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NFL Draft Prospect Trent Richardson

Some­times com­pared to Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith — prob­a­bly because they both went to the same high school — Trent Richard­son is regarded as per­haps the best prospect at run­ning back in the year’s NFL Draft. With the upper and lower body strength to run over defend­ers while still hav­ing enough speed to run away from defend­ers, he reminds me a lit­tle of another leg­endary player; for­mer Hous­ton Oil­ers tail­back Earl Campbell. At 5–11 and 225 pounds, he has pro­to­typ­i­cal size for a run­ning back. Check out more on our Trent Richard­son profile… Our sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services.... 

‘Fins OC Sherman Recalls Philbin as Solid Student

Long before Mike Sher­man agreed to run the offense of the Miami Dol­phins, he and head coach Joe Philbin were men of let­ters, more taken with lit­er­ary craft than X’s and O’s. Meet­ing with reporters Thurs­day, Sher­man talked about his days at Worces­ter Acad­emy in Worces­ter, Mass., where he taught cre­ative writ­ing back in 1980. Sit­ting out among the sea of stu­dents: Philbin, an apt pupil. “Joe was very intro­spec­tive, cere­bral, always pre­pared, stud­ied hard,” Sher­man told The Asso­ci­ated Press on Thurs­day. “I wouldn’t say I gave him an ‘A’... 

Cardinals GM: Kolb Likely to Stay Despite Impending $7M Bonus

Ari­zona Car­di­nals gen­eral man­ager Rod Graves said Thurs­day that he expects to move into next sea­son with Kevin Kolb as his quar­ter­back, but he wouldn’t com­pletely rule out a shakeup. Kolb is due a $ 7 mil­lion bonus if he’s on the Car­di­nals’ ros­ter March 17, which Graves said is likely, given the team’s cur­rent off­sea­son plan. “There’s no rea­son to think at this par­tic­u­lar point that we wouldn’t pro­ceed with … see­ing the con­tract through, but things change as we go down the road,” Graves said in an inter­view on KTAR-AM in Phoenix. Kolb... 

Titans Officials Say Moss Didn’t Hurt Team in 2010 Stint

The last time we saw Randy Moss, he went out with a whim­per, catch­ing just six passes for 80 yards and fail­ing to get in the end zone in the eight games he played with the Ten­nessee Titans back in 2010. But behind the scenes, the man with a rep­u­ta­tion as a mal­con­tent and diva han­dled what was believed to be his NFL swan song with dig­nity, accord­ing to team sources. How­ever, some of the issues that have trailed Moss through­out his career — a less-than-dogged approach to prac­tice and a ten­dency to dis­ap­pear in dou­ble teams on game day — did persist. Yet,... 

Antone Davis Tries to Help Former NFL Players Stay in Shape

Antone Davis tries to help for­mer NFL play­ers stay in shape Posted by Mike Flo­rio on Feb­ru­ary 16, 2012, 4:39 PM EST Recently, the con­nec­tion between head injuries and long-term chronic health con­di­tions has received plenty of atten­tion, and right­fully so. But there’s another chal­lenge that for­mer NFL play­ers face after they quit play­ing in the NFL. Big men often end up get­ting even big­ger. And as a result dying far too young. For­mer Eagles tackle Antone Davis, a first-round pick in 1991, found him­self at 476 pounds. And Davis knew he needed to take... 

Broncos QB Tebow Working on Passing Skills With UCLA’s OC

Bron­cos quar­ter­back Tim Tebow has been get­ting some extra coach­ing in Los Ange­les this week cour­tesy of new UCLA offen­sive coor­di­na­tor Noel Maz­zone, ESPN reported Wednesday. The net­work said Maz­zone and his son Tay­lor have been work­ing on Tebow’s much-maligned mechan­ics twice a day. Har­ri­son: Teach­ing Mr. Tebow “It’s kind of like a golfer who hit that bad drive,” Maz­zone said. “Every other guy in the four­some can tell you what you did wrong and all three opin­ions are dif­fer­ent. We’re just going out and kind of going back to the basics... 

SI.com Report Adds Strange Chapter to Manning Story

The soap opera is a dying genre, but Pey­ton Man­ning and the Colts have stepped up to fill the void. In the same SI.com report that revealed Man­ning has under­gone four neck pro­ce­dures — not three as pre­vi­ously believed — we also received a glimpse into just how badly the four-time NFL MVP wanted to get back on the field for the Colts. Accord­ing to league sources, Man­ning attempted to con­vince Colts offi­cials and coaches that he was capa­ble of play­ing in the team’s final two games. He wanted to play exclu­sively in red-zone sit­u­a­tions, putting him in a posi­tion... 

Manning Threw at 85 Percent in December, Wanted to Play

INDIAN OLIS — Plenty is unknown in Pey­ton Manning’s come­back from neck surgery. But one thing is cer­tain: It won’t fail because of lack of effort. The quar­ter­back has been throw­ing at an up-tempo pace since mid-December, just before his attempt to return for the Indi­anapo­lis Colts’ final two games finally ended, as SI.com reported Wednes­day. Man­ning threw in a post-practice set­ting with a group of receivers and run­ning backs Dec. 14 as part of the reha­bil­i­ta­tion process. One league source said that to “describe it as a prac­tice is incor­rect.” The... 

Agents: Big Ben, Harrison Could Re-Do Contracts to Help Steelers

Pitts­burgh gen­eral man­ager Kevin Colbert’s recent com­ments that his team has “seri­ous issues” with the salary cap appar­ently have reg­is­tered with two of the Steel­ers’ highest-paid players. The agents for quar­ter­back Ben Roeth­lis­berger and line­backer James Har­ri­son told the Pitts­burgh Tribune-Review that their clients are open to restruc­tur­ing their contracts. “Cer­tainly we’d be very will­ing to help,” Harrison’s agent, Bill Parise, told the newspaper. As of Feb. 6, the Steel­ers were $ 22.5 mil­lion over the cap, accord­ing to... 

Vikings Won’t File Relocation Notice by 2012 Deadline

Vikings won’t file relo­ca­tion notice by 2012 deadline Posted by Mike Flo­rio on Feb­ru­ary 14, 2012, 9:24 PM EST If the Vikings plan to move from Min­nesota in 2012, they must sub­mit notice of their inten­tions by Feb­ru­ary 15. Feb­ru­ary 15 lands on Wednesday. Vikings V.P. Lester Bagley said Tues­day that the team won’t be advis­ing the league of any desire to move on Wednesday. Specif­i­cally, Bagley told the Asso­ci­ated Press that “there’s no point” in fil­ing the paper­work because the team has momen­tum toward build­ing a new sta­dium in Min­nesota....