NFL commissioner candidates down to 11
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The list of candidates for Paul Tagliabue's job as NFL commissioner is down to 11, although with two weeks to go until the final selection meeting, a majority of the owners still don't know who is on it.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell met Thursday with union chief Gene Upshaw and a group of other league and union officials on a range of issues, including the possibility of expanding testing for performance-enhancing drugs.
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The National Football League on Tuesday  appointed its number two executive Roger Goodell as its fourth  commissioner since World War II, ending its search for a  successor to the retiring Paul Tagliabue.
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According the league sources, the Redskins will formally interview former 49ers and Lions coach Steve Mariucci, 52, for their vacant head coaching position, this week.
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NEW YORK  &#151; The Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts lead the way with six ESPY nominations this year as ESPN announced the nominees Monday morning.
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Two months after commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced his retirement, NFL owners are finally buckling down to the task of finding a replacement.
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The 44 selectors today will cut the 17 finalists to seven, then choose at least four - and a maximum of seven - for induction into the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. To be elected, a finalist must receive a minimum of 80 percent of the votes. Enshrinement will be Aug. 2.
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Pro sports team owners can also be big-time players - in politics. NFL, NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and NASCAR Nextel Cup team owners, commissioners and spouses contributed at least &#36;14.6 million to national political candidates, parties and other political advocacy groups in the two years leading into Tuesday's election.
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League officials are working with staff members for Sen. Arlen Specter to schedule a meeting between Specter and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for late this week or early next week.
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As Week 17 looms, eight of the 12 teams in the NFL&#39;s playoff field are set. Heading into Monday night&#39;s Philadelphia at St.
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Ten candidates, including seven independents, have been nominated to run for the post of Palestinian Authority president, the central elections commission announced Thursday.
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Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Tom Clements has emerged on a short list of candidates whom Notre Dame has targeted for its head coaching vacancy.
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The final wild-card spot in the N.F.C. will probably come down to a battle among three 6-8 teams.
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With the Miami job open, and potential job openings in New Orleans, Cleveland, Oakland, Minnesota, Kansas City, St. Louis, and wherever else teams falter in the second half of the season, we asked a panel of five experts -- three NFL executives and two prominent agents, whose names were withheld so they could speak freely -- to formulate a list ...
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Dan Marino and Steve Young highlighted a list Friday of 25 candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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The seven new head coaches hired around the league this past offseason included a Hall of Famer (Joe Gibbs), a two-time AFC championship game participant (Tom Coughlin) and a two-time NFC title-game entrant (Dennis Green).
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Several pro leagues have tried and failed to compete with the NFL. But that isn't stopping  two more from trying