Out of the Icebox, the N.F.L. Caught Fire
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The 1961 and 1962 Green Bay victories over the Giants in the N.F.L. championship games gave the league much-needed celebrity.
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The Oakland Raiders lost their case in Californiaâs top court after contending in a lawsuit that the N.F.L. sabotaged the teamâs effort to build a stadium at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. The case dates back more than 20 years when Al Davis, the Raidersâ managing partner, accused the league of purposely not doing enough to help the team move from the antiquated Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to a new stadium. The Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995 after spending 13 years in Los Angeles. The N.F.L. won a 9-3 verdict in 2001, but a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered a new trial amid accusations that one juror was biased against the team and Davis, and that another juror committed misconduct. A state appeals court overturned that decision, and the California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the ruling.
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N.F.L. players are prized for their ability to stay calm during the most intense moments of a game. But they are not always good about controlling their pregame jitters.
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DENVER - The Denver Broncos took the city's minds off the Colorado Rockies for a few hours last night.
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it&#39;s been more or less around the clock since the steamy lead-in to Monday Nihilist Football last week. Why we haven&#39;t seen this sort of firestorm in ... oh, about 10 months.
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TAMPA, Fla. - A firefighter was fired and four others were suspended without pay after an investigation found they were involved in a photo shoot involving two women posing nude on a red fire engine inside a station.  Fire Capt.
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The N.F.L. is investigating whether the Patriots broke league rules prohibiting taping an opponentâs signals on the sideline.
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TAMPA, Fla. - One team hasn't won a playoff game in seven years, the other has gone through hard times since winning the Super Bowl five seasons ago.
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In the aftermath of the fiasco that was the Pacers-Pistons game last Friday night, you would think that pro sports leagues would be looking to move fans farther away from the action.
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Two of the NFL&#39;s most disappointing teams put on quite a show in prime time. And after all the wild plays and big offensive numbers last night, a phantom penalty that preceded
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Buffalo's game against the New England Patriots didn't get far before the first controversy.
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It was not the best way to start off the night. With three first-half fumbles and several early scoring opportunities gone to waste, there were a lot more glamorous games going on in the area.
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Moments after Notre Dame fired football coach Tyrone Willingham on Tuesday, aftershocks were felt from Salt Lake City to Gainesville, Fla.
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The blowtorch heat that blistered California last week gripped the Midwest on Monday, prompting communities to throw air-conditioned buildings open to the public and endangering millions of people with outdoor jobs &#151; including NFL players in training camp.
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Peyton Manning always said he wanted it to happen in the normal flow of the game, that he wanted it to mean something. Whew. Nothing normal happened Sunday at the roiling, boiling RCA Dome
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In the aftermath of the brawl last Friday between N.B.A. players and fans, the N.F.L. sent a memo to its 32 teams about rules on security and fan-player interaction.
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Pushing, shoving and even throwing a punch arenât that uncommon in the heat of battle of an NFL game. But it isnât often the. steam comes billowing up as the boiling point is reached before kickoff time.