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02/08/10

Football: A Super Bowl to Remember

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02/08/10

FSU complies with sanctions, will vacate 12 football wins, track national title

The Florida State University athletics department announced Sunday afternoon that it will vacate 12 wins in football, a national championship in men's track and field and NCAA tournament victories in women's basketball and baseball as a result of the academic-misconduct case that brought about NCAA sanctions.
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02/08/10

Notebook: Touchdown catch redeems ex-Giant Shockey

Jeremy Shockey wasn't sitting in a suite for this Super Bowl. Instead, he was a big part of the New Orleans Saints' sweetest victory.
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02/06/10

Ex-Pahokee star Rickey Jackson makes Pro Football Hall of Fame

Rickey Jackson joined a class of seven that includes Jerry Rice and Emmitt SmithRickey Jackson was called the "King of the Muck" while he was a standout defensive end at Pahokee in the 1970s.
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02/06/10

Smith, Rice lead 7 new football Hall of Famers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Here's how you stop Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith: Put them in the Hall of Fame and watch them break down and cry.
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02/06/10

Smith, Rice, Jackson make Pro Football Hall of Fame

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — All-time greats Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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02/06/10

Smith, Rice, Randle, Grimm, Jackson, LeBeau and Little make Pro Football Hall of Fame

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — All-time greats Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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02/05/10

Football: Labay hangs up his whistle

Klein head football coach Stan Labay didn't wait very long before he started enjoy life after retirement. About one week, in fact. “I have so many days built up, I had to start taking some of them,“ Labay said with a laugh. “I had to come out here to Angel Fire (N.M.) and go skiing with my grandkids.“
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02/05/10

Speed, depth keys for Lehigh football recruiting class

In recent years, the Lehigh University football staff shied away from Signing Day fanfare and waited until the following week to announce its class of commitments.
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02/04/10

McKeon to be honored by his football peers

Four months after coaching his last football game at Naperville North, the accolades keep coming for Larry McKeon.McKeon, who's retiring at the conclusion of the current school year, compiled a 231-71 record in 27 years at the school, which came after five years at then Plainfield High School.
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