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MINNEAPOLIS -Contrary to what some Vikings fans have contended, Brad Childress does indeed have a brain, and he uses it quite a bit.
Minnesota’s 46-year-old professional football franchise has long been this frozen region’s most popular sports team, and passionate opinions from the public about the coach have flowed freely from that.
So by losing 16 […]

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The Miami Dolphins are marching toward football ignominy, but remain surprisingly upbeat about it.
With just four regular-season games left, the winless Dolphins (0-12) try once again to notch their first win of 2007 when they meet the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
Miami has dropped three straight to Buffalo, including a 13-10 home loss on […]

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For Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys, their ascendancy into the NFC’s elite was almost expected. For Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers, their stunning resurgence to get there was not.
The two quarterbacks lead their respective 10-1 teams into a highly anticipated showdown Thursday at Texas Stadium, with the winner gaining the […]

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While every NBA team suffers losing streaks during the grueling 82-game season, they tend to get magnified when it’s the Dallas Mavericks doing the losing.
The Mavs look to avoid their first three-game skid in more than a year when they host the Washington Wizards on Monday.
Dallas (9-4) won five straight games from Nov. […]

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Comfortably ahead in the wild-card race but well behind in the NFC East, the New York Giants are focused simply on winning games.
The Giants (7-3) begin a stretch of five straight contests against teams at or below the .500 mark when the Minnesota Vikings (4-6) bring their top-ranked rushing attack to the Meadowlands […]

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Kansas and Missouri first met on the football field in 1891 and have played 115 times since. The rivalry has always been fierce. This time around, it’s also important. Really important.
There’ll be a sellout crowd of nearly 80,000 frenzied fans Saturday night for the No. 2 Jayhawks and No. […]

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The Minnesota Vikings are looking to avoid their first four-game losing streak to the Green Bay Packers in 19 years. Record-breaking rookie running back Adrian Peterson may give them a good chance to do so.
One week after setting an NFL single-game rushing mark, Peterson leads the Vikings (3-5) into Lambeau Field for a […]

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