Lions return star nearly steals Garrard&#39;s turn in spotlight
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars did everything you should do to protect an inexperienced quarterback. They ran the ball well, limiting his chances for mistakes.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Just when the Miami Dolphins thought they were done talking about Ricky Williams, news of the wayward running backâs imminent return to the NFL put him back in his former teammatesâ thoughts Wednesday.
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A perfect indicator of how much respect the new-look Philadelphia Eagles offense commands these days was provided by the Detroit Lions in the third quarter of the Eagles&#39; 30-13 win Sunday.
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Roy Williams wasn&#39;t the Lions&#39; most productive rookie Sunday, but he played a big role in two plays that helped tailback Kevin Jones, another member of the Lions&#39; 2004 rookie class.
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Steven Gerrard&#39;s glorious strike against Olympiakos on Wednesday night was so good that Sven-Goran Eriksson watched countless reruns of it in his Soho Square office yesterday.
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In talking to his Lions teammates last week, former Patriots center/guard Damien Woody implored them to remember the last time Detroit played a meaningful game in December.
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Six Detroit Lions were named to the Pro Bowl including three starters, corner Dre&#39; Bly, returner Eddie Drummond and defensive tackle Shawn Rogers.
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David Garrard&#39;s most memorable victory had been in college, when his East Carolina team upset the mighty Miami Hurricanes in 1999.
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Where there is Steven Gerrard, there is hope. England&#39;s warrior of a midfielder flew into this unglamorous Silesian conurbation last night promising to turn all the headlines of
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The style is much different, but the numbers are there. On Sunday against the Chicago Bears, Kevin Jones joined Barry Sanders and Billy Sims as the only Detroit Lions to rush for more than 1,000 yards in their rookie season.
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Steven Gerrard is in line for a comeback as quickly as the weekend after playing for Liverpool reserves last night. A crowd of over 6,000 at Telford turned up to see the England international play the second
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England goalscoring hero Steven Gerrard said he was taken off the field by mistake in Saturday&#39;s World Cup qualifying 2-2 tie with Austria.
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Coming into the season, the Detroit Lions were well-known for their futility in foreign stadiums. The unlucky number was 24, as the Lions hadn&#39;t won on the road since 2000.
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The Detroit Lions had everyone fooled -- except the Green Bay Packers. Brett Favre and Co, entering Ford Field with a 1-4 record, hammered the Lions 38-10 on Sunday, leaving little doubt that the Lions were, in fact, pretenders.
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Indeed, after Friday night&#39;s mayhem in Motown, Detroit Pistons fans can now clearly lay claim to be the biggest idiots in the sporting world, no easy achievment these days, and while many of them were apparently too dumb to realize they were being caught
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STEVEN GERRARD believes he is returning to a Liverpool side in better shape than he left it as the England midfield player nears the end of his frustrating two-month injury lay-off.
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The Detroit Lions made their final cuts, but there&#39;s nothing final about their 53-man roster. After putting starting strong safety Brian Walker on the injured reserve list Sunday