sh) | By: ED BOUCHETTE | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Professional Football (FP) Jun 13, 2013 11:12 AM By ED BOUCHETTE The most recent rookies to nail down starting jobs with the Steelers defense no longer are with the defense. Casey Hampton is gone after a dozen years as their starting nose tackle and inside linebacker Kendrell Bell's career stead
Moulton: Tim Tebow has hit the football lottery with Patriots bc-fbn-tebow(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Professional Football (FP), Sports Columns (TN) Jun 12, 2013 10:22 AM By DAVID MOULTON Is it Tim Tebow's last chance? Probably. Much more important -- it's his best chance. Tebow is not a solid National Football League quarterback. He's not. If he were, 30 teams would not have avoided him like a contagious disease th
Steelers' Plaxico Burress says he is confident he can resuscitate career bc-fbn-burress(sh) | By: ED BOUCHETTE | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Professional Football (FP) Jun 10, 2013 11:27 AM By ED BOUCHETTE He said it once, twice, enough times that the phrase could be embroidered on his new clothing line of Plaxico's Sox: "My job is to just go out and catch the football," Plaxico Burress said. Really, what else would you want the 6-
Seahawks lead the NFL in PED suspensions bc-fbn-seattledrugs(sh) | By: ERIC D. WILLIAMS | Source: Tacoma News Tribune | Professional Football (FP) Jun 7, 2013 10:52 AM By ERIC D. WILLIAMS The Seattle Seahawks have one of the most talented rosters in the National Football League, led by a blossoming franchise quarterback in Russell Wilson. However, the Seahawks also lead the NFL in a more-troubling statistic: susp
49ers, Eric Mangini hope for mutally beneficial association bc-fbn-49ers-mangini(sh) | By: MATTHEW BARROWS | Source: Sacramento Bee | Professional Football (FP) Jun 7, 2013 10:37 AM By MATTHEW BARROWS Eric Mangini wants to be a head coach again. That was treated as news by some this week, but it shouldn't be a surprise. It's certainly not to the San Francisco 49ers, who hired Mangini and gave him the recently invented title of
Brady Quinn says he's ready when needed for Seattle bc-fbn-bradyquinn(sh) | By: BOB CONDOTTA | Source: The Seattle Times | Professional Football (FP) Jun 4, 2013 12:27 PM By BOB CONDOTTA A season of great anticipation for the Seattle Seahawks also carries one huge question mark: What happens if quarterback Russell Wilson gets hurt? Brady Quinn, who almost certainly would be called on to replace Wilson, says not to wo
49ers look on bright side, plan for Michael Crabtree's return bc-fbn-49erscrabtree(sh) | By: MATTHEW BARROWS | Source: Sacramento Bee | Professional Football (FP) Jun 4, 2013 12:22 PM By MATTHEW BARROWS Michael Crabtree had his stitches removed Monday following May 22 surgery for a torn right Achilles' tendon. So what's next for the San Francisco 49ers' No. 1 receiver? If he plans to play in 2013 -- and coach Jim Harbaugh has be
Super Bowl planners learn to 'embrace the cold' bc-fbn-coldsuperbowl(sh) | By: NEIL BEST | Source: Newsday | Professional Football (FP) Jun 4, 2013 12:02 PM By NEIL BEST The calendar shows that we're headed into summer, but with less than 250 days remaining until what figures to be the most heavily scrutinized of the XLVIII Super Bowls to date, Frank Supovitz's job is firmly fixed on the cold of winter
Jets' Antonio Cromartie goes from big spender to money mentor bc-fbn-moneymentor(sh) | By: BOB GLAUBER | Source: Newsday | Professional Football (FP) Jun 3, 2013 12:58 PM By BOB GLAUBER By his own count -- and he admits he might be underestimating just how bad it really was -- New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie went through $5 million in his first two seasons in the NFL. Poof! Just like that, all that cash,
Namath, Jets have 'strained relationship,' but he says it can be fixed bc-fbn-jets-namath(sh) | By: TOM ROCK | Source: Newsday | Professional Football (FP) May 31, 2013 10:25 AM By TOM ROCK Joe Namath is the most iconic of all New York Jets players, but in recent years he's also been one of the franchise's most outspoken critics. That's why, he says, his relationship with the team is so damaged. "I wouldn't say communi
Moulton: A fair solution to the NFL scheduling problem bc-fbn-nfl-schedule(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Professional Football (FP), Sports Columns (TN) May 24, 2013 12:15 PM By DAVID MOULTON The NFL has a problem. The preseason is a total scam. Fans have caught on and in more places every year, have decided to stop buying season tickets. They are simply tired of having to pay full price for the two games in August whe
49ers roster hopeful Ricardo Lockette learns from Colin Kaepernick bc-fbn-49ershopeful(sh) | By: MATTHEW BARROWS | Source: Sacramento Bee | Professional Football (FP) May 20, 2013 11:55 AM By MATTHEW BARROWS Wide receiver Ricardo Lockette is so intent on landing a spot on the San Francisco 49ers' roster that he bought a white board and markers so he could chart and study plays on his own time. Lockette also has an expert check
49ers assistant Tomsula uses a world of experience to scout bc-fbn-scouttheworld(sh) | By: MATTHEW BARROWS | Source: Sacramento Bee | Professional Football (FP) May 16, 2013 11:50 AM By MATTHEW BARROWS Jim Tomsula has searched for NFL prospects in Belarus. He's held clinics on American football in Zurich, Paris and Rome. He's helped run kicking camps in Cancun. Which is why British former Olympian Lawrence Okoye, who hadn't p
Giants draftee Cooper Taylor fills tall order after heart troubles bc-fbn-giantsrookie(sh) | By: MIKE GAVIN | Source: Newsday | Professional Football (FP) May 14, 2013 12:05 PM By MIKE GAVIN Cooper Taylor has the height of a quarterback and the build of a tight end, but the agility -- and the playbook -- of a safety. He also has the heart of a champion ... and not in the overused cliché sense. While at Georgia Tech in
Glauber:Give Jets' QB Geno Smith a chance to play before you criticize bc-fbn-genosmith(sh) | By: BOB GLAUBER | Source: Newsday | Professional Football (FP), Sports Columns (TN) May 13, 2013 12:15 PM By BOB GLAUBER The criticism of New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith has been blistering and unrelenting, from questions about his work ethic to doubts about his mental toughness to skepticism about whether he'll ever be a big-time NFL qua
Activist punter Chris Kluwe vows to keep kicking -- and speaking out bc-fbn-vikings-kluwe(sh) | By: DAN WIEDERER | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Professional Football (FP) May 8, 2013 11:55 AM By DAN WIEDERER Chris Kluwe had fully prepared himself for the letdown. He knew for more than a week his days as the Minnesota Vikings' punter were over. So, after brief visits with General Manager Rick Spielman and coach Leslie Frazier, Kluwe simp
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