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• Teaching From His Mistakes

  Published: August 4, 2007, 10:33 pm

  Tags: Football Hall Of Fame, Baseball Hall Of Fame, Sports Of The Times, Rhoden William, Times Select

  WILLIAM C. RHODEN Published: August 5, 2007 Canton, OhioDuring the past eight days, baseball and pro football fans have listened to inspiring speeches and watched great highlight films. Last Sunday, in the quaint village of Cooperstown, N.Y., Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn capped a feel-good weekend at the National Baseball Hall of

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• Anticipated Return Must Be More Than Nostalgia Trip

  Published: September 3, 2007, 2:39 am

  Tags: Mart Nez Pedro, Baseball, Sports Of The Times, Rhoden William

  WILLIAM C. RHODEN Published: September 3, 2007 AtlantaThere comes a time in every athlete's career when the individual's greatness is tested, even called into question. There comes a defining moment when the public demands to know whether the gifts that propelled an individual to stardom are being propped up by memories and warm

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• It Is Time for Vick's Deeds to Speak for Him

  Published: September 7, 2007, 1:17 am

  Tags: Vick Michael, Sports Of The Times, Football, Rhoden William, Times Select

  Coach Bobby PetrinoBy WILLIAM C. RHODEN Published: September 7, 2007Flowery Branch, Ga. Alge Crumpler sat in a small office inside the Atlanta Falcons' training facility earlier this week, talking about his friend and teammate, the fallen Falcon, quarterback Michael Vick. Crumpler, Atlanta's tight end, said he spoke with Vick several

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• Some Clues to the Future Emerge From Week 1

  Published: September 10, 2007, 11:24 pm

  Tags: Jets, Sports Of The Times, Football, Rhoden William

  New York TimesBy WILLIAM C. RHODEN Published: September 11, 2007 HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. In New York City, where the news media specializes in making mountains out of mole hills, the area's two professional football teams the Jets and Giants have quarterback issues right out of the box. The Giants' Eli Manning, playing

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• From Championship Years to Tarnish on Belichick

  Published: September 14, 2007, 1:14 pm

  Tags: Sports Of The Times, Rhoden William, Times Select

  WILLIAM C. RHODEN Published: September 14, 2007 I can hear it now, the chorus of Patriots haters shouting: I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. I knew them guys were cheating. The justified cynicism will come forth now that N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell has levied a hefty penalty a $500,000 fine for Coach Bill

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• Willingham Is Vindicated by Early Success

  Published: September 15, 2007, 3:48 pm

  Tags: Sports Of The Times, Football, Rhoden William, Times Select

  WILLIAM C. RHODEN Published: September 15, 2007 About three years ago, I began to carry around an imaginary college football scoreboard. It is a colossal contraption with all sorts of facts, figures and notations that go beyond the mere statistics of a game. Notre Dame-Charlie Weis is the team on one side of the scoreboard;

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