Long Wait for N.F.L., Short Wait for Success
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After an improbable trek to to the N.F.L. that included jobs delivering pizzas and working security at a Best Buy, Greg White led the Buccaneers in sacks as a 28-year-old rookie.
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As with Washington-area efforts to land a baseball team, Los Angeles' quest for an NFL team spans years, and is hindered by an owner who feels he has rights to the market.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New Jersey Nets will likely have to wait at least two weeks before they can begin to gauge how well they made out in Tuesday's eight-player deal with Dallas.
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Just like many of the players they lead, successful NFL coaches have a most unfortunate flaw: They rarely know when it's time to go.
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The NFL's newest mini-millionaire isn't quite adjusted to that reality yet, but it'll be an easier adjustment than the one he made four years ago.
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The image-conscious N.F.L. got the matchup it wanted for Super Bowl XLII: two popular teams and two attractive quarterbacks with compelling stories.
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The N.F.L. is learning how much easier it is to sell TV rights to networks than it is to operate its own cable network.
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The National Football Leagueâs pioneer globalizing expedition went even better than the leagueâs slick marketers could have anticipated.
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TIMING is everything in football. The job that Tommy Burns wanted more than anything came far too soon for him. Now, one that he probably never considered may be just the right fit.
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Despite the return of its founder, improvement will take time.
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Are you ready for some "Mei shi gan lan qiu"? The NFL is intent on finding out if that is indeed the case in China. The league is venturing into untested territory and hoping the country's vast marketplace will respond to its product.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- The University of Utah football team still must wait another few weeks, but the time will be marked by anticipation rather than apprehension.
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With few top-shelf teams this season, several factors are contributing to a shortage of quality, well-played NFL games.
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In a plan devised to penetrate China, a fertile untapped market, the N.F.L. is training Gao Wei, Ding Long and Shen Yalei to become the first Chinese to play in Americaâs most popular sports league.
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The Giants and Broncos needed to work longer hours for their first victories this season. The Vikings went to overtime to go 2-0.
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It took them 23 minutes to make a first down. We still don&#39;t know how long it took to make a touchdown, because they still haven&#39;t made one.
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Patience has never been highly rated as a virtue in the NFL. That's especially true among owners, who tend to change coaches almost as often as they do underwear.