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    places where it is 100 degrees on Monday and a cool 60 raining like cats and dogs by Wednesday. Being that Sacramento is so close to the Bay Area, and we do not have an actual football team of our own, there are many San Francisco Forty Niner or Oakland Raider fans.…

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    Bo Jackson's Childhood

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    Childhood Bo Jackson was born on November 30, 1962. He is one of ten children. His real name is Vincent Edward Jackson. He grew up in Florence Alabama. He got in trouble a lot he broke windows, stole bikes and paid kids to beat up other kids. He got the name Bo because his brothers thought he acted like a wild boar. When he was thirteen, he got in trouble for throwing rocks at pigs and killing them. He had to do some weird jobs to pay for it. His mom said he would go to reform school if he…

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    Living in a land of freedom such as United States, people have their right to do things that they wish for by not effecting any other people. But is sitting in national anthem is prohibited? According to Jaweed Kaleem article “ In the Land of Free, are you free to sit out the national anthem?’’ He reveals that many famous people were not shown their respect during national anthem and they were punished for doing that. The african american athletic believed that “ They felt complicated about…

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    the 2nd spot in NFC Division holding a 5-1 record. On the other hand, the Broncos have won 3 Super Bowl championship, 8 conference championship, 15 division titles in 22 playoff appearances. Currently, they are tied for the 2nd spot with the Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, and Buffalo Bills in AFC Division holding a 4-2 record. From the looks of it, there's nothing to be worried on their current standings and both are deemed to make it to the playoffs this season. But…

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    #11 larry Fitzgerald is 34 years old his height is 6’3 a good height for a wide receiver “short for wr” last but not least he on the American football team called the Arizona cardinals. Aj Green is a wide receiver. he is number 18 and he play for the team cincinnati bengals his 40 yard dash time was 4.5 and his height is 6’4 and he is 29 years old and his birthday is July 31,1988. Russell Wilson is a quarterback and play for the Seattle seahawks for national football league. he was born on…

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    Concussion Speech

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    Concussion Last year when the other football players celebrating the Super Bowl 50, former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler have been suffering from brain disease. Thought to be a caused by repeated blow to head. This disease led to his death just last year. He was just 69 years of age. The disease is concussion, it took many lives of football players as well as other athletes. There is a lots of kinds about concussion but now let's just talk about the symptoms, causes and treatment or…

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    In 1995, The Raiders moved back to Oakland and the Rams moved to St. Louis, and Los Angeles was left without a pro football team for the first time since 1945. In 1996, The Browns left Cleveland to go to Baltimore until they returned to Cleveland in 1999. In 1997, The Houston Oilers…

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    receive severe punishments such as those that might occur when these same types of offenses occur outside of sport settings. An example of such a heinous act occurred two weeks ago between two NFL opponents, The Cincinnati Bengals vs. The Oakland Raiders. Cincinnati’s ‘Pacman’ Jones scuffled with Oakland’s Amari Cooper on the ground. Jones purposely took off Cooper’s helmet and bashed his head against the helmet. The…

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    trade they did with the Eagles last year where the Browns traded down from their second pick in the draft to acquire five picks(Sheridan). Perhaps the most recent example of a team drafting safe and becoming successful because of it would the Oakland Raiders. In 2014 there were a ton of great Quarterbacks coming out of college, instead of trading up to grab one of the Quarterbacks that was projected to go in the first round, they stayed put in the second round and drafted Derek Carr(Gutierrez).…

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    Calvin Johnson Net Worth Calvin Johnson Jr. was born on the 29th September 1985 in Newnan, Georgia USA. His name is well known in the football fields, playing as wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. His professional career began in 2007 and already Johnson has a number of career achievements under his name, including, Detroit Lions all-time career leader in receiving yards and touchdowns, fastest receiver to reach 10,000 receiving yards and NFL single-season…

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