Santa Clara to discuss wording of stadium measure (AP)

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Feb
Santa Clara city leaders are set to discuss the final wording of the ballot measure for a proposed stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. On Tuesday night, the Santa Clara City Council is scheduled to discuss language that city staffers describe as a multilayered question asking voters if city leaders should approve the stadium deal.

Santa Clara to discuss wording of stadium measure (PA SportsTicker)

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Feb
Santa Clara city leaders are set to discuss the final wording of the ballot measure for a proposed stadium for the San Francisco 49ers.

Trenches Talk: Browns Target DBs Haden, Berry; Walter Jones Continues Rehab (SportingNews.com)

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Feb
The Browns' top priority might not be at quarterback. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the team's...

Payton, Brees bask in glory of New Orleans’ title (AP)

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Feb
Wearing Mardi Gras beads and clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand. "You can't get enough of this," the Saints' head coach said at a news conference at the Fort Lauderdale convention center Monday morning.

Raiders hire another assistant, adding former Kansas City DC Clancy Pendergast (The Canadian Press)

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Feb
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Oakland Raiders have hired longtime NFL defensive co-ordinator Clancy Pendergast as an assistant.

Saints raise their city’s spirits, maybe for good (AP)

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Feb

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy as he leaves the airport Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Kenner, La., after the Saints returned from the NFL football Super Bowl. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 on Sunday, for the first championship in franchise history.

People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it. Swarms of fans in black and gold greeted the players as they stepped off a chartered plane at the suburban airport, cheering them with "Who...


Cleveland Browns release troubled wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth (The Canadian Press)

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Feb
CLEVELAND - Donte' Stallworth will get the chance to resurrect his NFL career, but it won't happen in Cleveland.

Super Bowl surpasses ‘M-A-S-H’ finale as most-watched TV show ever in US (The Canadian Press)

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Feb
NEW YORK - An estimated one in two Canadians tuned into the Super Bowl Sunday, which was watched by more than 106 million people in the U.S., surpassing the ratings for the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday.

Giants add offensive tackle, getting Herb Taylor on waivers from Denver (The Canadian Press)

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Feb
The New York Giants have been awarded offensive tackle Herb Taylor off waivers from Denver.

Browns release WR Stallworth (AP)

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Feb

FILE - In this April 2, 2009, file photo, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth(notes) appears before Miami-Dade Judge Dennis J. Murphy in Miami. The Browns released Stallworth on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Marice Cohn Band, Pool) NO SALES

Donte' Stallworth will get the chance to resurrect his NFL career, but it won't happen in Cleveland. The Browns released the troubled wide receiver on Monday, wasting little time after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that Stallworth would be reinstated following the Super Bowl. Stallworth was suspended for the 2009 season by Goodell after he pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian...