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...soccer moms who buy free range meat at Whole Foods, cosmetics not tested on animals from the Body Shop, and who quietly shun Ringling Bros’ animal circus when it comes to town. They’re also the people who sent over 300,000 e-mails to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last July successfully urging him to drop convicted dog fighter Michael Vick from the league. They’re politically active, and willing to use their votes to protect the defenseless...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Compassionate Campaigners | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...football season might mean rest and relaxation for the many players of the NFL, but for more than 30 that have come to Cambridge this week, playtime is over. The football players—who include New England Patriots defensive end Richard V. Seymour and Cleveland Browns running back Jamal L. Lewis, according to a press release—are at Harvard as part of the NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program. The collaborative effort between the NFL, the NFL Players Association, and the Business School helps players prepare for professional life after their football days are over. Michael...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Players Prepare for Life After Football | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

...Even new countries that do manage to get started face a load of problems, not the least being their flags. Consider how hard it is for the NFL to come up with a helmet logo for a new team that doesn't look like the trademark of the Altria Group or a symbol on a super hero's cape - and they've got only 32 franchises to worry about. The tricolor flag has been done to death. When you get to the point that Luxembourg and the Netherlands are both a horizontal red, white and blue, with the only difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enough With the New Countries | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...With such an attractive package and compelling storyline, Big Easy fans should be toasting the team on Bourbon Street. After all, the city has long been starving for a winning pro sports team, and could still use a psychic lift post-Katrina. The NFL's Saints have tasted some recent success, but they play only eight home games each season, drawing fans from all over the football-crazed state. But as the city prepares to host the league's All-Star Game festivities this weekend, many people are wondering if the Hornets can survive much longer in New Orleans. "Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans' Basketball Woes | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...being held in this small Nicaraguan village - because Boston's loss was definitely Diriamba's gain, in the form of the "Perfect Season, 19-0" Patriots T-shirts and hats that Brady, Belichick and Bruschi were supposed to have worn on the field after the game. Due to NFL regulations that prohibit the sale of the losing team's "championship" apparel, the T-shirts and hats were donated to needy Nicaraguans by World Vision, in conjunction with the NFL and Reebok...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where New England Won the Super Bowl | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

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