Gruden and Allen rewarded by Bucs
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TAMPA, Florida  - Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden has been given a three-year contract extension after leading the team to its second divisional title in three years.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers fullback Mike Alstott will miss as much as a month because of a sprained right knee. &quot;Our timetable right now says four weeks,&quot; Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden said.
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Making one of the NFL&#39;s most exciting players look ordinary for much of the day, the Bucs dominated Atlanta 27-0 Sunday to keep the first-place Falcons from clinching the NFC South championship.
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TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- Coach Jon Gruden benched Brad Johnson in favor of Chris Simms , but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still couldn&#39;t reach the end zone.
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The last time Rich Gannon saw defensive players wearing Tampa Bay uniforms he threw them the football five times. That, of course, was almost 20 months ago in the Buccaneers&#39; 48-21 demolition of the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII.
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Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Aaron Brooks found Donte&#39; Stallworth for a seven- yard go-ahead touchdown with 38 seconds remaining to cap a late rally that handed the New Orleans Saints a 21-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium.
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Collins, the amiable backup quarterback who repeatedly has promised to be ready when needed, replaced injured starter Rich Gannon and calmly directed the Oakland Raiders to an emotional 30-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.
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Sparked by the first kickoff  return for a touchdown in team history, the Tampa Bay  Buccaneers clinched a spot in the National Football League  playoffs with a 37-3 win over Atlanta on Sunday.
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Just 20 months ago, his Tampa Bay Buccaneers were celebrating a Super Bowl title, and Jon Gruden was being hailed as a coaching genius. Now all the talk is about whether the Bucs are simply capable of getting the ball in the end zone and winning a game.
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Derrick Brooks can appreciate the similarities between the Bears his buddy Lovie Smith coaches and the Tampa Bay teams in the late 1990s that developed into a Super Bowl champion.
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By Tim Wilkin Albany Times Union  Everyone remembers the Super Bowl exploits of Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana. They were supposed to shine when they got their teams to football's ultimate game. And they did. The same can be said for Bart Starr and Phil Simms.
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Clemson's Trevor Booker and Virginia Tech's Jeff Allen are named Atlantic Coast Conference award winners Monday, Booker the ACC player of the week and Allen the top rookie.
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Jon Gruden, Tim Brown, Charlie Garner and the rest of the Tampa Bay Raider-neers returned to the Black Hole for the first time Sunday as visitors and the locals made sure they felt at home, delivering a true Silver- and-Black welcome: expletives, middle
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The Chicago Bears earned home-field advantage throughout the playoffs the hard way. Chicago blew a 24-3 second-half lead Sunday and then recovered with big plays from backups Rashied Davis and Adrian Peterson in overtime to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-31.
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The Florida Panthers re-signed defenseman Bryan Allen to a five-year contract Wednesday. The deal is reportedly worth nearly $15 million.
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Mike Alstott is returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 12th season.
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The Indianapolis Colts gave a near-perfect display of offensive football to beat Green Bay Packers 45-31. With two of the best quarterbacks in the National Football League on view it was no surprise there were nine touchdowns thrown.