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The Dallas Cowboys may need to make the first major change to their new $1.15 billion home after the video screens were hit by punts during the stadium’s first American football game. While fans were in awe of the world’s largest high-definition screens roughly 60 yards (meters) wide, 25 yards (meters) high which hang from the center, punters for the Tennessee Titans used them for target …
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Sept. 1 – Roster cutdown to maximum of 75 players. Sept. 5 – Roster cutdown to maximum of 53 players. Sept. 10 – Season opener. Oct. 12-13 – Fall owners meeting, Boston.
Checking in on five NFL quarterback battles
Nothing spices up the preseason like quarterback controversy. Five NFL teams have not settled on a Week 1 starter, including the Jets, who visit the Ravens in a Monday night preseason game. Mark Sanchez will make his first career start, locked in a duel with Kellen Clemens to win the Jets’ starting job. Despite being a high first-round draft pick with a huge contract, Sanchez does not feel the …
NFL monitoring Cowboys’ videoboard situation
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys may need to make the first major change to their new $1.15 billion home after the video screens were hit by punts during the stadium’s first American football game.
NFL targeting binge drinking among fans in new season
The NFL will try to crack down on binge drinking by fans at games during the 2009 season. Following up on the Fan Code of Conduct it implemented last season, the league office is making recommendations to teams about maximum serving sizes for beer, wine and spirits sold at games and about the number of alcoholic drinks a customer can purchase at one time.
SEATTLE, Aug. 23 (UPI) — Matt Hasselbeck threw two touchdown passes Saturday, boosting the Seattle Seahawks to a 27-13 NFL pre-season win over the Denver Broncos.
NFL NOTEBOOK: Favre declares Vikings debut a success
MINNEAPOLIS – In a meaningless exhibition as he began his 19th NFL season, Brett Favre felt the butterflies. Camera flashes illuminated the Metrodome on each of his eight plays for Minnesota, and only one completed pass was captured on film.
GLENDALE, Ariz., Aug. 23 (UPI) — Phillip Rivers and two others passed for a combined 234 yards Saturday, leading San Diego to a 17-6 NFL pre-season win over Arizona.
NFL’s 1st black official Toler remembered
(NECN/KGO: San Francisco, Calif.) – Legendary San Francisco sports hero, Burl Toler, has died. His funeral is planned for Wednesday. Toler died August 16th at a hospital in Castro Valley, California. He was 81 years old. Toler’s life was the stuff of legends. He was the first African American principle of a middle school in San Francisco. He was also the first black official in the history of …
NFL: San Francisco 21, Oakland 20
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 (UPI) — Kory Sheets capped an 18-point fourth quarter Saturday with a 5-yard touchdown run, helping San Francisco edge Oakland 21-20 in an NFL pre-season contest.
First African-American NFL Official, Toler Dies
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. — Burl Toler, the first African-American official in NFL history who went on to work one Super Bowl in a distinguished career, has died. He was 81.
Western Kentucky to honor ex-NFL coach Crennel
(AP) — BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Former NFL head coach Romeo Crennel will be inducted into the Western Kentucky University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
How former area high school players did in the second week of preseason games:
NFL: Cutler maturing in role with Bears
Depending on the populace of a particular region, feelings for Jay Cutler are as varied as water and mountains.
It’s do or die in NFL’s preseason
Unlike baseball’s spring training, which fancies itself as a charming and easygoing warm-up to its marathon regular season, the NFL’s summer preseason is a far more pitiless and methodical environment that will never be the inspiration for football poets to wax on about its romantic and idyllic rhythms.
SOLOMON: NFL, Vick and entitlement
I was thinking: My mailbag was full of Michael Vick commentary this week, so let’s revisit the anger once more.
NFL: Packers appear to be in good hands with Aaron Rodgers
GREEN BAY, Wis. — It could have been my imagination, manipulated as it was during a peculiar week, but the out-of-the-tunnel cheers for Aaron Rodgers sure seemed a little louder Saturday night.
The Eagles give Michael Vick a second chance at life in the NFL
Michael Vick can thank his long-time friend Donovan McNabb, along with former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy and Eagles coach Andy Reid for paving the way for his return to the National Football League.
NFL looking into issues raised by Cowboys Stadium’s huge video screens
The video boards at the new Cowboys Stadium were the center of attention at the building’s first football game, and that wasn’t always a good thing.
NFL: Chargers defense shuts down Arizona in 17-6 win
San Diego’s defense got the best of Kurt Warner and Arizona’s first-team offense Saturday night.
NFL Notebook: Eagles plan to play Vick on Thursday
Cutler makes good first impression with Bears fans at Soldier Field.
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