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The Boss, the one who rules Major League Baseball, wasn't in New York Wednesday night as the Yankees celebrated their 27th World Series title with a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. But George Steinbrenner, 79 -- still the architect of champions and the titan of New York sports -- was watching from his home in Tampa.

Every out. Every pitch. Every player celebration. Steinbrenner could see and hear his players express their gratitude, and his family said he was overcome with joy.

"Thank you. Thank you for everything," Yankees catcher Jorge Posada told the owner through a camera lens. "Thank you for this. Thank you for having the team every year, to try to have a team to be here [the World Series]."

The Boss is not in robust health these days. He wasn't in the clubhouse to feel the champagne shower. But he was "teary eyed" said his son, Hank. "It meant everything."

 

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]]> Al DavisGeorge SteinbrennerJorge PosadaNewYorkYankeesOakland Raiders Nancy Gay nancy-gay 2009-11-05T21:00:00 00:00 NFL Oddly Quiet About Larry Johnson, Tom Cable and Personal Conduct http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/04/nfl-oddly-quiet-about-larry-johnson-tom-cable-and-personal-cond/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/04/nfl-oddly-quiet-about-larry-johnson-tom-cable-and-personal-cond/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/04/nfl-oddly-quiet-about-larry-johnson-tom-cable-and-personal-cond/#comments Nancy Gayby Nancy Gay

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Larry JohnsonRunning back Larry Johnson will not be in uniform Sunday at Jacksonville when the Kansas City Chiefs return from their bye and attempt to reverse the damage of a 1-6 start. That in itself is a small victory for a rebuilding Chiefs organization, which did its level best to severely punish a longtime problem player who crossed a line most agree constitutes conduct detrimental to the NFL.

And that disciplinary action -- a two-week suspension without pay imposed by Chiefs management, that was later arbitrated by the NFL Management Council, the NFL Players Association, Johnson and the Chiefs to return a week's salary to Johnson -- was neither endorsed nor encouraged by the league office, multiple NFL sources said.

Rather, the NFL told the Chiefs they should avoid issuing a suspension (and encountering the subsequent hearing, NFLPA involvement, settlement, etc.), and simply fine Johnson $10,000.
More Coverage: Chiefs Fans Petition Against Larry Johnson

 

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Michael TurnerNEW ORLEANS -- That wasn't a chip on Michael Turner's shoulder Monday night at the Superdome. That was a stack of cinder blocks the Atlanta Falcons' running back hauled around as motivation in what would be his biggest rushing performance of the season.

This was long overdue -- and surprising, considering Turner waited to get it done against the New Orleans Saints' sixth-ranked run defense: 20 carries and a season-high 151 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown run on Atlanta's opening drive.

Turner tore through Saints tackles up the middle, and he broke loose in the flats like an angry man.

That's because he was.
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]]> Nancy Gay nancy-gay 2009-11-03T03:31:00 00:00 Battered and Beaten, Matt Hasselbeck Refuses to Surrender http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/01/battered-and-beaten-matt-hasselbeck-refuses-to-surrender/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/01/battered-and-beaten-matt-hasselbeck-refuses-to-surrender/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/01/battered-and-beaten-matt-hasselbeck-refuses-to-surrender/#comments Nancy Gayby Nancy Gay

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Matt HasselbeckARLINGTON, Texas -- The psyche and impressive football will of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck seems as if it's held together by iron and steel. His body? It's simply not as impervious as his mental makeup.

Those cracked ribs, the chronic disc injury in his back, a sore right shoulder and assorted other aches that would put most NFL quarterbacks on the sideline did not make Hasselbeck a spectator in a runaway 38-17 Dallas Cowboys' victory over Seattle on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium.

When Cowboys defensive end Jason Hatcher plowed into Hasselbeck following a short 3rd-down completion to Deion Branch late in the third quarter, the Seahawks' gritty quarterback crumpled to the turf, grabbing his still-damaged ribcage and signaling to the sideline that his right shoulder also was injured.

 

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Dallas CowboysARLINGTON, Texas -- A month ago, the Dallas Cowboys were a 2-2 mess; inconsistent on offense, generous on defense and seemingly already out of contention in the cutthroat NFC East following a mistake-filled thrashing by the then-undefeated Broncos in Denver.

Flash forward to Sunday's lopsided 38-17 victory over the battered Seattle Seahawks -- the Cowboys' third consecutive win in their swank $1.2 billion home -- and Dallas' turnaround from bashed to brilliant seems accomplished.

Quarterback Tony Romo completed passes to 10 different receivers, including touchdown throws to the increasingly popular Miles Austin (five catches, 61 yards), as well as to the forgotten Sam Hurd and the once-missing Roy Williams. Romo's performance, where he hit on 21-of-36 passes for 256 yards, capped off the first three-game span without an interception in his seven-year career.
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Alex Smith's return as the 49ers' starting quarterback in the second half of Sunday's 24-21 loss to the Texans at Houston's Reliant Stadium produced career numbers for the former No. 1 overall draft pick. And it may force a philosophical change for a 29th-ranked San Francisco offense that had been sputtering under quarterback Shaun Hill's direction.

Trailing Houston 21-0 at halftime and going nowhere under an increasingly sack-prone and inaccurate Hill (6-of-11 passes, 45 yards, two sacks), 49ers coach Mike Singletary made the switch to the more mobile Smith in the second half and saw immediate dividends.
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Michael CrabtreeThe San Francisco 49ers waited through training camp and the first seven weeks of the regular season for their first-round draft choice, wide receiver Michael Crabtree, to make headlines for something other than his contract demands.

The 10th overall pick did just that Sunday, supplanting starter Josh Morgan and sending two other key 49ers receivers -- Brandon Jones and Jason Hill -- to the inactive list at Houston's Reliant Stadium. That gave Crabtree a starting assignment in his NFL debut, and the former Texas Tech star showed he was worth the wait.

Lined up wide, often opposite veteran Isaac Bruce, Crabtree caught five passes for 56 yards, many of them coming against the Texans' press coverage. Three of his catches resulted in 49ers' first downs.
More: SF-Houston Box Score | San Diego Dismantles K.C.

 

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]]> alex smithmichael crabtreesan francisco 49ersShaun Hill Nancy Gay nancy-gay 2009-10-25T18:10:00 00:00 Thriving Denver D Brings Back the Sack http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/21/thriving-denver-d-brings-back-the-sack/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/21/thriving-denver-d-brings-back-the-sack/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/21/thriving-denver-d-brings-back-the-sack/#comments Nancy Gayby Nancy Gay

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Denver BroncosSAN DIEGO -- Outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil set aside any doubts that the 2009 Broncos' astonishing turnaround isn't legitimate on Monday night when he leveled Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers a second time in the contest, helping punctuate a 34-23 division victory that gave undefeated Denver a stranglehold on the AFC West.

With that, Dumervil had his NFL-leading 10th sack, putting him on pace to surpass Michael Strahan's single-season record of 22 1/2.

"It's hard to get to 10 [sacks]," said Dumervil, who was surrounded in the crowded visitors' locker room at Qualcomm Stadium by teammates hooting and calling him the next Strahan. "Every sack guy knows it's hard to get to double digits.

"But this ... it's a new team, a new regime, and everything is new. We're just trying to innovate. We're trying to build a brand of football here, what we want to be as the Denver Broncos."

 

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Denver BroncosSAN DIEGO -- Monday night featured perhaps the NFL's best quarterback battle this season, the duel between Philip Rivers and Kyle Orton, and it all but determined the balance of power in the AFC West, despite the fact that it's only mid-October.

Seriously -- who would have thought that Orton, once mistake-prone and reviled and probably still being burned in effigy by Bears fans, would now sit among the league's elite passers while guiding a 6-0 Denver Broncos team?

Make that the utterly dominant, AFC West-leading Broncos, who rode the franchise record-setting momentum of Eddie Royal returning both a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns in the first half to preserve a 34-23 victory over the foundering San Diego Chargers (2-3).

 

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JaMarcus Russell and Michael Vick after the Raiders' winOAKLAND, Calif. -- JaMarcus Russell's Year 3 NFL resume has had him well on track to become the greatest NFL draft bust since Ryan Leaf almost singlehandedly destroyed the Chargers.

Through Week 5, his status as the NFL's worst starting quarterback was well-established: a completion percentage of 42.1; four interceptions; four lost fumbles; 15 sacks for a supposedly big, strong 6-foot-6 man pushing 275 pounds.

How could Russell simply crumple under even a modest pass rush? How could he possibly put up a passer rating of 46.0 in a Week 2 victory over the winless Chiefs? How could he emerge, unmoved, after horrible Raiders losses wearing cue-ball sized diamond earrings and fur coats?

 

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Chris ClemonsOAKLAND, Calif. -- Maybe it was all a mirage, that 3-1 record the Philadelphia Eagles built through Week 5 that saw them take down struggling teams such as the Panthers, Chiefs and Buccaneers. Teams with a combined record of 1-14.

You could explain the undefeated New Orleans Saints routing Donovan McNabb and his Eagles by 26 points. But how can coach Andy Reid justify a 13-9 loss to the suddenly empowered Oakland Raiders, a team that came into Sunday's game at a blacked-out Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum with the NFL's last-place offense (192 yards per game) and 31st-ranked defense (382 yards allowed per game)?

He didn't.
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Michael Vick ProtestOAKLAND, Calif. -- About 30 animal rights protesters gathered outside the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Sunday, waving signs decrying dogfighting in response to Michael Vick's arrival with the Philadelphia Eagles and drawing mostly praise from Raiders fans entering the stadium.

Oakland has been the happy ending for many of the animals rescued from Vick's dogfighting and gambling operation in Virginia. Ten of the dogs in Vick's pit bull collection -- the ones that could be saved and rehabilitated -- found new lives in San Francisco's East Bay, fostered and treated by the group BAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pitbulls).

 

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]]> Kirk MorrisonMichael Vick Nancy Gay nancy-gay 2009-10-18T17:15:00 00:00 Dre' Bly Apologizes for Showboating; Michael Crabtree Finally Activated http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/12/dre-bly-apologizes-for-showboating-michael-crabtree-finally-ac/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/12/dre-bly-apologizes-for-showboating-michael-crabtree-finally-ac/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/12/dre-bly-apologizes-for-showboating-michael-crabtree-finally-ac/#comments Nancy Gayby Nancy Gay

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Dre BlySAN FRANCISCO -- In the midst of a pride-swallowing performance that ended with the 49ers on the wrong end of a 45-10 blowout loss to Atlanta, veteran cornerback Dre' Bly became emblematic of a self-important San Francisco team that wasn't nearly as good as its 3-1 record.

After fumbling on a showboating interception return and offering little contrition for his carelessness Sunday night -- "I have fun. Dre' is going to be Dre'" was his explanation -- Bly apologized profusely on Monday for an on-field celebration he admitted was "a poor choice."

Bly, who first approached coach Mike Singletary as well as his teammates, used Singletary's news conference as a stage to announce his public apology.

 

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Matt Ryan and Roddy WhiteSAN FRANCISCO -- Anyone who doubted the authenticity of the Atlanta Falcons following their 2-1 start has to take notice after Sunday's 45-10 blowout of the San Francisco 49ers, a game that could have easily exposed the visitors as the pretenders their skeptics thought they might be.

Would they perform a cross-country face plant, coming off the dreaded bye-week hangover? Would they come out like the humbled, outmatched team that resembled the post-Bobby Petrino wreckage in that Week 3 26-10 loss to the Patriots in Foxborough?

Not a chance.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Atlanta Falcons weren't even finished piling up takeaways, yards and points in Sunday's 45-10 rout of the 49ers at Candlestick Park when San Francisco coach Mike Singletary lost his sideline poise.

Rather than take out his frustrations on one of his underachieving players, Singletary instead engaged in a third-quarter shouting match with Falcons right guard Harvey Dahl.

During an early third-quarter drive that was dominated by running back Michael Turner (22 total carries for 97 yards) chewing up the 49ers' 3-4 defensive front, Singletary and Dahl argued back and forth, with both of them very animated and obviously irate. Neither was penalized for the jawing match.
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Embattled Oakland coach Tom Cable will not have to face NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this weekend while the 1-3 Raiders are preparing for Sunday's game against the undefeated New York Giants at Giants Stadium, an NFL league office source said.

The NFL office has been monitoring developments with the Napa Police Dept. and the Napa District Attorney's Office as the criminal investigation continues into whether Cable attacked and fractured the jaw of assistant coach Randy Hanson during a coaches-only training camp meeting Aug. 5 at the Marriott-Napa Valley.

 

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Tom Cable and Randy HansonWhile Oakland coach Tom Cable prepares a struggling Raiders team to face the undefeated New York Giants on the road Sunday, his personal and professional fate rests in evidence currently under review by Napa County (Calif.) district attorney Gary Lieberstein.

The DA ultimately will determine whether criminal charges will be brought against Cable for allegedly attacking and fracturing the jaw of Raiders defensive assistant Randy Hanson during a training camp coaches' meeting on Aug. 5.

But a two-month investigation into the incident by the Napa Police Department turned up substantial evidence of assault and bodily injury sustained by Hanson (including medical records proving serious injury), plus corroborating witness statements from other coaches present during the altercation.
More Coverage: Hanson's Rocky Raiders Tenure

 

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Randy HansonRandy Hanson's previous NFL coaching experience includes stops with the Minnesota Vikings (2003-05) and St. Louis Rams (2007). He joined the Raiders' staff in 2007.

While the fight with head coach Tom Cable has garnered the most publicity, Hanson's volatile personality has caused him to veer off course with the previous Raiders' coaching regime. He has been described as a tireless worker and a player favorite by some, a snitch by others. One former Raiders employee who worked with Hanson characterized him as a coaching assistant "who thinks he knows everything, all the time."

 

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Tony RomoDENVER -- So much about Tony Romo's rise to NFL stardom has seemed mythical -- the small college background, his undrafted status, his ascension to starter under Bill Parcells' direction, his Pro Bowl selections in 2006-'07, the celebrity girlfriends and lifestyle.

Now Romo's work performance as the Dallas Cowboys quarterback is increasingly under scrutiny, as is team owner Jerry Jones' decision to give his famous starter a six-year, $67.5 million contract extension midway through the '07 season. Sunday's sloppiness in a 17-10 loss in Denver to the 4-0 Broncos only gives the Romo skeptics more fodder.

Fact is, Romo and the Cowboys were beaten at a difficult road venue, Invesco Field, by a fired-up opponent brimming with momentum and confidence.

 

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]]> tony romoTonyRomo Nancy Gay nancy-gay 2009-10-05T14:56:00 00:00 Brandon Marshall's TD Lifts Broncos to a 17-10 Win, Casts Aside His Discontent http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/04/brandon-marshalls-td-lifts-broncos-to-a-17-10-win-casts-aside/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/04/brandon-marshalls-td-lifts-broncos-to-a-17-10-win-casts-aside/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/04/brandon-marshalls-td-lifts-broncos-to-a-17-10-win-casts-aside/#comments Nancy Gayby Nancy Gay

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DENVER -- Wherever Brandon Marshall had been hiding throughout much of the Denver Broncos' 17-10 victory over the overhyped Dallas Cowboys at Invesco Field on Sunday, quarterback Kyle Orton was able to find him at the most opportune time.

With just under two minutes remaining and the score tied 10-10, Orton connected with Marshall along the right sideline on a stunning 51-yard catch-and-run touchdown pass with 1:46 remaining, a play that may help doubters understand how the once-overlooked Broncos are now among the NFL's elite teams at 4-0.

"Yes! Yes!" Marshall screamed as kicker Matt Prater's PAT sailed through to give the Broncos a 17-10 advantage that they would preserve when cornerback Champ Bailey smacked away a potential game-tying Tony Romo touchdown pass to Sam Hurd on 4th down at the Denver 2-yard line in the closing seconds.

 

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