Pro football visionary Lamar Hunt dies
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Lamar Hunt, the soft-spoken son of a Texas oil tycoon whose vision gave birth to the modern NFL, is being remembered as a man who changed the face of pro football.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Lamar Hunt was fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital Tuesday, and friends and family of the 74-year-old pioneer of the modern NFL were hoping for "miracles."
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Emmitt Smith, the NFL's career rushing leader, is retiring after 15 years, according to two sources within the NFL.
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A University of Idaho football player was shot to death and police arrested two brothers from Seattle after a car chase that extended across two states.
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Former Philadelphia Eagle and Green Bay Packer defensive end Reggie White died Sunday at the age of 43. A serious breathing disorder may have caused heart failure in the NFL legend.
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Emmitt Smith, the running back who set the N.F.L. career rushing mark, retired Thursday after 15 years of barreling through the league.
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Lamar Hunt , the pro sports visionary who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and came up with the term "Super Bowl," died last night in Dallas. He was 74.
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Former Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, who was shot dead during a break-in at his Miami home last month, was selected posthumously to the NFC Pro Bowl team, the National Football League announced on Tuesday.
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A preliminary autopsy shows the former Packer great died from a respiratory disease that affected his lungs. A final cause of death for the NFL legend could take up to three months to determine.
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Denver Broncos running back Damien  Nash died suddenly on Saturday, the National Football League  team said in a statement.
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If you read the recent excerpt of "Namath" in Sports Illustrated and were put off by the apparent focus on the iconic Broadway Joe's personal life, be comforted in the knowledge that Mark Kriegel's 441-page biography includes plenty of football, too. The book is exhaustively researched and includes telling anecdotes from Beaver Falls, Pa., to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to New York.
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MOSCOW, Idaho -- A University of Idaho football player was shot to death and police arrested two brothers from Seattle following a chase that extended halfway across Washington state.
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The winningest coach in the school's football history died one day before the annual rivalry matchup against Ohio State
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The Green Bay Packers on Sunday suffered a loss far more painful than any theyâve experienced on the field this season. Reggie White, the great defensive end from the Packersâ powerhouse teams of the 1990s, died in North Carolina.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, the NFL pioneer who coined the term "Super Bowl", has died at the age of 74.
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Future Hall of Fame athletes playing past their prime often bleach memories of their greatness. That's why it was difficult to watch Arizona Cardinals running back Emmitt Smith, the NFL's all-time leading rusher, struggle for yardage last season. Fans want images of his dominance to remain colorful and vivid, not fade with every setback.
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Broncos running back Damien Nash collapsed and died after a charity basketball game in suburban St. Louis on Saturday, less than two months after the slaying of teammate Darrent Williams.