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  • Coach says Roethlisberger is fine for Super Bowl

    Coach says Roethlisberger is fine for Super Bowl

    Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is fine for the Super Bowl. Roethlisberger was drilled in the back during the AFC championship game. He spent a lot of time stretching his torso during a practice this week. Tomlin met with the media...

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  • Giants suspend star receiver Burress for 1 game

    Giants suspend star receiver Burress for 1 game

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A yearlong ankle injury could not keep Plaxico Burress out of the New York Giants’ lineup last season. The lack of a telephone call this week apparently is going to cost him a game and more than $235,000. Less than a...

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  • Marc Bulger is benched in favor of Trent Green

    Marc Bulger is benched in favor of Trent Green

    ST. LOUIS — Unless he needs treatment for an injury, Marc Bulger normally doesn’t come into Rams Park on Tuesdays. But he got a call Monday night from quarterback coach Terry Shea, and almost before the words were out of Shea’s mouth, Bulger knew what...

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  • Close calls, thrilling finishes all around in NFL

    Close calls, thrilling finishes all around in NFL

    Nobody was leaving the stadium early in Buffalo, Chicago, Indianapolis, Denver, Washington and the New Jersey Meadowlands. If they had they would have missed some thrilling finishes Sunday. Such as the Bills moving to 3-0 with a wild comeback capped by Rian Lindell’s 38-yard field...

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  • Pack’s Harris could miss rest of season with ruptured spleen – NFL

    Pack’s Harris could miss rest of season with ruptured spleen – NFL

    GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris was undergoing medical tests Monday amid a report he might have ruptured his spleen in Sunday’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The National Football Post, a Web site that lists Harris’ agent as a contributor,...

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  • Saints’ Shockey to undergo hernia surgery

    Saints’ Shockey to undergo hernia surgery

    Tight end Jeremy Shockey, the Saints’ second-leading receiver through three games, is expected to be out for three to six weeks because of a sports hernia. Shockey, who was acquired from the New York Giants in a trade shortly before training camp, had 16 receptions...

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  • Rodgers solid as Packers beat Vikings 24-19

    Rodgers solid as Packers beat Vikings 24-19

    G REEN BAY, Wis. (AP)—Dancing to avoid pass-rush pressure on third-and-goal, the leader of the Pack zinged an off-balance rocket through airtight coverage to his fullback for a touchdown. It was the kind of throw No. 4 had made time after time. Turns out No....

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