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Steelers' Polamalu misses part of practice
Feb 3 2006 10:42PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu missed a portion of practice again Friday because of a sore ankle, but remains listed as probable for the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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Holmgren, Allen seek Seattle extension
Feb 3 2006 7:26PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Mike Holmgren was standing a few feet from the shiny Vince Lombardi Trophy when someone asked if he had any superstition against touching the prize.
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Emmitt Smith: Vote in Michael Irvin now
Feb 3 2006 6:40PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Emmitt Smith believes Hall of Fame voters are holding Michael Irvin's personal problems against him. And he's incensed by it.
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NFL says negotiations are not going well
Feb 3 2006 6:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - There's nothing like a little gloom and doom at the end of Super Bowl week. NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue's pessimism about labor negotiations with the players' union permeated his annual state of the league address Friday.
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Scheming LeBeau seeks winner for Steelers
Feb 3 2006 6:06PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - His zone blitzes are so common, so copied, Dick LeBeau sees high school teams running them. A cornerback or safety pressures off the edge, a linebacker drops into coverage to replace him. A nose tackle stuffs a run on one play but pass rushes on the next.
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Detroit basks in good Super Bowl vibes
Feb 3 2006 5:18PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Motown, you are loved. That was the message Super Bowl week from many of the out-of-towners whose arrival the city has spent years preparing for, in hopes of erasing old stereotypes and projecting a new image to the world.
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Humanitarian Peyton wins Payton award
Feb 3 2006 4:30PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Peyton Manning got to spend a day with Walter Payton when he was only 4 years old. The Chicago Bears' famed running back took him into the surf in Hawaii in 1980, when Manning's father, Archie, was on the island for his first Pro Bowl. At first, the Mannings weren't sure who was watching the kid.
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Windsor, Canada awaits Super Bowl stir
Feb 3 2006 4:24PM (CT)
WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) - South of the border, they've always been known to play a little loose with the rules. But ask the people who actually live in Windsor what they like most about their town _ the Canadian border city that sits across the river, actually south of Detroit _ and the answers aren't as salacious as one might expect.
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FBI investigates Holmgren's rental car
Feb 3 2006 3:57PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The FBI searched Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren's rental car this week _ without incident _ after security officials found the hood ajar and not in the spot where hotel valets had parked it.
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Sports writer fired for manipulating ballot
Feb 3 2006 1:17PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Tampa Tribune sports writer was fired after she admitted to manipulating the balloting for a local prep football award, the newspaper reported Friday.
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U.S. to beam Super Bowl to Iraq
Feb 3 2006 1:12PM (CT)
KHALDIYAH, Iraq (AP) - U.S. tankers patrolling in western Iraq early Monday will have their eyes on the dangerous roads to Baghdad _ and their ears tuned into a broadcast of Super Bowl XL, specially transmitted on a secure U.S. military frequency.
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Detroiters take on Steelers as their own
Feb 3 2006 8:27AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - For a decade, the people of Pittsburgh have embraced a Detroiter and called him one of their own. This week, Detroit is returning the favor _ on an even larger scale. Detroit is not just the hometown of Jerome Bettis. It has become Steeler Country.
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Franco Harris ended career with Seahawks
Feb 3 2006 3:42AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Franco Harris and the Pittsburgh Steelers couldn't be more closely linked. The Immaculate Reception. The four Super Bowls. His pursuit of the NFL career rushing record.
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Stevens deftly handles remarks by Porter
Feb 3 2006 3:39AM (CT)
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - If Jerramy Stevens stands his ground against Pittsburgh storm-creator Joey Porter at Ford Field as deftly as he did at his team's suburban hotel, the Seahawks will have neutralized one of their biggest Super Bowl threats.
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Polamalu 'tweaks' ankle during practice
Feb 3 2006 2:17AM (CT)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu said he "tweaked" an ankle during practice Thursday and was added to the team's Super Bowl injury report as probable.
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