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ISSUE: November 15, 2009

Articles about football

Racing To Win - 6-1-2003

NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs went from winning Super Bowls to capturing racing titles. What's his secret?

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...on as CEO of racing teams are those he honed in football. He doesn''t study game films or diagram plays,...

...the technical person, the guy who constructed a football team and made it work, and who worked for...

...have quarterbacks, over here you have drivers. football has coaches, racing has crew chiefs. It started...

Have Football, Will Travel And A Tale Of Two Shores - 8-15-2003

If you haven’t gone coastal in Mexico lately, then you’re really missing out.

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...rights is to follow our sports fan''s ultimate football guide. The objective is simple: See lots of...

...guide. The objective is simple: See lots of football. The strategy is a bit more daring: Determine...

...two of Florida''s Holy Trinity of college football get together, the nation is fixated on the...

Book It - 9-1-2001

Book reviews to keep you in the know.

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...the University of Oklahoma won 47 consecutive football games, and that record has never been seriously...

... a lot more than touchdowns and goal line stands. football was a way out for the state of Oklahoma after...

...that the state, through its university and its football program, would rise up and succeed, and were...

Keeping The Lights On - 2-1-2009

Kyle Chandler And Connie Britton Star In One Of The Best Shows On Television. So Why Aren't You Watching It?

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... and Connie Britton, who play a Texas high school football coach and his wife, are lobbing a Hail Mary pass...

... and Connie Britton, who play a Texas high school football coach and his wife, are lobbing a Hail Mary pass...

...people who still think the show is about only football? Britton: To me, it''s about humanity. It''s all...

Driven - 5-15-2009

Hulsey Smith’s life plan was crushed on a football field. But now he’s racing into the future.

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...Smith''s life plan was crushed on a football field. But now he''s racing into the...

...Series racing team, you have to begin on the football field, deep in the red zone. The genetic thread...

...red zone. The genetic thread isn''t discordant. football and open-wheel racing -- a racing style à la the...

Super Bowl Life Lessons - 1-1-2003

The new year and football have more in common than you might think. It’s a brief revelry and a long meditation, New Year’s is. It is a time for celebration, and a time as well for reflection. And so it is that during these tender young ...

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...open weekend gives fans a taste of life without football that''s just around the corner and the NFL seems...

...think it''s a coincidence that the climax to the football season and the new year occur at the same time.

...to learn the lessons about life''s lessons that football imparts. I, for one, have learned several. To...

Whata Trip! - 1-1-2005

You think you've had some memorable travel experiences? See how they compare to the wild Road Warrior stories we share here.

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...attendant greeted us and asked if we "played football or something." This isn''t an unusual occurrence...

...was that people would actually believe we were football players. We had, after all, boarded the flight...

...in the middle of August. And anyone who knows football knows that the pros are in training camp in...

Joe Theismann Sounds Off - 12-15-2006

The ESPN commentator and former Super Bowl–winning quarterback tackles questions about the NFL's new rule changes, Terrell Owens, motorcycle accidents, and Mon...

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...accidents over the past few years? As a football player, you think you’re invincible...

...He thought he was invincible on the football field because he won a world championship. Then...

...the game. We don’t have a senior tour in football. … There’s a finality that is very...

Ashley Judd's San Francisco - 4-1-2001

Join this beautiful star for a weekend in the city where she left her childhood sweetheart.

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... some childhood friends from Kentucky for a touch football game. It''s like a Saturday game that the same...

...public park and just get rowdy playing touch football with a bunch of strangers. Then, one day when we...

...different people that we had met at the touch football game on Thanksgiving Day. It''s just that kind of...

“yummy” - 3-1-2004

"YUMMY" That's what we think of sexy TV mom Courtney Thorne-Smith. And That's what she thinks of the city of Boulder, from its great places to eat to its great outdoors.

Article Excerpts:

...of John Elway, or that you''re not really into football. Yeah, that means you''re from out of town.

...just shot. Even my mother eventually got into football, because you basically have no choice. Now she...

...- that sounded great. "It''s right near the football stadium. It''s in lower downtown - people there...

Accepting Thanksgiving - 11-1-2004

What is that smell? It reeks of panic. And cinnamon. Oh, yes. That is the scent of Thanksgiving wafting in the air.Pretty soon, the day will be upon us. It is, as we know, a day to celebrate family. And that is a beautiful thing the family gathered...

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... the family eggheads will point out that watching football on Thanksgiving is part of our American heritage...

...he won''t remember the exact year - the college football championship was held on Thanksgiving Day. No...

...by the State and the Nation to see a game of football." So that will have settled that. The dinner...

Curb Standards - 7-15-2008

Neighbor kids playing basketball in the driveway? Call the police. It says here in the newspaper that, fi-nally, city councils are doing something about all those unsightly neighbor-hood basketball hoops. Civic bodies far and wide are p...

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... upon to break up a variety of street games, from football to street hockey. It’s all right there...

...officers to put a stop to three- on-three touch football games. I’m sure you agree. Curb...

Million-Dollar Bill - 6-15-2009

Infomercial guru extraordinaire and Pitchmen star Billy Mays has made a fortune hawking household cleaners and cooking supplies. What’s next for this one-man brand?

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...to McKees Rocks after attending, playing football for, and subsequently dropping out of West...

...who is two years Mays''s senior and had played football with him on the Sto-Rox High School Vikings...

Good Cheer? Bah, Humbug. - 12-15-2006

PRETTY MUCH everyone agrees that this time of year is special. There is even the song that goes, "something or other ... whadda whadda ... It's the most wonderful time of the year." And indeed it is. And do you know why this time of year is so special?

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... "Because it''s the best time of the year for football?" Fa la la la la, bucko! Notice the...

...meet another couple and, after dinner, watch a football game. The game was a rematch of the 2005...

FNL Facebook - 2-1-2009

So you haven’t tuned in to Friday Night Lights yet, and you’re worried you’ll be lost when you do. Don’t sweat it. We’ve got a quick-guide primer on who’s who.

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...she''ll try to refocus the town''s obsession on football to stronger education. 3 Julie Taylor (Aimee...

...but is given a pass because of his stellar football skills. He''s finally getting a shot with Lyla...

Kurt Warner's St. Louis - 8-1-2002

The Rams star quarterback gears up for a new season in the city where he's a champion both on the field and off.

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... a tremendous sports town. Whether it''s baseball, football, or hockey, the fans are just phenomenal. The...

...same since. People said, ''Hey, now we''ve got a football team.'' " kurt warner''s st. louis...

Rome Rants - 8-15-2001

Eagerly awaiting the first kickoff, we huddle with sports commentator Jim Rome to get his no-holds-barred take on the upcoming NFL season.

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...in the past. Instead, he tried to give us real football. Well, it was really bad football and one awful...

...give us real football. Well, it was really bad football and one awful show. I was happy to be wrong...

The Brady Brunch - 7-1-2004

Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady obviously loves his football, but he loves a good meal even more, as we discovered when the Patriots QB huddled up with writer ASHLEY JUDE COLLIE to talk about his favorite places in Boston.

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...Bowl MVP Tom Brady obviously loves his football, but he loves a good meal even more, as we ...

...Way: You have a highly structured life during football season. How do you start your day in the...