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...particles - recycled from old running shoes - that form its base are loosely packed around the blades of "grass," providing a softer cushion than real dirt. The new surfaces are growing fast in the U.S., where demand on municipal fields is almost unceasing. American football teams are also enthusiastic. Four NFL stadiums - in Dallas, Detroit, Philadelphia and Seattle - use synthetic turf, and several others, including Giants Stadium, outside New York City and home to two NFL teams, are considering it. Almost 200 synthetic fields will be laid in the U.S. this year, compared with fewer than 50 in 1999. And more...
...Jets about that. They were Super Bowl champs in 1968 and haven't been back ? the longest return drought of any team. You bet they'd give up two No. 1's, two No. 2's and $8 mil to get back to the Super Bowl. (The NFL, however, has put the kibash on all trades that exchange coaches for draft picks...
...That's the prevailing thought in sports, of course. And plenty will point to the last two Super Bowl champions, New England and Baltimore, as proof. But remember that while last year's game pitted the NFL's third- and 24th-ranked defenses, it was the Rams, not the Patriots, who were among the league's elite defensive units. And they were coming off an NFC Championship game in which they picked off Brett Favre six times...
...senior wide receiver likely improved his chances in this April’s NFL draft by impressing league scouts Saturday afternoon with his performance at the 78th Annual East-West Shrine Game, played in San Francisco’s Pac Bell Park and televised for a national audience on ESPN...
Morris, an All-American who earlier this year was named the Ivy League’s Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season, finished the game with two catches for 42 yards, a live sideline interview and a rave review from an NFL executive...