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NFL Center Cory Withrow Now a Free Agent, Accepting Offers: NFL Center Cory Withrow has never been more ready, willing and able to play pro football, and is actively seeking a signing deal to commence as early as this season. That's the announcement coming out of Withrow's camp on the heels of his injury settlement release from the San Diego...; Tags: agent, CAREER, Games, NFL, team; Research articles 2008-10-23
NFL NOTEBOOK: Harrison's career appears finished FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Rodney Harrison's career is almost certainly over after the hard-hitting but injury-plagued safety of the New England Patriots tore his right thigh muscle. "It appears as though the rehab could take 8 to 10 months," a person familiar with...; Tags: Associated Press, CAREER, NFL, notebook, team; Research articles 2008-10-22
49ers GM McCloughan: Coach Nolan and quarterback Smith get no: SANTA CLARA -- Noting that the NFL is no place for promises, 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan made no assurances Wednesday that two men he supports -- quarterback Alex Smith and coach Mike Nolan -- would be around for 2009. McCloughan went so far as to acknowledge the...; Tags: CAREER, General Motors Corp., NFL, team; Research articles 2008-09-03
Veterans move on to new NFL jobs: For many NFL players, the holiday weekend wasn't a cause for celebration but a reason to worry. Teams had to cut rosters to the maximum of 53 players by Saturday, and a lot of veterans suddenly found themselves out of work. Fortunately for some, it was...; Tags: CAREER, job, NFL, team, USA Today; Research articles 2008-09-02
R. Johnson out, Perry and Watson are in: Fantasy Focus Fallout from cutdown day For football fans, fantasy or otherwise, there weren't too many shocking moves on deadline day, the day when NFL teams had to trim to their initial 53-man rosters. The biggest news was...; Tags: CAREER, durability, fallout, fantasy, Games, NFL, roster; Research articles 2008-09-02

49ers' scouting report: QUARTERBACKS -- The weak rating here is based on resume, since J.T. O'Sullivan has more practice squad contracts in his career three than touchdown passes one. Then again, Mike Martz has a history of turning journeymen into supermen. In O'Sullivan, he hopes he has another passer with a...; Tags: CAREER, NFL, team; Research articles 2008-09-02
Prep athletes get anti-steroid message: Like hundreds of other high school coaches across the nation, William Hughes of Fairmont Heights High outside Washington, D.C., had his girls basketball players watch a short video on the ills of steroids, produced by a national prep organization. The message, he says, just wasn't absorbed. ...; Tags: Atlas, CAREER, Fairmont, Leadership, MARKETING, NFL, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2008-08-28
Eagles heroes, ruffians and blips: These colorful characters all played one season or less in an Eagles uniform. Alabama Pitts (1935): Signed out of Sing Sing prison, he was not a breakout star. Irv Kupcinet (1935): After his two-game NFL career ended, "Kup" was one of Chicago's media hotshots for six decades. Frank Tripucka (1949):...; Tags: Backups, CAREER, Games, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-28
Bucs' Dunn is far from finished: After producing 10,181 rushing yards and another 4,009 yards through the air, running back Warrick Dunn is delighted to be back where he started. He has returned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to a franchise that drafted him out of Florida State with the 12th overall...; Tags: Atlanta, CAREER, NFL, team; Research articles 2008-08-27
49ers' Lelie facing fairly long odds: SANTA CLARA -- Mike Martz is not a fan of the word "fair." Someone used it Wednesday in asking about Alex Smith and the 49ers quarterback situation. Martz, the 49ers offensive coordinator, reacted as if someone spit in the Gatorade jug. "Let's get this straight. There's...; Tags: CAREER, exhibition, MORGAN, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-27
Reaction: *"Gene Upshaw did everything with great dignity, pride and conviction. He was the rare individual who earned his place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame both for his accomplishments on the field and for his leadership of the players off the field. He fought hard for the players and...; Tags: CAREER, Games, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-22
Gene Upshaw file: Name: Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. Born: Aug. 15, 1945, in Robs-town, Texas Died: Wednesday in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Family: Wife, Terri; three sons, Eugene Jr., Justin and Daniel. His brother Marvin was an NFL defensive lineman from 1968...; Tags: CAREER, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-22
Career highlights: Sept. 10, 1967: A first-round pick of the Oakland Raiders in the 1967 draft, Upshaw makes his first AFL start in a 51-0 win vs. the Denver Broncos. Dec. 31, 1967: The Raiders win the AFL title, beating the Houston Oilers 40-7. ...; Tags: agency, career, Games, MARKETING, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-22
NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies of cancer: NEW YORK -- Gene Upshaw was a punishing blocker who intimidated opponents on the field. Off it, his power was greater. A Hall of Fame guard for the Oakland Raiders, Upshaw died Wednesday at age 63 from pancreatic cancer, an illness he only learned about Sunday. His death...; Tags: CAREER, FINANCE, Games, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-22
Former Raiders star Upshaw dies: NEW YORK AFP — Gene Upshaw, an 11-time all-star before going on to become executive director of the NFL's Players Association, died of cancer on Thursday. He was 63. National Football League hall-of-famer passed away after a valiant struggle with pancreatic cancer. Upshaw, a former left guard for...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, NFL, Oakland; Research articles 2008-08-21
Hall of Famer, leader Upshaw dies of cancer: Gene Upshaw was remembered Thursday as a dominant football player who transferred the attributes that earned enshrinement to the Pro Football Hall of Fame into a second career as a labor leader for 25 years, a time of unprecedented prosperity for the NFL players he represented. Upshaw died...; Tags: CAREER, leader, Leadership, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-21
Hiestand on TV: Inside the industry CBS re-signed a veteran quarterback Tuesday and picked up some help on defense. Dan Fouts, a CBS analyst from 1988 to 1993 after a Hall of Fame NFL quarterbacking career, will be an analyst on some CBS NFL games...; Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, CAREER, CBS Corp., ESPN, Games, NBC Universal Inc., NFL, TVs; Research articles 2008-08-20
Receiver Boldin wants out of Arizona: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin asked to be traded, saying he doesn't feel his situation can be resolved and declaring he has no relationship with coach Ken Whisenhunt. "I'm a football player. That's about it," Boldin said Tuesday when asked to characterize his dealings...; Tags: CAREER, coach, NFL, team; Research articles 2008-08-20
Football Hall of Fame: FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: Former Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green wipes away tears as he gives his speech at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. Green is among the six newly enshrined Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2008. They are Fred Dean of the San...; Tags: CAREER, catch, eligibility, induction, NFL; Research articles 2008-08-18
'I have a lot more to prove': ALBANY, N.Y. -- "Up. Straight up." Ask New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin the expected direction of Eli Manning's career, production and potential, and the answer reflects not a learning curve but a linear acceleration. Up. Straight up. Some players' careers build...; Tags: Albany, CAREER, Games, interception, NFL, team; Research articles 2008-08-15