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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Top NFL prospect Crabtree out 10 weeks (AP)

Texas Tech's Michael Crabtree wanted to solidify his status as the top receiver in the NFL draft at this weekend's scouting combine. Instead, he left more questions than answers. On Saturday, NFL doctors diagnosed Crabtree with a stress fracture in his left foot. He reportedly will need surgery to insert a screw and might face a recovery of 10 or more weeks.

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Monday, February 2, 2009

Another super Super Bowl for NFL (AP)

Marian Baur looks for different sizes of Super Bowl Champion T- shirts to buy at the WalMart in Pittsburgh on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 after the Pittsburgh Steelers won the NFL football championship at the Super Bowl in Tampa on Sunday. Baur bought six shirts to send to relatives living in Texas.

Super Super Bowls are becoming a habit. The Steelers' 27-23 win Sunday night over Arizona was another classic in an era of great games -- "a game for the ages," commissioner Roger Goodell called it. Indeed, with a few of exceptions (notably Ravens 34, Giants 7 in 2001) fans have been treated to a decade's worth of rousing NFL championships.




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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Steelers win record sixth Super Bowl (AP)

Cardinal fans react to the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, in Tampa, Fla.

Their Steel Curtain shredded, Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh offense ended a Super Bowl of incredible swings with a final-minute touchdown for a historic victory. Santonio Holmes made a brilliant 6-yard catch deep in the right corner of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining Sunday night, lifting the Steelers to a record-setting sixth Super Bowl win, 27-23 over the Arizona Cardinals.




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