Bills & NFL
- Connors' barometer
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 12/04/08 3:38 PM Who's up
- NFL players union seeks to block suspensions
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Associated Press Writer
Updated: 12/04/08 4:46 PM A federal judge will be asked to decide Friday whether five suspended NFL players deserve a chance to play this weekend. At issue is whether the league had a duty to notify its players and their union that a dietary supplement the five took contained a banned ingredient.
- Whitner says he expects to play Sunday
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 12/04/08 7:21 AM Bills safety Donte Whitner looks ready to return to the field this week, and defensive end Aaron Schobel practiced for the first time in more than a month Wednesday.
- News Staff Selections / Week Fourteen
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Updated: 12/04/08 4:16 PM The Buffalo News' NFL staff makes its picks against the point spread of each week's National Football League games.
- Vikings linemen get temporary reprieve
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 12/04/08 7:21 AM MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL’s suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league’s anti-doping policy, but the players’ status for Sunday’s game at Detroit remained uncertain.
- Around the league
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Updated: 12/04/08 7:21 AM • There will be a lot of buzz missing from tonight’s AFC West game between the 3-9 Oakland Raiders and the 4-8 San Diego Chargers (8, NFL Network). Once considered Super Bowl favorites, the Chargers (4-8) have lost three straight and five of six. The Raiders are playing out their sixth straight losing season.
- Edwards told to learn from errors
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 12/04/08 8:20 AM Buffalo Bills quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt recently showed Trent Edwards some video of bad interceptions thrown by San Diego’s Philip Rivers and the New York Giants’ Eli Manning.
- Chargers’ season is sliding away
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 12/03/08 7:02 AM ALAMEDA, Calif. — Their season began with a last-play loss to the Carolina Panthers. Seven days later, an erroneous ruling by an official cost the San Diego Chargers in a 39-38 loss to the Denver Broncos.
- Burress done for season
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FROM NEWS WIRE SERVICES
Updated: 12/03/08 7:01 AM Their crimes varied from alleged weapons possession to use of banned substances. On Tuesday, some prominent NFL players got their punishments.
- Legacy left behind by Rogers
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NEWS STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Updated: 12/03/08 3:08 PM Ted Rogers, the Toronto media mogul who was instrumental in bringing the Buffalo Bills to Toronto for eight games over five years, died early Tuesday — just five days before the Bills’ first regular-season game in the Rogers Centre.
- Burress arrives at Giants Stadium
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 12/02/08 12:06 PM Plaxico Burress arrived at Giants Stadium on Tuesday, facing the possibility that his career with the Super Bowl champions could be over and he could land in jail after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub.
- Williams, Slaton lead Texans past Jags 30-17
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 12/02/08 12:26 AM Mario Williams, Steve Slaton and the Houston Texans put on quite a show in their Monday Night Football debut.
- Football on TV
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Updated: 12/03/08 3:46 PM Thursday
- Giants’ Burress charged as scrutiny intensifies
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 12/02/08 6:45 AM NEW YORK — Taken to court in handcuffs, Plaxico Burress posted $100,000 bail on weapons possession charges Monday as the frenzy grew around the Giants star receiver who accidentally shot himself in a nightclub.
- Around the league
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Updated: 12/02/08 6:45 AM • The Patriots will play the Buccaneers next season at Wembley Stadium, the third straight year the NFL will stage a regular-season game in the British capital.
- Texans top Jaguars
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Updated: 12/02/08 6:45 AM HOUSTON — Mario Williams, Steve Slaton and the Houston Texans put on quite a show in their Monday Night Football debut.
