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Antonio Gates Will Retire with a Ring
DETROIT — Last Friday was fight night in the Motor City, and the crowd of nearly 500 rumbled alive nine minutes past midnight as Ronnie “Teflon Ron” Austion sauntered into the dimly lit arena. A...
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No Ordinary Agent
TOLLAND, Conn. — On March 31, the NFL draft’s traveling circus descended upon Tallahassee as Jameis Winston and a dozen others worked out at Florida State’s pro day. An army of...
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Hell Hath No Fury Like
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey gave a speech to local business leaders at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday morning, and was just about to leave when a reporter...
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On Clay Matthews Singing ‘Bootylicious,’ Cam Newton’s Payday and Questionable...
1) I think there will be two runaway stars on Hard Knocks this year: Bill O’Brien and Ben Jones. O’Brien is a colorful, candid coach who famously got into a sideline screaming match with Tom Brady when...
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My Big Fat NFL Career
SAN DIEGO — It’s a typical Friday afternoon in Southern California. A man with spiked blonde hair and sun splashed across his pale complexion walks into an organic salad joint, his gray T-shirt tightly...
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Pryor Results Indicative of Future Performance
1) I think I have a hard time imagining Terrelle Pryor making it in the NFL as a wide receiver. The quarterback had been reluctant to the switch positions for years, and his sudden announcement reeks...
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The MMQB 100: 31-40
Editor’s note: This is part of our summer series, The MMQB 100, counting down the most influential people for the 2015 season. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. has reached out and grasped fame...
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Chip Kelly Is Not Afraid to Fail
Editor’s note: This is part of our summer series, The MMQB 100, counting down the most influential people for the 2015 season. Since arriving in Philadelphia, Chip Kelly has toyed with convention, from...
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The NFL Wants L.A., But Is It a Requited Love?
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Just past 6 a.m. on the last Sunday in May, Enrique Urbano woke up in a panicked sweat. The floorboards of his apartment rumbled and the picture frames on his dresser shook. Like...
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Don’t Bludgeon the Man
The most recognizable man in San Francisco is going unnoticed in his hometown. It’s an overcast Friday in late June, and new 49ers coach Jim Tomsula is nursing a 31-ounce coffee on the patio of a...
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