Clutch kickers await Super Bowl clash
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Robbie Gould knows who he wants lining up for the biggest kick in the biggest game. It isn't him. Well, he sure wouldn't mind if he gets the call. But the Chicago Bears' outstanding placekicker, an All-Pro this season, recognizes who is the best clutch kicker in the game: his mentor, Adam Vinatieri.
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The New England Patriots' pursuit of a  perfect season reaches a climax on Sunday when they face the  New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
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The expectations are for an offensive shootout tomorrow between the Colts and the Patriots, a Peyton Manning - Tom Brady can-you-top-this type of game.
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If a backup is needed on Sunday, the little-known Jim Sorgi and the more familiar Brian Griese each will be on the Super Bowl sideline, ready to trot onto the field, ready to try to win the game.
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The AFC championship game will be played 6:30 p.m. EST next month, meaning a potentially frosty atmosphere in Pittsburgh or New England.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - The Indianapolis Colts have  signed kicker Martin Gramatica to handle kickoffs.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,  - The New England Patriots  and Philadelphia Eagles are expected to produce a bruising  battle for Super Bowl XXXIX on Sunday.
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The New England Patriots' pursuit of a perfect season reaches a climax on Sunday when they face the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The last two season openers had national sizzle, with the Patriots unveiling Super Bowl championship banners as the featured team on the NFL's kickoff weekend. The atmosphere will be a bit different today when the Patriots begin their 47th season against the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium, but there's one story line sure to attract attention.
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The running gag in NFL locker rooms is that kickers aren't really football players &#151; just guys who hang around on the field before the game chatting with the other team's kickers.
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Even Neil Rackers was surprised. When the Cardinals kicker was told in the second quarter of Sunday&#39;s game at Sun Devil Stadium that the team wanted him to attempt a 55-yard field goal, he thought, &quot;Really?
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The Colts tapped into Adam Vinatieri's championship past, having the kicker address the team about what to expect in Super Bowl XLI.
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Cowboys 23, Giants 20 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Bill Parcells has never been crazy about kickers.
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When Brockton punter Ryan Albon-Wilson broke his hand in practice this week holding a Lamar Henry placekick, it opened doors for the team's new placekicker.
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The New England Patriots will face one  more challenge in their bid for a perfect season: a Super Bowl  meeting with the surprising New York Giants.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- There was no winning kick for Adam Vinatieri this time. The former Patriots kicker connected on three field goals in Super Bowl XLI last night -- from 29, 24, and 20 yards -- although it was the plays he didn't make that stood out in the Colts' 29-17 victory.
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Any discussion of the top NFL players at their position this season should include Rackers, a former high school soccer star who has quietly become one of the finest kickers in football.