2010 January | NFLback.com

Rex Ryan apologizes for gesture (AP)

31
Jan

New York Jets coach Rex Ryan apologized Sunday for making an obscene gesture at a mixed martial arts event. Ryan was booed Saturday night while doing a TV interview at the MMA event in the Bank Atlantic Center, the Florida Panthers' home arena. He was smiling when caught making the gesture by a cell phone camera.

Filed under: AFC East, New York Jets

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Saints in the Super Bowl? Ain’t that the truth. (The Canadian Press)

31
Jan

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - On the first day of February, the New Orleans Saints will be preparing for a football game. Think about that for a while: The team once disparagingly called the Aints whose fans wore bags on their heads are heading to South Florida to play in the Super Bowl.

Filed under: NFC South, New Orleans Saints

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F-16s, bomb-sniffing dogs among security measurers at the Super Bowl (The Canadian Press)

31
Jan

MIAMI - The vast security operation protecting the Super Bowl and surrounding events ranges from Air Force F-16s patrolling the skies above Miami on game day to a buffer zone extending at least 100 metres out from the stadium.

Filed under: AFC South, Indianapolis Colts

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Protecting against a ‘lone wolf’ at the Super Bowl (AP)

31
Jan

The vast security operation protecting the Super Bowl and surrounding events ranges from Air Force F-16s patrolling the skies above Miami on game day to a buffer zone extending at least 100 yards out from the stadium. No one without a credential or ticket can get past that barrier -- and everyone is subjected to meticulous screening by law enforcement personnel.

Filed under: AFC South, Indianapolis Colts

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Saints euphoria sweeps New Orleans past Katrina (AP)

31
Jan

On his feet, his insides roiling like a butter churn, Percy "PJ" Williams Jr. pulled his leather Saints helmet over his face and closed his eyes. "Look! Look! Watch this game, baby!" his wife gushed. "I can't do it!" PJ blurted, hiding his face. Over and over again he cried: "Please, Lord, let this guy make this field goal ...

Filed under: NFC South, New Orleans Saints

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Carney says he’s fortunate to be part of Saints’ Super Bowl run as kicker, coach (The Canadian Press)

31
Jan

METAIRIE, La. - Perhaps an NFL club will give John Carney a chance to kick field goals again next season, when he'll be 46.

Filed under: NFC East, New York Giants

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McKinnie gets booted off NFC Pro Bowl roster (Yahoo! Sports)

31
Jan

When the NFL puts as much importance in Pro Bowl attendance as it has for this year's Miami pre-Super Bowl...

Filed under: Carolina Panthers, NFC South

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Kicking or coaching, Carney pleased to be a Saint (AP)

31
Jan

Perhaps an NFL club will give John Carney a chance to kick field goals again next season, when he'll be 46. Morten Andersen lasted that long, as Carney pointed out when he re-signed with the New Orleans Saints in August. For now, though, Carney will have to make the best of his second Super Bowl in a coaching role.

Filed under: NFC South, New Orleans Saints

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La. Gov. Jindal looking into ‘Who Dat’ lawsuit (AP)

30
Jan

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is getting into the "Who Dat" fray with the NFL, asking the state attorney general to look into a possible lawsuit over the ownership rights to the popular New Orleans Saints phrase. Jindal spokesman Kyle Plotkin says the governor's executive counsel contacted Attorney General Buddy Caldwell's office Saturday.

Filed under: NFC South, New Orleans Saints

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