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Football News – - Southington boy loses bid to coach college football (Boston Globe)

tinkerbell — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:28:15 +0000

Southington boy loses bid to coach college football (Boston Globe)
A 12-year-old Southington boy's bid to get a a college football coaching job has failed, but he's still encouraged.

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Football News – - AAFL facing crisis – upstart football league has money woes (Detroit Free Press)

tinkerbell — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:27:51 +0000

AAFL facing crisis – upstart football league has money woes (Detroit Free Press)
The All American Football League, which was supposed to breathe new life into players who couldn't play in the NFL, is on life support. The league said Thursday in an e-mail that a new majority owner is needed to salvage the inaugural season, less than a week before training camps are set to open.

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Football News – - Emotional Favre rules out return to playing football (USA Today)

tinkerbell — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:27:24 +0000

Emotional Favre rules out return to playing football (USA Today)
Brett Favre weighed the decision to retire from the National Football League for three years. When the moment came to explain why he's leaving, it took 20 seconds for the emotions to overwhelm him.

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Football News – - Football: Van Marwijk to succeed van Basten as Dutch coach (AFP via Yahoo! News)

tinkerbell — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:19:02 +0000

Football: Van Marwijk to succeed van Basten as Dutch coach (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Feyenoord coach Bert van Marwijk is to succeed Marco van Basten as boss of the Dutch national side in July following Euro 2008, the Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) announced on Monday.

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Football News – - Big cities' success key for Arena Football League (USA Today)

tinkerbell — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:18:41 +0000

Big cities' success key for Arena Football League (USA Today)
Arena Football League commissioner David Baker isn't playing favorites. But he won't be disappointed if the New York Dragons follow the cross-town Giants and win ArenaBowl XXII this season.

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Football News – - Football: Thaksin return raises hopes of Thai fans (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

tinkerbell — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:18:19 +0000

Football: Thaksin return raises hopes of Thai fans (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's dramatic return to Thailand last week sparked controversy across the country – except on the football field, where fans believe his homecoming could mark a new era in the sport.

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Fooball News – - UConn Football Gets Oral Commitment From One Of State's Top Juniors (New London Day)

tinkerbell — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:39:08 +0000

UConn Football Gets Oral Commitment From One Of State's Top Juniors (New London Day)
Mike Osiecki, a 6-foot-3, 212-pound linebacker from Seymour High School and arguably the state's top junior prospect, gave the UConn football program an oral commitment

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Fooball News – - Antonio Coleman's injury brings quick end to Auburn football scrimmage (Birmingham News)

tinkerbell — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:38:46 +0000

Antonio Coleman's injury brings quick end to Auburn football scrimmage (Birmingham News)
AUBURN – Auburn's first spring football scrimmage came to an abrupt end Saturday with a defensive end falling to the turf motionless – an ambulance on the field to take him away.

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Fooball News – - Foothills football job goes to Johnson (Arizona Daily Star)

tinkerbell — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:38:23 +0000

Foothills football job goes to Johnson (Arizona Daily Star)
Matt Johnson, former head coach at Rincon/University, is the new head football coach at Catalina Foothills High School, Foothills athletic director Jody Brase announced Saturday.

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Fooball News – - 5 Central Arkansas football players suspended (Houston Chronicle)

tinkerbell — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:04:10 +0000

5 Central Arkansas football players suspended (Houston Chronicle)
Five Central Arkansas football players were suspended indefinitely on the first day of spring practice Friday for an unspecified violation of team rules.

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Fooball News – - Shawnee hires its fifthsixth football coach in four five years (Louisville Courier-Journal)

tinkerbell — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:03:50 +0000

Shawnee hires its fifthsixth football coach in four five years (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Shawnee High School has had five football coaches in the past four seasons, so the words of its newest hire might be comforting to Golden Eagles fans.

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Fooball News – - Football is politics when Arab Israeli town meets Jerusalem (Middle East Times)

tinkerbell — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:03:31 +0000

Football is politics when Arab Israeli town meets Jerusalem (Middle East Times)
Beitar Jerusalem fans cheer for their team after winning over Israeli Arab Bnei Sakhnin during their national football cup match in Sakhnin.

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Fooball News – - Raw Otah still has best football ahead of him (CBS Sportsline)

tinkerbell — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:35:36 +0000

Raw Otah still has best football ahead of him (CBS Sportsline)
Jeff Otah played just three games of varsity football in high school. He expects to play many more than that in the NFL.

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Fooball News – - Raw Otah still has best football ahead of him (CBS Sportsline)

tinkerbell — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:35:25 +0000

Raw Otah still has best football ahead of him (CBS Sportsline)
Jeff Otah played just three games of varsity football in high school. He expects to play many more than that in the NFL.

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Fooball News – - Football: Said & Done (Guardian Unlimited)

tinkerbell — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:35:16 +0000

Football: Said & Done (Guardian Unlimited)
David Hills: The week in football featuring Nazis, dynamite, brothels and FIFA

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Fooball News – - MALAYSIAN FOOTBALL: Better to study African teams (The New Straits Times)

tinkerbell — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:18:35 +0000

MALAYSIAN FOOTBALL: Better to study African teams (The New Straits Times)
I READ with great interest the Football Association of Ma-laysia's plan to recruit former Liverpool player Ian Rush to train our players. FAM is also sending national coach B. Sathianathan for a three-week stint with Manchester United where he will shadow its assistant manager, Carlos Quieroz.

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Fooball News – - Women's football: FA apologies for 1921 ban (Guardian Unlimited)

tinkerbell — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:18:30 +0000

Women's football: FA apologies for 1921 ban (Guardian Unlimited)
Women's football: The FA has apologised for banning women's football for 50 years from 1921

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Fooball News – - Two dead as Iraq football officials poisoned by thallium (AFP via Yahoo! News)

tinkerbell — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:18:25 +0000

Two dead as Iraq football officials poisoned by thallium (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two children have died and five other people are seriously ill after eating cake poisoned with thallium delivered to a football club in Baghdad, a team official and police said on Sunday.

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Fooball News – - UW football: Partridge happy to join Badgers family (Wisconsin State Journal)

tinkerbell — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:12:48 +0000

UW football: Partridge happy to join Badgers family (Wisconsin State Journal)
When University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema tried to hire Charlie Partridge two years ago, the timing was not right. Partridge was in his third year as the defensive line coach at Pittsburgh and Bielema wanted him for the same job with the Badgers. When Partridge worked for coach Dan McCarney at Iowa State from 1998-2001, Bielema was the linebackers coach at Iowa and both of them …

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Fooball News – - In Pictures: Football in Falluja (BBC News)

tinkerbell — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:12:32 +0000

In Pictures: Football in Falluja (BBC News)
The inaugural match of a new children's football league is played in Falluja, western Iraq.

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Fooball News – - Pan Am should be ready for football season (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

tinkerbell — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:12:17 +0000

Pan Am should be ready for football season (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Pan American Stadium should be ready for the 2008 football season and a facelift to Tad Gormley Stadium is expected to be completed for the beginning of track season, said Tony Biagas, the director of City Park athletic services.

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Fooball News – - ND suspends football, lacrosse player Yeatman (ESPN)

tinkerbell — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:12:20 +0000

ND suspends football, lacrosse player Yeatman (ESPN)
Notre Dame suspended football and lacrosse player Will Yeatman indefinitely on Tuesday for an undisclosed violation of team policy.

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Fooball News – - Former Georgia football player killed in car crash (Sports Illustrated)

tinkerbell — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:12:03 +0000

Former Georgia football player killed in car crash (Sports Illustrated)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A former football walk-on for the University of Georgia has died from injuries he sustained in a car-truck collision near Madison.

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Fooball News – - Stockpiling football talents for future (The Borneo Post)

tinkerbell — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:11:49 +0000

Stockpiling football talents for future (The Borneo Post)
KUCHING: Football in the State has been given a badly-needed pick-up with the launching of a four-year Development Initiative (2008-2012).

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Fooball News – - Scotland call off England football friendly (AFP via Yahoo! News)

tinkerbell — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:51:51 +0000

Scotland call off England football friendly (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Scotland will not play a friendly international against England on May 28 because new coach George Burley does not want to field a weakened team, according to Scottish football bosses.

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Fooball News – - Chamblee football coach heading to Northview (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

tinkerbell — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:51:11 +0000

Chamblee football coach heading to Northview (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Jim Showfety, the first-year coach who took Chamblee to the Class AAA football semifinals last season, is the new head coach at Northview of Alpharetta, a six-year-old school that has never made the playoffs. [ Submit your comments below.] "They asked me what is my first-year goal here, and I'm not dumb enough to say we're going to go 15-0, but we've got to raise expectations," Showfety said. …

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Fooball News – - American football: Scot aims to boot Giants to victory (The New Zealand Herald)

tinkerbell — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:50:38 +0000

American football: Scot aims to boot Giants to victory (The New Zealand Herald)
PHOENIX: Kicker Lawrence Tynes, who will become the first Briton to play in the National Football League's (NFL) Super Bowl when he takes the field against the unbeaten New England Patriots on Monday (NZT), relishes an opportunity to win it all for his New York Giants.

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Fooball News – - Alcohol ban could leave Alice football league safer but poorer (ABC via Yahoo!7 Sports)

tinkerbell — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:53:03 +0000

Alcohol ban could leave Alice football league safer but poorer (ABC via Yahoo!7 Sports)
There could be a total ban on alcohol at football games in Alice Springs this year.

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Fooball News – - Patrick Snell's Football Mailbag (CNN.com)

tinkerbell — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:52:55 +0000

Patrick Snell's Football Mailbag (CNN.com)
CNN World Sport's Patrick Snell answers your football questions.

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Fooball News – - Poe Discusses Football, Politics, Immigration (FOX 26 Houston)

tinkerbell — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:52:45 +0000

Poe Discusses Football, Politics, Immigration (FOX 26 Houston)
U.S. Congressman Ted Poe discusses football, politics and the ongoing debate over immigration.

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Fooball News – - Flag football tournament in Avondale (The Arizona Republic)

tinkerbell — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:30 +0000

Flag football tournament in Avondale (The Arizona Republic)
Avondale has partnered with St. Louis Rams wide receiver Torry Holt and his brother, Cardinals safety Terrence Holt, to host a flag football tournament Feb. 2 at 7 a.m. at Friendship Park, 12325 W. McDowell Road.

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Fooball News – - Electric Football Keeps Hope Vibrating in Detroit as Lions Lose (Bloomberg.com)

tinkerbell — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:27 +0000

Electric Football Keeps Hope Vibrating in Detroit as Lions Lose (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — It's every Detroiter's dream. The Lions are 12-3 and clinched a National Football League playoff berth. Quarterback Jon Kitna threw 37 touchdown passes.

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Fooball News – - Hard-up German football club seeks Doherty's help (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

tinkerbell — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:24 +0000

Hard-up German football club seeks Doherty's help (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A German football club struggling to avoid financial collapse has asked rocker Pete Doherty to help publicize their plight as he supported the side as a boy, Doherty's manager and club officials said on Friday.

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Fooball News – - Indiana football riding the bowl bounce (The Indianapolis Star)

tinkerbell — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:45:53 +0000

Indiana football riding the bowl bounce (The Indianapolis Star)
Coach Bill Lynch does not believe it will take sustained winning before Indiana football begins to reap benefits of playing in the program's first bowl game since 1993.

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Fooball News – - College-Football Notebook (Winston-Salem Journal)

tinkerbell — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:45:49 +0000

College-Football Notebook (Winston-Salem Journal)
BCS officials are going to have some serious discussions in the coming months about going to a plus-one format, which could create a four-team playoff in major college football.

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Fooball News – - COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MSU frosh wraps up award ROUNDUP (Detroit Free Press)

tinkerbell — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:45:47 +0000

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MSU frosh wraps up award ROUNDUP (Detroit Free Press)
Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones, who led the team with 78 tackles, has been named a first-team freshman All-America by the Football Writers Association of America and AON Insurance.

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Fooball News – - Jones resigns as Hawaii football coach, reports say (Houston Chronicle)

tinkerbell — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:37:55 +0000

Jones resigns as Hawaii football coach, reports say (Houston Chronicle)
HONOLULU June Jones has resigned as Hawaii's football coach, reports said Saturday. Kent Untermann, a former Hawaii player and member of Na Koa, the school's booster club, told KHNL that Jones' was leaving because of frustration with how the athletic department was run, not because he felt his salary was too low.

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Fooball News – - Poudre names new AD Football coaching position still open (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

tinkerbell — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:37:54 +0000

Poudre names new AD Football coaching position still open (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Poudre High School has found its athletic director and this week took the first step toward finding a football coach.

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Fooball News – - DLS football is truly dominant (Contra Costa Times)

tinkerbell — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:37:53 +0000

DLS football is truly dominant (Contra Costa Times)
"They have the best defense of any team we've faced this year. They're a very good football team." So said De La Salle High School offensive coordinator Joe Aliotti of California High School, which De La Salle played in the NCS championship game.

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Fooball News – - Blacks largely shut out of head coaching jobs in U.S. college football (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

tinkerbell — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:11:43 +0000

Blacks largely shut out of head coaching jobs in U.S. college football (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
NEW ORLEANS – When Ohio State and LSU face off in the BCS championship football game Monday night, some of the best on the field will be black players.

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Fooball News – - Top conglomerate to support football in India (AFP via Yahoo! News)

tinkerbell — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:11:42 +0000

Top conglomerate to support football in India (AFP via Yahoo! News)
One of India's leading business conglomerates, Bharti Enterprises, inked a deal here on Friday aimed at boosting football in the cricket-crazy country.

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Fooball News – - Football kicks CBS, NBC to top of weekly ratings (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

tinkerbell — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:11:40 +0000

Football kicks CBS, NBC to top of weekly ratings (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
CBS won Christmas week in total viewers, while "NBC Sunday Night Football" was the top program during the period.

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Fooball News – - Football's Tony Elliott dies in Bridgeport (Connecticut Post)

tinkerbell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:36:43 +0000

Football's Tony Elliott dies in Bridgeport (Connecticut Post)
BRIDGEPORT Tony Elliott, a local football hero who became a professional player and reached celebrity status, died unexpectedly at his home in the city Monday.

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Fooball News – - UW football: Bielema officially upset (Wisconsin State Journal)

tinkerbell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:36:42 +0000

UW football: Bielema officially upset (Wisconsin State Journal)
University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema made it clear after Tuesday's 21-17 loss to Tennessee in the Outback Bowl he wasn't pleased with the officiating done by the Mountain West Conference crew, though after the game he mistakenly referred to the officials as being from the Western Athletic Conference. Bielema's first beef came on the Badgers' second possession of the game when …

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Fooball News – - UW football: Bielema officially upset (Wisconsin State Journal)

tinkerbell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:36:41 +0000

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