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Tentative settlement reached in NCAA suit

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA plans to ease restrictions on educational expenses for current student-athletes while setting aside $10…

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Eli Manning in the Super Bowl? What are the odds?

PHOENIX — It was the perfect thing for a mother to say, and it was perfectly ridiculous.

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Welker is hot in the slot

No matter how hard they tried, the Patriots couldn’t stop him. Twice a year from 2004 to 2006,…

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Super Bowl notes

PREDICTION: 23-17.

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NFL notes

SEAHAWKS: Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said that he does not have a preference for the type of person he…

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Different paths for two coaches of the moment

GLENDALE, Ariz. — High up in the stadium’s stands, far from the sophomoric exercise known as Super Bowl…

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Super easy Super Bowl fare

If you spend the day of the big game in the kitchen, you’re missing the point of a…

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Buffalo Bills sign former Mariner High School standout

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Tight end Teyo Johnson, a former football and basketball star at Mariner High School,…

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Former Everett CC football star honored

Murray Cassidy didn’t hesitate when asked his favorite memory of playing college football.

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Pats’ Brady says he’ll be ready to play

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Quarterback Tom Brady said shortly after the New England Patriots arrived here Sunday evening for…

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Gadson is a Giant inspiration

PHOENIX — As players and coaches celebrated in the New York locker room last Sunday night — when…

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‘The Beast’ is coming

Bob Sapp might be Japan’s biggest export since Godzilla, and he’s invading Tacoma.

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NFL notes

PATRIOTS: Mike Holovak, a longtime NFL executive who coached the Patriots to their first championship game in 1964,…

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Caldwell’s last-play TD lifts South to victory

MOBILE, Ala. — For once, Andre Caldwell and Erik Ainge had a dramatic finish that both could cheer.

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Bruschi is the Patriot

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Rodney Harrison looked over his left shoulder at the helmet hanging on a hook and…

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Super question: Do Giant receivers measure up to Pats?

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Plaxico Burress has made some amazing catches.

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Brady better than Joe Cool?

Memo to Joe Montana fans: There are some rules of etiquette, if and when it becomes necessary to…

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NFL notes

REDSKINS: The team fired defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and offensive coordinator Al Saunders and promoted defensive line coach…

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Redskins hire Seahawks’ Zorn to be offensive coordinator

WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins hired Seattle Seahawks assistant Jim Zorn as offensive coordinator, league sources said, making…

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Brady not seen in Patriots’ locker room before practice

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — For the second consecutive day, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wasn’t in the locker room or…