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Court won't hear complaint about Redskins name - Yahoo! NewsThe Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive. The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from Suzan Shown Harjo. That ends the latest round in the 17-year court battle between the ...
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Curran: Fears rise over trauma to NFL players’ brains - NFL- nbcsports.msnbc.comFormer Kansas City quarterback Trent Green, shown here during a 2006 game, was one of several NFL players who dealt with serious concussions during their career. If you think you’ve read it all before when it comes to the aftereffects of concussions on NFL players, think again. It's worse. Stud...
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Heat deaths put pressure on football tradition - CNN.comA high school football player cools off at practice by dunking his head in a bucket of ice water. Before Friday night lights, there is summer suffering. For generations, the rite of twice-daily summer football practice endured. In August, players would report as early as 7 a.m., work hard for ...
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Colts release Harrison after 13-year run - NFL- nbcsports.msnbc.comINDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts have released Marvin Harrison, ending the star receiver’s 13-year stay with the team. Colts owner Jim Irsay announced the move Tuesday after meeting with Harrison in a final effort to re-sign the franchise’s career receiving leader. Agent Tom Condon said ...
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Nuts: Springsteeen Slides Into Camera Crotch-First At Super BowlSpringsteen had 12 minutes to wow the nation last night, but really only took ten seconds. It's no Nipplegate, but it got us to step away from the guacamole.
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Super Bowl XLIII Ads: Teased, Remixed, Too Hot for TVThe most sacred of American annual rites is upon us: sitting through an over-hyped football game to see cutting-edge TV ads that occasionally rival feature films for production value and creativity. But this year it isn't just about television -- the spotlight's online. Some of America's ...
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Make Your Own Scientific Super Bowl SnacksWired Science asked leading molecular gastronomists for their own preferred finger foods recipes. Inspired by the experimental spirit of science, they've come up with new variations on old standbys, from Wylie Dufresne's pizza pebbles to Homaro Cantu's olive dipping chips.
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IT'S A VEGGIE VIOLATION - NBC PULLS SEXUALLY THEMED PETA SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALNBC pulled the plug on a PETA pro-veggie commercial planned for the Super Bowl because it "depicts a level of sexuality exceeding our standards," according to NBC Universal's advertising standards executive, Victoria Morgan. The ad, which carries the tagline, "Studies Show Vegetarians Have Bet ...
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High school football coach charged in player's death - CNN.comA popular Kentucky high school football coach was arraigned Monday on a reckless homicide charge in the heat-exhaustion-related death of one of his players. Pleasure Ridge Park football coach Jason Stinson was released with no bail, said a spokesman for the Commonwealth's Attorney Office. CNN ...
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High-ranking Dem to hold hearings on BCS - College football- nbcsports.msnbc.comRep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), the incoming chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said he will hold hearings and possibly subpoena NCAA officials, college presidents, players, coaches and athletics directors in an effort to force a playoff in Division 1-A football, ...
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