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...nowhere, or rather the New York Jets, came a new general manager, Ron Wolf. He hired Holmgren, the crackerjack offensive coordinator for the 49ers who can go both ways - tough and tender. That same year Wolf traded a first-round draft choice to the Atlanta Falcons for backup quarterback Brett Favre, who soon replaced incumbent Dan Majkowski. Favre has since replaced Bart Starr in the hearts of many Packer fans as he has driven the team first to respectability, then possibility and now probability. Patrons at Shenanigans, the bar owned by legendary Packer guard Fuzzy Thurston, get misty-eyed talking...
...jump. And just when it felt never-ending, the band rushed off stage, begging an encore and teasing the masses. Not a minute later, to the thundering of a thousand palms, they rushed back on with Dr. Dog (the opening artist, who looked like Kid Rock as a Parliament backup dancer) in tow.With the instruments finally almost outnumbered, together, the musicians launched into “Do the Whirlwind.” Rising a meter from the ground, The shoes (now warm and soft and a little more worn from the dance) wiggled free from the limits of the floor...
...have been injured and left homeless. Most likely, says one U.S. military source, McFadden and the others will return to their perilous combat duties in Afghanistan, and other choppers will be diverted to Pakistan from U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the Gulf, where they are serving as vital backup to the Iraq war. That would put yet another burden on the U.S.'s thinly stretched resources in its two battle theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan. "Fixing Pakistan is going to take a while," one U.S. army official remarked ruefully...
...combined for only one catch.“Too many mistakes,” said O’Hagan of his performance. “I put that on me, not thinking the right things out there sometimes, and it cost us the football game.”Sophomore backup Richard Irvin briefly replaced O’Hagan for two series to start the second half, but he only attempted one pass before being lifted. Right from the opening kick, Harvard looked outmatched. The Crimson’s Neil Sherlock muffed the opening kickoff only to recover it and have...
...Saturday, giving the Big Red excellent field position and, ultimately, two field goals.At quarterback, the Crimson’s inexperience both under center and at wideout have contributed to the spike in passes picked. With the top three wide receivers sidelined by injury, O’Hagan and his backup Richard Irvin are throwing to a young and untested corps—and they have the quarterback ratings to show for it.Last week, Murphy acknowledged that Saturday’s game would be a tough test for his battered squad.“We can beat this team...