Archive for June 2nd, 2009
Saints sell out entire 2009 season (AP)
The New Orleans Saints have sold out the 70,000-seat Louisiana Superdome on a season-ticket basis for a fourth straight year. Saints vice president of ticket and suite sales Mike Stanfield says team officials weren’t sure what to expect because of the national recession, but found no lack of demand. Stanfield says the waiting list for [...]
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Fire damages office of NFLPA head Smith (AP)
A small fire has damaged the office of NFL players’ union head DeMaurice Smith. The union says the fire started in a bathroom off the office at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. No one was in the building and the fire was doused by a sprinkler system. Union spokesman George Atallah says there was more water [...]
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NFL won’t enforce bans on Williamses (AP)
Lawyers for the NFL say the league won’t try to enforce its four-game suspension of Minnesota Vikings Kevin Williams and Pat Williams for their use of a banned substance for the moment. Attorneys for the Williamses and the NFL appeared Tuesday before Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson as the star defensive tackles fight their [...]
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Cards’ Breaston confident as No. 2 WR (AP)
As Anquan Boldin stays away in a contract dispute, Steve Breaston has confidently moved up to the No. 2 wide receiver spot for the Arizona Cardinals. Breaston knows how important these summer “voluntary” practices can be. It was a year ago, in the searing Arizona heat, that Breaston opened the eyes of coaches with his [...]
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