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| 8th day of NFL, union mediation wraps up |
NFL Football |
03/01/2011 |
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| icipate since a federal mediator began overseeing the talks. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and his group left shortly before 8 p.m., 52 hours before the current collective bargaining agreement is due to expire. Mara, Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay, chairman of the league's competition committee, and Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen were among those joining NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell when mediation resumed Tuesday at 1 p.m. It's the eighth day of media |
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| McKay sole chairman of NFL competition committee |
NFL Football |
03/01/2011 |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay is now the sole chairman of the NFL's competition committee, a role he had shared with former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher. The NFL announced the change Tuesday. McKay has been on the committee since 1994 and a co-chairman since 1998. Fisher became co-chair in 2001, but no longer is a member of the committee; he will be a nonvoting adviser during this offseason. Fisher and the Titans parted ways in January. He was their coach for 16 seasons.
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| SEC champion to be crowned in Atlanta through 2017 |
Division I College Football |
02/25/2011 |
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| s held for two years in Birmingham, Ala., before moving to Atlanta since 1994. All but one of the games held at the 70,000-seat Georgia Dome has been a sellout, and the last five conference champions have gone on to win the national title. The NFL Atlanta Falcons are working to build a new outdoor stadium near the Georgia Dome, but officials have stressed that the indoor facility must remain open to host events such as the SEC championship and basketball's Final Four.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Pres |
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| AP source: Lions, Coleman agree to terms |
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02/18/2011 |
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| it Lions have agreed to a contract. The person, who spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced, did not specify the length of the deal. Coleman has played seven seasons in the NFL, the last three with the Atlanta Falcons. He started every game in 2008 and 2009, but he lost his starting job last season and was released by Atlanta earlier this month. Coleman was a fifth-round draft choice of the New York Jets in 2004 and had a career-high four interceptions as a roo |
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| Falcons bring Bratkowski on board as QB coach |
NFL Football |
02/14/2011 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (BettingExpress) - The Atlanta Falcons have named Bob Bratkowski their new quarterbacks coach. The hiring fills the void that was created when Bill Musgrave left to become the Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator. Bratkowski had been fired by the Cincinnati Bengals two weeks ago after 10 seasons as the team's offensive coordinator. His offenses had some good seasons, particularly in 2005, when the Bengals finished fourth in the league with 26.3 points per game and won the AFC North. Cinc |
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| Falcons sign LB Wire, release S Coleman |
NFL Football |
02/09/2011 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (BettingExpress) - The Atlanta Falcons have signed linebacker Coy Wire to a two-year contract and released safety Erik Coleman. No terms of the deal with Wire were released. Wire recorded eight special teams and four tackles as a linebacker this past season, his third with Atlanta. He was originally a third-round choice, 97th overall, by Buffalo in 2002. The Stanford product has registered 248 tackles and five sacks during his nine-year career. Coleman recorded 20 tackles in 12 contests, on |
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| Sporting News chooses Dimitroff top exec |
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02/09/2011 |
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff has been selected NFL executive of the year by the Sporting News for the second time in three seasons. Dimitroff was chosen for his role in building the Falcons since 2008. Atlanta has gone from a team that never had consecutive winning records to one with three straight winning seasons. The Falcons went 13-3 in 2010, the best record in the NFC, before losing to Green Bay in the playoffs. Among the players Dimitroff has drafted |
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| Falcons reward Mike Smith with three-year extension |
NFL Football |
02/03/2011 |
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| Atlanta, GA (BettingExpress) - The Atlanta Falcons have rewarded head coach Mike Smith with a three-year contract extension. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Smith has been at the helm of the most-successful three-year run in the franchise's history, having guided the Falcons to a regular-season record of 33-15. Before Smith took over for the 2008 campaign, the Falcons had never posted back-to-back winning seasons since joining the NFL in 1966. The club has had three straight winning seasons un |
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| Falcons sign coach Smith to 3-year extension |
NFL Football |
02/03/2011 |
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - The Atlanta Falcons have signed coach Mike Smith to a three-year contract extension after he led the team to the NFC South title. The deal was announced Thursday. Smith was a little-known defensive coordinator when he signed a four-year contract with the Falcons in 2008, taking over a team coming off a dismal 4-12 season. Atlanta quickly turned things around under Smith, going 11-5 and making the playoffs his first season. The Falcons followed with a 9-7 mark - the first con |
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| Suspended Jets assistant coach Sal Alosi resigns |
NFL Football |
01/31/2011 |
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| that the team had not yet made a decision on Alosi's future. ``After speaking with Sal, he decided that it is best for him to tender his resignation at this time,'' Tannenbaum said. Alosi was first with the Jets from 2001-05, then worked for the Atlanta Falcons for one season before he was hired by then-New York coach Eric Mangini in 2007 to be the head strength and conditioning coach. A former linebacker at Hofstra, Alosi earned an award for sportsmanship and fair play both on and off the field during his |
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