Tony Dungy bests protege Lovie Smith
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Merely by stepping on the field Sunday, Tony Dungy made history. A few hours later, he won the Super Bowl, too. Not bad for a day's work. Long saddled with a reputation as a coach who couldn't win the big one, Dungy shook that label when his Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17.
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Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy got their first real taste of being a champion &#151; from an invitation to the White House to the all-night parties to the requisite morning-show interviews.
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GREEN BAY, WIS. - Lovie Smith did not take long to fulfill his No. 1 goal of beating Green Bay. But the man who helped him do it wasn&#39;t around afterward to celebrate.
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Football coaches usually don't like surprises, planning for every conceivable possibility. However, Bears coach Lovie Smith spoke yesterday of a surprise he was happy to have sprung on him -- the play of rookie defensive end Mark Anderson .
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Lovie Smith's negotiations for a new contract are at a stalemate, according to his agent, who created a stir by saying the coach who led the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl could become a free agent after the 2007 season.
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Lovie Smith's early edict to his new football team was this: Lose the love handles. Everyone was included in the get-slimmer and be-quicker workout regimen &#151; the rookie head coach himself, his assistants and even young quarterback Rex Grossman.
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Lovie Smith didn't take long to fulfill his No. 1 goal of beating Green Bay. Mike Brown's 95-yard fumble return for a touchdown sparked the Bears' 21-10 victory over the Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday, only their third win over their rivals in their last 21 meetings.
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INDIANAPOLIS  &#151; Colts coach Tony Dungy said some football fans may be surprised that his memoir "Quiet Strength," which hits stores Tuesday, goes beyond Super Bowl tales and delves into his Christian faith.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- I had two questions for these African-American men. 1. Could we possibly have overplayed the precedent-setting significance of Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith being African-American and coaching against each other in last night's Super Bowl?
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If God needed a pitchman, the way a receiver needs a quarterback, then the maker of heaven and earth sure found a friend in Terrell Owens here this Super Bowl week.
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ST. LOUIS - Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson was selected the best player in the NFL by the Sporting News, ahead of reigning co-MVP Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars follow the Tony Dungy theory of defense: play sound, aggressive and speedy D. Dungy, architect of some of the league's top defenses, enjoys watching the Jaguars. He's just not thrilled about playing them, even with the NFL's No. 1 offense on his side.
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He is close now. But Tony Dungy has been close before, falling one game short of the Super Bowl twice, including last year's AFC Championship game loss to the Patriots.
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Mention the 1985 Chicago Bears to Lovie Smith and the reaction will be a mixture of reverence, bitterness and jealousy.
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Lovie Smith can understand the scrutiny of Jonathan Quinn a day after his debut as the Bears quarterback. His focus on the team is elsewhere, however.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. - Thanks to Lovie Smithâs ambitious words and his teamâs resolve to uphold them, the long dormant rivalry between Chicago and Green Bay might be back on track.
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Brady Quinn took this round from Troy Smith. The Notre Dame quarterback won the Maxwell Award as the player of the year Thursday night, beating out Ohio State's Smith, the Heisman Trophy favorite.