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    The Boxers

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    The Pacific University football team celebrated a homecoming for 16 student-athletes and its rich tradition with a 45-22 win over Occidental College in the first-ever NCAA Division III football game in Hawaii. The Boxers, who have campuses both in Honolulu, Hawai’I and its main campus in Forest Grove, Oregon, moved its regular season non-conference game to Kamehameha Kapalama Stadium. The host stadium served as a homecoming for four Boxers’ including freshman quarterback Brett Yep Jr. (Honolulu

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    The Eagles traded up to grab the guy they wanted and think can be their franchise Quarterback in Carson Wentz this whole draft lives and dies with Carson Wentz and his ability to be a franchise Quarterback in the NFL. Carson Wentz is big Quarterback at 6’5 237 with strong arm strength, Toughness competiveness and knowledge of the game. Wentz is getting a great opportunity in Philadelphia; he steps into a team that is much better than most teams that are selecting a quarterback this high in the draft

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    Late game mishaps such as an Adrian Peterson fumble and a missed game winning field goal by Blair Walsh, led to a Minnesota Vikings loss Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At 12:05 pm central time the NFC Wild Card round game started and set a record that tied for the third coldest game of all time in NFL history. It was so cold that the stadium was handing out hand warmers and coffees before the game had even started. The Viking celebratory horn, that they blew into every time

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    “Although 8,398 Iowans died during World War II, the death of the University of Iowa's only Heisman Trophy winner shook the state like no other wartime tragedy.” Although College Football ranked him as the ninth greatest college football player of all time, Nile Kinnick is perhaps best remembered, as Charles Bullard summed up in The Des Moines Register, for his strength of character and his sacrifice to his country (Lidd). Nile Kinnick was born on July 9, 1918 in Adel, Iowa, the grandson of a governor

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    Cam Newton's Pro Career

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    players in NFL history. In 2015, Newton had a career record of 35 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions, and rushed for 10 more touchdowns. He also received the NFL MVP award. He led the panthers to a 15-1 record and made it to the Super Bowl. But then lost in Super Bowl 50 against Payton Manning and the Bronco's. What was his childhood like? He was born on May 11, 1989. He is in the middle of two brothers. His mother was on top of Cam and his brothers studies and his father was on top of keeping

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    James F Thorpe Biography

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    On May 22, 1887, one of the best competitors of the twentieth century was conceived in a little lodge in Oklahoma. James Francis Thorpe in his Native American name which implies brilliant future, would have a splendid future to be sure. He would go ahead to make achievements in all of football, baseball and olympic style sports. In 1907, his first year at Carlisle Indian School, the youthful Thorpe showed noteworthy aptitudes in football and track and picked up the consideration of Pop Warner

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    The 6’3 220 pound 28 year old star Julio Jones is a beast. He’s a wide receiver for the NFL team the Atlanta Falcons. But, how he got to the NFL is a story. Julio attended Foley High school in Alabama, and went to the SECC College Alabama. His years through High school were unbelievable, that’s when he broke records and set records. In High school he played wide receiver and defensive end. But he, were he shined the most was at wide receiver. Also, starting out as freshmen in college he was a 5 star

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    It's football season, grab your shirt and support your team. Another blind strategy by the NFL to undefined the cost of football. In an interview between Steve Almond “The Church Of The Gridiron: Steve Almond On How He Lost His Faith In Football,” by David Cook. Almond was born in Palo Alto, California in 1966. But an Oklahoma Raiders fan consuming everything football threw at him for four decades. “Then, in 2014, he did the unthinkable: he stopped. No more games. No more listening to sports talk

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    Jj J Watt Biography

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    J.J. Watt Justin James Watt was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin on March 22, 1989. Watt played numerous sports through his childhood such as football, hockey, basketball, baseball, and track. However, he was a standout at football, as he was selected for Wisconsin’s All-State first team and was a letter winner four years in a row. During his senior year at Pewaukee High School, Watt accrued a total of 5 touchdowns, 26 catches, and 399 total receiving yards. During the college recruiting process

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    Final Moments TOUCHDOWN!!!!! That's all I heard as I laid there back first on the cold pointy turf. It was a warm Sunday night. Like any other Sunday I had my football game. But that day was not like any other day. This day.This game was not like any ordinary game for the Falcons football team, and Austin Hembd a 13 year old football player. We were down by 4 points one touchdown and we could win. During the 4th quarter there were only 5 seconds left on the clock. Enough time for one play. I get

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