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Among the changes this Dolphins offseason have been a switch from defensive-minded coach Nick Saban to Cam Cameron, considered an offensive guru. For Chris Chambers, it also has meant spending the past month adjusting to a new role at receiver. In football jargon, Chambers has moved from the Z to X position. Why? It's a subtle change that could have substantial results. Loosely translated, Chambers would line up primarily on the less-crowded side of some formations, leaving him more space to exploit mismatches. Cameron said Chambers seems to have embraced the change through the initial stages of offseason workouts. Chambers can grow more acclimated to the role when the team's next minicamp opens June 8.
With Jarvis Green and Mike Wright already ahead of him on the depth chart, Marquise Hill faced another battle for a spot on the team this season after the Patriots drafted Miami defensive tackle Kareem Brown.
According to a study by the Humane Society, dogfighting is a crime in all 50 states, a felony in 48 of them, unlawful even to watch in all but two (Hawaii and, oops, Georgia) - but completely legal in American Samoa. Unfortunately for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Pago Pago doesn’t significantly factor into the league’s image or merchandising sales. So we have a problem. ... The NFL doesn’t want this story covered up - it wants resolution, and quick. There’s a big difference. The league can protect its image with the best of them. It strong-armed ESPN into taking the weekly sex-drugs-lies-and-football serial, “Playmakers,” off the air. That doesn’t mean the themes in “Playmakers” don’t exist in the NFL. Of course they do. But those ills also are a significant part of society. But dogfighting? No. There is no rationalizing that. Goodell needs anybody associated with that sick pastime out of the league. The problem is, this isn’t just a drug problem, or a crime problem, or an ethics problem. There’s no book on how to deal with this. We don’t know how extensive dogfighting is. We only know there are several backwoods yahoos - some of whom wear nice suits and drive nice cars - who don’t know how to define the words “felony” or “decency.” And outside of American Samoa, that matters to the NFL.
Indianapolis became the first city in the past two decades to build a Super Bowl-caliber stadium and then fail to land the big game in its initial bid. The city's loss to North Texas last week also carried another distinction: It was the first time two areas with new stadiums competed for the big game. Indianapolis, of course, is pouring $675 million -- most of it public money -- into Lucas Oil Stadium, which will be the home of the Colts beginning in 2008. While that should have been the city's trump card in its quest for Super Bowl hosting rights, Indianapolis instead was trumped by North Texas, which is building a $1 billion stadium that will be the biggest and arguably most impressive in the NFL when it opens in 2009. "I think we were like Superman, but unfortunately Dallas was like kryptonite," said Fred Glass, president of Indianapolis 2011 Inc., which mounted the bid. Indianapolis was never promised a Super Bowl in exchange for building a stadium, but the NFL did dangle the possibility as lawmakers debated new restaurant, hotel and car rental taxes to help pay for the venue.
The Boston Herald reports that New England Patriots potential bad boy Randy Moss was on his best behavior, signing tons of autographs at a recent charity event. He told pals he’s still house-hunting for a crib for the upcoming season.
With Jarvis Green and Mike Wright already ahead of him on the depth chart, Marquise Hill faced another battle for a spot on the team this season after the Patriots drafted Miami defensive tackle Kareem Brown.
According to a study by the Humane Society, dogfighting is a crime in all 50 states, a felony in 48 of them, unlawful even to watch in all but two (Hawaii and, oops, Georgia) - but completely legal in American Samoa. Unfortunately for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Pago Pago doesn’t significantly factor into the league’s image or merchandising sales. So we have a problem. ... The NFL doesn’t want this story covered up - it wants resolution, and quick. There’s a big difference. The league can protect its image with the best of them. It strong-armed ESPN into taking the weekly sex-drugs-lies-and-football serial, “Playmakers,” off the air. That doesn’t mean the themes in “Playmakers” don’t exist in the NFL. Of course they do. But those ills also are a significant part of society. But dogfighting? No. There is no rationalizing that. Goodell needs anybody associated with that sick pastime out of the league. The problem is, this isn’t just a drug problem, or a crime problem, or an ethics problem. There’s no book on how to deal with this. We don’t know how extensive dogfighting is. We only know there are several backwoods yahoos - some of whom wear nice suits and drive nice cars - who don’t know how to define the words “felony” or “decency.” And outside of American Samoa, that matters to the NFL.
Indianapolis became the first city in the past two decades to build a Super Bowl-caliber stadium and then fail to land the big game in its initial bid. The city's loss to North Texas last week also carried another distinction: It was the first time two areas with new stadiums competed for the big game. Indianapolis, of course, is pouring $675 million -- most of it public money -- into Lucas Oil Stadium, which will be the home of the Colts beginning in 2008. While that should have been the city's trump card in its quest for Super Bowl hosting rights, Indianapolis instead was trumped by North Texas, which is building a $1 billion stadium that will be the biggest and arguably most impressive in the NFL when it opens in 2009. "I think we were like Superman, but unfortunately Dallas was like kryptonite," said Fred Glass, president of Indianapolis 2011 Inc., which mounted the bid. Indianapolis was never promised a Super Bowl in exchange for building a stadium, but the NFL did dangle the possibility as lawmakers debated new restaurant, hotel and car rental taxes to help pay for the venue.
The Boston Herald reports that New England Patriots potential bad boy Randy Moss was on his best behavior, signing tons of autographs at a recent charity event. He told pals he’s still house-hunting for a crib for the upcoming season.
