To mark Earth Day, I invited Ovie Mughelli, a former Pro Bowl fullback for the Atlanta Falcons, to contribute a guest post on measures the NFL and other pro sports leagues can take to become more environmentally friendly.
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Just as the Atlanta Falcons still have a waiting list for season tickets in the wake of the Michael Vick fiasco and the New York Knicks increased their season renewal rate after an embarrassing sexual-harassment trial, so too will baseball keep rolling.
Perhaps the best comparison for such a turnaround is the Atlanta Falcons.
"At the end of the day, it might not be your favorite team in that last final game, but it's more about bringing your friends and family together, honoring that tradition, " said Trigg, whose Atlanta Falcons just missed out on a trip to the big game New Orleans this year.
The NFL star quarterback for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons will plead guilty for running a dogfighting operation.
The San Francisco 49ers came back to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 28-24, in a true thriller.
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Ray Lewis (Photo credit: Keith Allison) The San Francisco 49ers came back to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 28-24, in a true thriller.
Sometimes, it even surfaces in the NFL, like in Sunday's New York Giants 24-2 win over Atlanta, in which the flightless Falcons were limited to a lone, second-quarter safety.
In Greenville (South Carolina) there are no NFL teams but there is Class A baseball team, the Greenville Drive (affiliate of the Boston Red Sox) and in less than a two hour drive you could see the Atlanta Falcons or the Carolina Panthers .
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Seau's death follows last month's suicide of former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, the lead plantiff in a class action lawsuit against the NFL over concussion-related injuries.
The 31 spacious cabins are tricked out with wood-burning fireplaces and cushy beds, and owner Arthur Blank (co-founder of Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons) notes that while guests could afford to stay at a Four Seasons, sometimes they like creaky floors along with their creature comforts.
Less than a month after saying he looked forward to clearing his name, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick now says he will plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, an admission that likely will mean prison time.
Everybody knows the Green Bay Packers have a devoted and frostbitten following, for instance, but what about the Atlanta Falcons?
Rick McKay, president of the Atlanta Falcons and competition committee head, said that incidental contact won't be a penalty under the new rule.
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Mr. ARTHUR BLANK (Owner and CEO, Atlanta Falcons): Regardless of the outcome of this case, this issue has put a spotlight in one of those things that remains wrong in this world, the notion that anyone would participate in dog fighting is incomprehensible to me.
Hours before, Jim Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers had unlocked the Falcons in Atlanta, and now there was the irresistible plotline of Super Bowl siblings aka a Harbaugh Bowl.
He's seen a lot of knee injuries over the years as the team doctor for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.
"The NFL is the most successful and best-managed sports league in the world, " said Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who is chairman of the league's compensation committee, in a statement.
As Ryan led the Atlanta offense down the field, trailing by four in the final two minutes of regulation, the Falcons had a first down at the San Francisco 16-yard line.
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