Browns' Jones and Pool vie for starting safety spot
Browns safeties Sean Jones and Willie Pool contend for the starting role after Chris Crocker's trade. Both players earned time with the first unit, with Jones intercepting a Ken Dorsey pass in practice as the coaching staff emphasizes a competitive, wire-to-wire battle.
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Pool
Chris Crocker
Brian Russell
Browns
Crocker
Atlanta
Crennel
Wire
Pod
Savage
Ken Dorsey
Sean
Dorsey Adapts as Browns Highlight Backup Role
Browns general manager Phil Savage and coach Romeo Crennel expressed comfort with Ken Dorsey as the backup quarterback after minicamp practice. Dorsey, 25, joined Cleveland from San Francisco in a trade for Trent Dilfer and aims to prove he can excel behind Charlie Frye while a veteran potential addition looms.
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BEREA
Phil Savage
Romeo Crennel
Ken Dorsey
Dorsey
Browns
San Francisco 49Ers
Trent Dilfer
Charlie Frye
Uncle Charlie's blueprint helped NFL star D'Qwell Jackson
Debra Dixon recalls a troubled boy who turned toward football under the mentorship of his uncle Charlie Dixon. Dixon, once in and out of jail, cleaned up, coached youth football, and guided D'Qwell toward Maryland and an NFL career. Maryland assistant Tim Banks calls Dixon's nephew a guy you root for.
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Jackson
Debra
Dixon
Seminole High School
Florida
Sam Roper
Roper
Charles
Seminole High
Maryland
NFL
Charlie
Ridgecrest
Largo
St. Petersburg
O’qwell
Tallahassee
Cleveland Browns
Tim Banks
D’qwell
Oilers force Game 7 with 4-0 win over Hurricanes
Erik Cole returned for Carolina after a neck injury but offered little as Edmonton dominated. Cam Ward kept the Hurricanes in the game early, but Fernando Pisani and Raffi Torres extended the Oilers' lead to seal a pivotal 4-0 victory and force a decisive seventh game.
Hurricanes rout Oilers in overtime playoff collapse
Carolina failed to score on Edmonton goalie Jussi Markkanen and fell behind 4 0 in the third period as the Oilers dominated. Justin Williams finally ended the drought at 14 11 of the second, but the Hurricanes were outshot 34 16 and swept 4 0 late in the series. Ward, from Alberta, admitted the effort was insufficient and blamed lack of desperation.
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Hurricanes
Jussi Markkanen
Justin Williams
Ward
Alberta
Oilers
Tobacco Road
Hedican
Fintert
Smyth
Carolina Bene Aeved Te Ag Ee Ad
Edmonton
Carolina
C. Ward
Markkanen
Big McCreary
Brad Watson
Greg Devorski
Jay Sharrers
Dave Williams
Williams
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Gateway
Delone Carter
Syracuse
Copley
North Dominates South In 61st All-Star Football Clash
Ricky Stanzi led the North to a 34 13 win over the South in Columbus. Stanzi threw three TD passes including a 72 yard strike to Alex Knipp and was named MVP. Marc Krauss and Robert Rose starred on offense and defense respectively for the North.
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Ricky Stanzi
Columbus
Stanzi
Mentor Lake Catholic
Marc Krauss
Hamlet Patrick Henry
Ohio University
Alex Knipp
Amherst Steele
Ball State
Krauss
Ohio State
Robert Rose
Cleveland Glenville
South
Nate Davis
Bellaire
North
Skylaar Constant
Bedford
Toledo
Constant
Ryan Kish
Saginaw Valley State
Anthony Miranda
Jefferson Area
Kent State
Bryan Wright
Salem
Michigan
Vic Whiting
Canal Fulton Northwest
Knipp
Elyria
P.J. Mahone
Avon Lake
Dan Spring
Ohio
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Thompson
Andra Davis
Todd Grantham
Blake Farris
D’qwell Jackson
Charles Dixon
Paul Warfield
Tice
Erik Cole
Cole
Edmonton Wilers
Rod Brind’Amour
Montreal
Doug Weight
Peter Laviolette
Doug
Cam Ward
Fernando Pisani
Raffi Torres
Witunday
Wolina
Tate
Amherst
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