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| Cowboys vie to bounce back in road tilt with 49ers |
NFL Football |
09/16/2011 |
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| (BettingExpress) - For clear proof that an NFL game can't be truly decided until the final whistle blows, look no further than the Week 1 cases of the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers, two teams that will be entering Sunday's showdown at Candlestick Park in entirely different mental states following their season-opening results. This matchup could very nearly have been billed as a battle between a pair of early unbeatens led by bright young head coaches if the Cowboys had held up their end. Instead, Da |
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| Surging Bills try to bully Raiders in home opener |
NFL Football |
09/16/2011 |
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| ing at Ralph Wilson Stadium in the 1990 AFC Championship, and Buffalo also produced a 29-23 home win over Oakland in a 1993 AFC Divisional tilt. Gailey is 0-1 lifetime against Oakland, having lost to the Raiders in 1998 while then at the helm of the Dallas Cowboys. Jackson will be opposing both Buffalo and Gailey for the first time as a head coach. WHEN THE RAIDERS HAVE THE BALL One of the NFL's top rushing teams in 2010, the Raiders used a ball-control approach that proved to be effective against the Broncos |
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| New NFL pat-downs will take longer |
NFL Football |
09/16/2011 |
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| eams to have stadium security search fans from the ankles to the knees. Previously, fans were patted down from the waist up for banned items such as alcohol and weapons. Last week, a man was arrested for using an illegal stun gun at Sunday night's Dallas Cowboys-New York Jets game. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Friday the ``enhanced security procedures'' are not a result of any specific threat, but the league is ``always refining and improving'' security. He says the checks, which began before last |
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| Jets wrap up early homestand with visit from Jaguars |
NFL Football |
09/16/2011 |
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| y in practice this week as his team prepares for a Week 2 home matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday at the newly-christened MetLife Stadium. Sanchez was sacked four times and hit 12 times overall in last Sunday's dramatic 27-24 defeat of the Dallas Cowboys on the emotion-packed 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan and Washington. He completed 26-of-44 passes for 335 yards and two touchdowns. The Jets trailed by 14 points in the fourth quarter, but rallied to win on a 50-yard fi |
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| Cowboys WR Bryant questionable for Sunday |
NFL Football |
09/16/2011 |
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| Irving, TX (BettingExpress) - Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant didn't practice Friday and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the 49ers. Bryant bruised his thigh during Monday's loss to the Jets. Cramps were also an issue for the second-year pro, who caught three passes for 71 yards and a score. In 12 games last season, Bryant caught 45 passes for 561 yards and six touchdowns. Rookie guard Bill Nagy (neck) is listed as doubtful, while cornerbacks Terence Newman (groin) and Orlando Scan |
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| Jets WR Holmes questionable |
NFL Football |
09/16/2011 |
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| Florham Park, NJ (BettingExpress) - New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against Jacksonville. Holmes is suffering from knee and quad injuries, but is expected to play. He caught six passes for 70 yards in the Jets' opening-week victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Linebacker David Harris (toe) and defensive back Eric Smith (ankle) are also listed as questionable. Wide receiver Logan Payne (wrist) and offensive lineman Robert Turner (ankle) will miss the game. |
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| NFL Injury Report |
NFL Football |
09/14/2011 |
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| B Peyton Manning (neck), LB Ernie Sims (knee). DNP: DE Tyler Brayton (knee), LB Kavell Conner (foot), DE Dwight Freeney (rest), DE Robert Mathis (neck), WR Reggie Wayne (rest). LIMITED: WR Blair White (back). FULL: WR Anthony Gonzalez (hamstring). DALLAS COWBOYS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS - COWBOYS: DNP: WR Dez Bryant (thigh), CB Terence Newman (groin), CB Orlando Scandrick (ankle). LIMITED: CB Mike Jenkins (shoulder), C Bill Nagy (neck), LB Anthony Spencer (shoulder). FULL: WR Miles Austin (knee), TE Martellus |
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| New pro football season lifts NBC in TV ratings |
NFL Football |
09/13/2011 |
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| ping prime-time games, sent NBC vaulting into the week's lead in Nielsen's television ratings. With the other networks' fall premieres still a couple of weeks away, it was no contest. Sunday's thrilling comeback win by the New York Jets over the Dallas Cowboys was seen by 25.8 million people, the Nielsen ratings company said. It was the most-watched Sunday night game since NBC began that franchise in 2006 and was the most-watched Sunday or Monday night game in 14 years. But it wasn't even the most-watch |
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| Filling those Big 10 schedules a balancing act |
Division I College Football |
09/13/2011 |
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| close to $1 million for playing one tough nonconference game is a no-brainer. ``We've got to go play these money games,'' Wistrcill said. ``That's life at a mid-major.'' Michigan will start next season against Alabama in Texas at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The Wolverines still have two open dates to fill in 2012. They're already playing Air Force and traveling to Notre Dame. ``We've always played an aggressive schedule where I've been,'' Wolverines coach Brady Hoke said. Nebraska coach Bo Pellini |
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| Cowboys add journeyman CB Walker |
NFL Football |
09/13/2011 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) - The Dallas Cowboys have signed journeyman Frank Walker to bolster a depleted corps of cornerbacks. Orlando Scandrick is expected to miss at least the upcoming game because of an ankle injury, and Terence Newman has been sidelined since early in training camp because of a groin injury. Mike Jenkins was in and out of the opener because of a variety of injuries, leaving Dallas down to its fourth- and fifth-stringers, plus a backup safety. Walker has played in 93 games over an eight-ye |
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