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  American football - Wikipedia
American football, known in the United States as simply football is a competitive team sport related to, derived from, and somewhat similar to, other forms of football, but differing from most of them in significant ways.
Play in American football consists of a series of individual plays of short duration, between which the ball is not in play.
American football in its current form grew out of a series of three games between Harvard University and McGill University of Montreal in 1874.
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /am/American_football.html   (3004 words)

  
 American football - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
American football does not much resemble soccer, the sport which most of the rest of the world, except Canada, calls "football".
The Arena Football League (AFL, 1987-present) plays an indoor adaptation of American football, at a faster pace, on a smaller pitch with no built in sidelines -- the edges of the grid are coincident with padded walls similar to those found in a baseball outfield.
Interestingly, newspaper reporters who have interviewed former football players who are crippled or in pain as a result of their former sport find that a player will never (or virtually never) express regret over his choice of career.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/American_football   (3696 words)

  
 ipedia.com: American football Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
American football, known in the United States as simply football, is a competitive team sport that rewards players' speed, agility, tactics, and brute strength as they push, block, tackle, chase, and...
However, both of these games have their origins in varieties of football played in England in the mid-19th century, and American football is directly descended from rugby football, usually known simply as "Rugby".
The minor Arena Football League (1987-present) plays an indoor adaptation of American football, at a faster pace, on a smaller field with no built-in sidelines -- the edges of the grid are coincident with padded walls similar to those found in a baseball outfield.
www.ipedia.com /american_football.html   (5188 words)

  
 About Topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Listeriosis is an bacterial infection caused by a gram-positive motile bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes.
This is a list of current players in the National Football League as of 2004.
List of dental schools in the U.S. This List of dental schools in the U.S. includes major academic institutions in the U.S. that award advanced professional degrees in the field of dentistry.
www.info-pedia.net /about/index_28.html   (1467 words)

  
 AMERICAN FOOTBALL | CAR AND MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE HASTINGS DIRECT
American football evolved as a separate sport from rugby football in the late 19th century.
The player with the ball is forced to the ground or has his forward progress halted by members of the other team (as determined by an official).
There is a widespread perception that football teams based in schools and public recreational leagues consume far more than their fair share of the sports budget, although sales of tickets to college (and to some extent high school) football games often make it a revenue-producing sport.
www.solarnavigator.net /sport/american_football.htm   (5465 words)

  
 American football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
American football, known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic.
American football does not much resemble soccer, the sport which most people outside the U.S. call "football"; consequently, the sport is commonly known internationally as "American football" or "gridiron".
Game play in American football consists of a series of individual plays of short duration, outside of which the ball is not in play.
www.info-pedia.net /about/american_football   (4902 words)

  
 Talented players from tiny American Samoa are changing the face of football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But when American football was first introduced to the 26-square-mile South Pacific island of American Samoa three decades ago, it was like Henry Ford seeing his first automobile, Babe Ruth first taking hold of a baseball bat, Bill Gates scheming over his first line of computer code.
The traditional lifestyle is cited as a contributing factor to Samoan football success almost as often as the apparent physical skills: From the strict family hierarchy that demands discipline and sacrifice; to the traditional dances that require coordination; to the taro plant, a nutritious root that is a staple of the Samoan diet.
Videotapes of players that could be distributed to college coaches were nearly impossible to obtain until 1996, when the Samoan News ran a series of stories that chided the local TV station into broadcasting games.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /cfootball/samo29.shtml   (3668 words)

  
 List of American football players - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of retired professional American football offensive linemen
List of retired professional American football defensive linemen
List of retired professional American football defensive backs
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_American_football_players   (89 words)

  
 ESPN.com: GEN - American football, Samoan style
But if you want to find this cradle of football, you'll need a globe and a good eye, because Tutuila, the population center of America Samoa, is a 54-square-mile volcanic island in the South Pacific, more than 4,500 miles from the U.S. mainland and 2,300 miles south-southwest of Hawaii.
Yet an increasing number of college football programs are recruiting the island, plucking players from its six high school teams and placing them directly onto their squads or at junior colleges.
Football was barely a blip anywhere on the planet when the United States annexed most of what would become American Samoa in 1900.
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 ESPN.com - Page2 - The List: Biggest sports busts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We've run plenty of lists about players who've been big busts -- Heisman Trophy winners who couldn't make the transition to the NFL (Andre Ware), baseball "phenoms" who flopped (Todd Van Poppel), guys who choked in the Super Bowl (Tony Eason), and players who get tens of millions for not playing (Bryant Reeves).
Players were still talking about them a year later.
After going 58-0 over a period of 10 years with NBA players, the team lost three games, and went, as Barbara Barker of Newsday wrote, from being the "Dream Team to the Creamed Team." Said Bill Walton after the U.S. team's terrible performance, "This was a disappointing, frustrating and embarrassing showing.
sports.espn.go.com /page2/s/list/biggestbusts.html   (1160 words)

  
 Open Directory - Sports:Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The American game is played by two opposing teams of eleven on a 100x53 yard field, delinated by a goal line and an elevated set of goal posts at either end.
Closely related to American or gridiron football, arena football is played indoors on a 50-yard field with 8 players to a team, limited substitutions and no punting.
The object of the game is that two teams of fifteen, ten or seven players each, observing fair play according to the Laws and sporting spirit, should by carrying, passing, kicking and grounding the ball score as many points as possible, the team scoring the greater number of points being the winner of the match.
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 USATODAY.com - College Football Hall of Fame's class of 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Earned SEC defensive player of the year honors his junior season with 12 interceptions, named National Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation.
Current head coach of New Orleans Saints recorded 412 career tackles, 35 sacks and 13 fumble recoveries at IUP.
Led Tigers to 35-5 record and three SWAC titles; first player from historically fl college to be NFL first-round pick (by Tampa Bay); succeeded legendary Eddie Robinson as Grambling coach.
www.usatoday.com /sports/college/football/2001-08-09-hall-list.htm   (481 words)

  
 Lists of football (soccer) players - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following are lists of Association football (soccer) players.
List of football (soccer) players with 100 or more caps
List of football (soccer) players with 30 or more international goals
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_football_(soccer)_players   (85 words)

  
 Home Page - Pro Football Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Another step in the selection process took place when the list of 25 semifinalists for the Class of 2007 was revealed.
Terrell Davis, Bruce Matthews, and Randall McDaniel are the three first-year eligible players included on the list.
Here is a complete rundown of every franchise that has competed in the National Football League since it was founded in downtown Canton, Ohio on September 17, 1920.
www.profootballhof.com   (214 words)

  
 CURENT FOOTBALL
Shown below are football players currently in the NFL.
They are listed under the team for which they were playing at the time the autograph was signed.
I have not maintained an accurate list of turnaround times in the past; however, in the future, I will post them in the site.
www.angelfire.com /mb/markssigningbonus/currentfootball.html   (141 words)

  
 Wabash College: Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wabash junior linebacker Adrian Pynenberg has been named the Hank Critchfield Award recipient for 2006 as the North Coast Athletic Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Pynenberg also heads a list of 12 Little Giant football players named to the league’s All-Conference teams.
Wabash football players and coaches keep you up to date on their pursuit of "good to GREAT!"
www.wabash.edu /sports/football   (88 words)

  
 BYUCougars.com - BYU Baseball Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
OMAHA, Nebraska (June 21, 2006)--Ben Saylor was named to his third Third-team All-American squad this week when he was selected to the honor by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
The BYU senior outfielder was named to the Rawlings All-America team by virtue of also being selected to the First-team Midwest Region squad.
Saylor, New Mexico's Danny Ray Herrera and Utah's Ryan Khoury were the only Mountain West Conference Players to make three of the four All-America teams as selected by either Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America magazines, the ABCA and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
www.byucougars.com /Filing.jsp?ID=7993   (120 words)

  
 American Football Monthly - Press Releases
and according to American Football Monthly's August 2003 issue, this year will be no exception.
The football-coaching trade magazine recently named 10 coaches in each division from high school to college that it considers will make such an impact in 2003 that they will be on everyone's short list in 2004.
"These are the guys that could become the next generation of football coaching legends," said AFM managing editor Aaron S. Lee.
www.americanfootballmonthly.com /Arena/pr/030826.html   (620 words)

  
 NFL.com - NFL Schedules
NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.
The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated.
All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League.
www.nfl.com /schedules   (229 words)

  
 The Business Of Hockey - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But the economics of owning a team can still be quite good.
Locked-out players are skating in Europe, Russia and the U.S. minor leagues for a fraction of what they'd earn in the NHL.
Hockey owners hungry for star players can't control their spending.
www.forbes.com /home/lists/2004/11/10/04nhland.html   (301 words)

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