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Curtain call: aiming to follow 2005 Steelers' lead
Another playoff trip to top-seeded Tennessee. Another meeting with Kerry Collins. Another Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Everything points to a repeat of the Ravens' 2000 Super Bowl season. But there are just as many comparisons between this season's...Tags: Willis McGahee, Super Bowl, Football, Kerry Collins, Joe Flacco
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NBC puts Millen back where he is at his best
Even before things turned out as they did in Detroit, I was one who thought Lehigh Valley native Matt Millen made a mistake in leaving the broadcast booth. Working for CBS and Fox, Millen had become one of the best color analysts in the business. He...Tags: Service Electric Inc., Super Bowl, John Madden, Virginia Tech, Major League Baseball
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Steelers plan to improve run
The Pittsburgh Steelers' commitment to the run began with Franco Harris in 1972 and hasn't wavered since. With only three coaches during that time, the Steelers never have abandoned the mind-set that all good things offensively start with the run. Of...Tags: New York Jets, Chuck Noll, Productivity, Corey Ivy, Football
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Ravens, Steelers getting ready to play the feud
When Lorenzo Neal was the starting fullback in San Diego, the Chargers' rivals were the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos. But his best memories of a feud were when his Tennessee Titans used to play the Ravens. Neal knows the deal. West Coast...Tags: Super Bowl, Hines Ward, Ohio State University, Memorial Stadium, Ed Reed
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Remember when?
When the Ravens and Steelers square off Sunday with first place in the AFC North on the line, it won't be the first time the teams have met with the game having playoff implications. One of the more recent games occurred Dec. 26, 2004, in Pittsburgh....Tags: Jamal Lewis, Ed Reed, Jerame Tuman, Super Bowl, Football
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McClain works out at tailback
No one knows where Le'Ron McClain will line up these days for the Ravens.
Will he start at fullback? This has been his primary NFL job, one at which he creates holes by knocking linebackers off their feet.
Or will he start at tailback as he did last...Tags: Willis McGahee, Derrick Mason, M&T Bank Stadium, Detroit Lions, National Football League
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Giants somehow find a way to beat Steelers
johnette.howard@newsday.comIt was a smashmouth game, a crazy, switchback-filled, tar pit of a game in which the Giants' offense thrashed around but couldn't score a touchdown on its first five trips inside the Pittsburgh 20-yard line, not even from inches away. And yet, the way the...Tags: Super Bowl, Lawrence Tynes, Plaxico Burress, Football, Brandon Jacobs
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Even Madden doesn't agree with Reid's decisions
For years, Eagles fans have complained about Andy Reid's playcalling. But the criticism extended beyond the greater Philadelphia area on Sunday night with Reid's head-scratching calls at the end of Sunday night's Giants-Eagles game getting a lot of...Tags: Jay Leno, Super Bowl, Keith Olbermann, Joe Montana, John Madden
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'Mad Dog' Russo debuts on Sirius radio
marcus.henry@newsday.comNew company, same ol' "Dog." The call letters, studio and zeros on his paycheck will be different, but the fire, high-pitched voice and attitude of Chris "Mad Dog" Russo won't be. Russo began his second life in radio as host of "The Mad Dog Sports Show"...Tags: National Football League, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Mets, Radio, Grant Hill
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McCain, Obama punt political football
Sentinel Staff WriterSen. John McCain readily admits that his football career was not the stuff of legends. Sen. Barack Obama, meanwhile, has made his sporting name playing basketball. Both presidential contenders are big fans of their home-state NFL teams — McCain for...Tags: Hillary Clinton, High Schools, Super Bowl, Mike Ditka, Elections
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Bela Karolyi is an entertaining analyst, but a biased one
WatchdogBela Karolyi is undeniably entertaining as a gymnastics studio analyst - when he can be understood through his still-thick accent. But it's really weird that NBC is using him in that role. Not because of stuff such as him stating......Tags: Values, NBC, Tiki Barber, Ethics
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Steelers' legendary announcer Myron Cope dies at 79
The Associated PressMyron Cope, the screechy-voiced announcer whose colorful catch phrases and twirling Terrible Towel became symbols of the Pittsburgh Steelers during an unrivaled 35 seasons in the broadcast booth, has died. He was 79. Cope died Wednesday morning at a...Tags: Roberto Clemente Jr., Super Bowl, History, Chuck Noll, Art Rooney
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