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Week 2 Winners and Losers: Pac-12 comes up roses with three upset wins
On any given Saturday, only half of the teams playing will come out winners, the others are losers and the players and coaches that make up the games are usually a mixture of both. That's where we come...
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The wait is over; the first NFL Sunday of the 2012 season is finally here. Join the Yahoo! Sports crew as they break down all the action on gameday: <a...
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McCourty twins prepare for their first football face-off
Jason McCourty, 25, starting cornerback for the Tennessee Titans, was born 27 minutes before his identical twin brother Devin, starting cornerback for the New England Patriots. And when the Titans and...
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Game on! Sunday injury updates, programming notes
Welcome, gamers, to the first Sunday of the 2012 NFL season. LET'S DO THIS THING. (Pretend I just smacked your face, whacked your shoulder pads, barked like a doberman). Time to open the fantasy...
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Five NFL teams that are worse than you think
A few hours from now, I'll likely regret writing this article. Such is the NFL, the ultimate reshuffle league. But long-term predictions need to be made before the season, so let's on the record before...
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Jurickson Profar claims acting scared led to his game-winning double against...
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon tweeted that the "razor-thin line between winning and losing was on display" during a 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers in 10 innings on Saturday night. But here's...
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For young quarterbacks, schematic evolution and flexibility are keys to success
In 1998, first overall pick Peyton Manning started every single game as a rookie for the Indianapolis Colts. Manning put up big yardage numbers (3,739) while leading the league in attempts (575) and...
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Replacement refs already assigned to Week 2 games, real refs no closer to a deal
If you don't like anything that happens to your favorite team today or tomorrow as a result of the presence of replacement officials, this news will make you no more pleased -- according to Jay Glazer...
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Robert Griffin III can’t start his NFL career any more perfectly
Going into a hostile environment in the NFL can't be easy for any quarterback. Now imagine you're a rookie and you're playing in your first game against the New Orleans Saints on the road. That didn't...
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Get used to it: RGIII on fire, shredding the Saints D
So far, so good for Robert Griffin III. Or rather, so far so perfect for RGIII in his NFL regular season debut. Griffin went 7-for-7 in the first quarter at New Orleans, passing for 123 yards and one...
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Arkansas’ tough weekend gets worse as it drops out of the AP Top 25
For Arkansas, Saturday's upset loss to Louisiana-Monroe was bad, but the Razorbacks historical plunge out of the AP Top 25 might have been worse. After coming into the weekend ranked No. 8 and...
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Lions beat Rams despite Matthew Stafford’s abysmal three-pick first half
With 10 seconds left in the game, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford threw a five-yard touchdown pass to running back Kevin Smith to give his team a 27-23 win over the St. Louis Rams at Ford...
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Adrian Peterson making house calls, eight months after ACL surgery
Adrian Peterson was not only active for the Vikings' opener, but he's dominating the rushing workload, doing all the usual AP things. This guy is just eight months removed from ACL/MCL surgery, yet...
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Uh-oh: Fred Jackson injures knee in disastrous day for Buffalo
I can't really think of any way this day could have gone worse for Buffalo, not without a surprise appearance by JP Losman in the fourth quarter. The team's revamped defense allowed a million points...
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Flip the script: Jets demolish Bills
Through the offseason the AFC East narrative was built: Buffalo, with free agent addition Mario Williams, would be the second best team in the division behind the Patriots. The Jets, well, they got a...
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Saints look like they’re suffering from a bounty scandal hangover
New Orleans Saints supporters insisted the bounty scandal wouldn't affect their team, and the reasons they gave were usually the same. The core of the team was still there, quarterback Drew Brees was...
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Chronicles of Stanley: Jeff Carter takes the Cup back in time
The Chronicles of Stanley is an occasional series this summer that tracks the Los Angeles Kings as they each get their special alone time with the Stanley Cup. "Jeff Carter lives out his own version of...
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Tom Brady gets a boo-boo on his face
Sorry ladies, the pretty boy of the NFL received an injury to his mug. While it wasn't a season-ending knee injury like Week 1 of 2008, New England Patriots fans couldn't have felt good seeing their...
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The Deuce is Loose: Did Pat Shurmur make the proper conversion choice?
No one is likely to complain if the opening-day film between the Eagles and Browns turns up missing. Philadelphia escaped with a 17-16 victory on Sunday despite four Michael Vick interceptions, and the...
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David Akers ties NFL record with 63-yard field goal
David Akers tied the NFL record for field-goal distance. Now with the San Francisco 49ers, he kicked a 63-yarder that hit the crossbar, then bounced through the uprights as time expired in the first...
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