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What state has hosted the most Super Bowls? That would be Florida
Just call us the Super Bowl State. Florida has hosted more Super Bowls than any other state. The NFL’s championship game has been here 15 times, in three cities: Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville. Miami has hosted the Super Bowl more than any...
Tags: National Football Conference, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints, Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers
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Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver retires
Donald Driver, the Green Bay Packers' all-time leading receiver, announced his retirement Thursday. “I played my entire career in Green Bay and have always enjoyed a special bond with the fans,” Driver said in a statement released by the...
Tags: Football, Sports, Donald Driver, National Football League, Green Bay Packers
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BCS Championship: Tale of the tape
Everything about the BCS championship between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama seems larger than life. Not only do these schools stand among the best ever in college football, they also lead the pack in celebrating that success and in investing for...Tags: BCS National Championship Game, College Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Georgia Institute of Technology, Heisman Trophy
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Dire straits and narrow victories are the norm in NFL Week 11
Just another ho-hum NFL Sunday. Houston beat Jacksonville. Atlanta beat Arizona. Dallas beat Cleveland. What else would you expect from three home teams favored by a combined 33 points? Now, please excuse those winning teams as they strap on...
Tags: Santana Moss, AFC East, Jacksonville Jaguars, Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers
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Alex Karras, former Detroit Lions lineman, actor, dies at 77
DETROIT (AP) — Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen. And yet, to many people he will always be the lovable dad from the 1980s...
Tags: Alex Karras, Head Injuries, Mel Brooks, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's Disease
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Raymond Berry gets award from his HS
He has two NFL championship rings, a bronze bust that sits in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the gratitude of Baltimore Colts fans who saw him play. Today, before 900 students at a high school assembly in his hometown, Raymond Berry will receive a...
Tags: Willie Lanier, Joe Namath, Ozzie Newsome, American Football Conference, National Football League
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Orioles hold crab race to decide their fantasy football league draft order
The Baltimore SunThe Orioles put an interesting spin on how they decided the draft order for their annual team fantasy football draft this past weekend – with the help of some Maryland blue crabs. Reliever Darren O’Day wanted to do something more exciting...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles, Football, Sports, Chris Davis
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The night McCormick Place burned
The scope of the disaster was hard to fathom. Tribune reporters and photographers who raced to the scene that bitterly cold January night in 1967 sent word that McCormick Place was ablaze, engulfed in flames, raging — destroyed. Back at Tribune...Tags: Fires, Super Bowl, Disasters and Accidents, Chicago Auto Show, Air and Space Accidents
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Cops: Two cars in fiery pipeline crash were drag-racing
Tribune reporterTwo vehicles were apparently drag-racing before their drivers crashed through a fence in New Lenox Township over the weekend, killing two men, injuring three others and causing a crude oil pipeline to leak and explode into flames, officials said Monday....Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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Power rankings: No. 3 Rangers
No. 3 Rangers: 28th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Yankees.
One pitch away from a World Series parade in October. Tens of thousands to go in February, and that doesn't count those thrown on the back fields and in the batting cages....Tags: Bob Gibson, Matt Cain, World Series, Ian Kinsler, Paul Konerko
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Pirate act heads to Pullman
SEATTLE — Mike Leach had just gotten the Texas Tech coaching job in 1999 when he and an assistant coach flew from Lubbock down to Odessa to recruit a decorated receiver named Roy Williams. "Amazing-looking kid," said Manny Matsakis, the former...Tags: Texas Longhorns, Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Leach, Tim Couch, National Football League
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