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Dan Pompei's NFL power rankings
Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. 49ers (5): People don't want to believe this team can be this good with Alex Smith at quarterback. Believe it. 2. Patriots (3): This is what you call an overpowering offense. 3. Ravens (4): Joe Flacco was...
Tags: AFC North, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts
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Pompei's NFL power rankings
1. Giants (1 last week): How would an Eli Manning-Peyton Manning Super Bowl strike you? 2. Falcons (3): When everyone was busy watching Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady, Matt Ryan was the best passer in the first half of the NFL season. 3. Bears (2): Their...
Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, Greg Schiano
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Bears strong safety can't bite too hard at play action
The 49ers will lean on their Tank personnel (one wide receiver, two tight ends, two backs) to establish the run and set up their play-action passing game. Look for schemes that will target the Bears' eight-man defensive fronts Monday night and test the...
Tags: Chicago Bears, National Football League, New York Jets, Delanie Walker, Sports
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49ers coach profited from many mentors
The story begins in the dimly lit Harbaugh family basement in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1974. Jack Harbaugh, an assistant coach at Michigan, has taken home a canister of 16-millimeter film of an opponent. He loads the reel on a projector that shows a game on...Tags: Minnesota Vikings, Sports, Football, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts
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Chryst is Harbaugh's right-hand man
NEW ORLEANS — When Jim Harbaugh felt Chicago's walls closing in on him during his final, fateful season as a Bears quarterback in 1993, he often sought refuge at old Halas Hall in the basement office of Geep Chryst. Chryst, the Bears' director...
Tags: Big Ten Conference, Sports, Football, Mike Ditka, Ron Rivera
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For What It's Worth: Boston, etc.
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsI can’t help but wonder what it takes to push someone to the point where they would wantonly take innocent lives. When an act seems so senseless, how can one possibly rationalize the need for it? I consider myself a forgiving person, but it's acts...Tags: Colin Kaepernick, Sports, Jim Harbaugh, Andy Reid, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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For What It's Worth: February 28th
For What it’s Worth---February 28 -- They filed out in silence, not sure of what they’d just seen, but positive that they didn’t want to see it anymore. What a difference three days makes--- Wichita State went from 94 points scored...
Tags: Doug McDermott, Missouri Valley Conference, Andy Reid, National Collegiate Athletic Association, San Francisco 49ers
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For What It's Worth: February 22nd
For What it’s Worth---on this February 22 -- And to think—there was a time that I loved snow. Like many, I spent way too much time yesterday digging out of Antarctica. Fortunately, I was able to enlist the help of my just turned 14 year old...
Tags: Missouri Tigers, Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Sports, Football
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Kaepernick, 49ers maul Bears
SAN FRANCISCO — In 2009, the Cubs selected a strong, 6-foot-4-inch power pitcher named Colin Kaepernick in the 43rd round of the amateur baseball draft. So in some ways Kaepernick's right arm always seemed destined to disappoint Chicago one day....
Tags: Kyle Williams (football, wide receiver), Brandon Marshall, Kelvin Hayden, Brian Urlacher, Candlestick Park
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Bidding for star-studded free agents begins Tuesday
Open season on NFL free agents starts at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Those who stand around with hands in their pockets will miss out on the first wave. It wouldn't be surprising to see a few free agents sign before Wednesday morning, and a dozen or so could be...Tags: Major League Baseball, Atlanta Falcons, Jason Jones, National Football Conference, Indianapolis Colts
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Ravens prove that late-season losses can be helpful
NEW ORLEANS -- Seeing as the NFL is a copycat league, teams naturally want to emulate the blueprint of the franchise that wins it all. So mark this down: Losing at the end of the regular season can be a good thing. That's what the champion Baltimore...
Tags: Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, Russell Wilson, Pittsburgh Steelers, Colin Kaepernick
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We've seen this matchup before, and Ravens will win again
NEW ORLEANS -- The older brother will beat the younger brother again. Super Bowl XLVII will be nothing more than a repeat, at least victory wise, of the 2011 Thanksgiving Day game between the two teams when John Harbaugh's Ravens beat Jim Harbaugh's San...
Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, Jacoby Jones, Donte Whitner, Ozzie Newsome, Dashon Goldson
Sep 11, 2012
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Oct 30, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Feb 1, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
|Column| KWCH
Feb 28, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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Nov 19, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 12, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 4, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Feb 2, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
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