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  • America Supports You: Gridiron Greats Visit Troops in Iraq

    04/19/2007 10:05:35 PM PDT · by SandRat · 2 replies · 415+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Spc. Jeffrey Ledesma, USA
    WASHINGTON, April 19, 2007 – To increase troops' morale, three National Football League players, weighing in at a combined 662 pounds, set aside their football gear for a trip to Iraq to visit with Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers April 16. Army Pfc. Nigel Norvell, with Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, poses for a photograph with, left to right, Israel Idonije, a defensive end with the Chicago Bears, Nick Harper, a cornerback with the Indianapolis Colts, and Chris Harris, a safety with the Chicago Bears, during the football players' visit to Baghdad, April 16, 2007. U.S....
  • Mr. Briggs goes to Washington? Nope (Bears reject 'Skins offer)

    04/03/2007 8:46:29 PM PDT · by The Pack Knight · 3 replies · 249+ views
    The Chicago Tribune Online ^ | 3 April 2007 | John Mullin
    Disgruntled linebacker Lance Briggs will not be moving from the Bears to the Washington Redskins, at least not in the immediate future, because the Bears rejected the Redskins' offer to send their No. 6 overall pick of the NFL draft to the Bears in exchange for Briggs and the 31st pick, a team official said Tuesday. Bears general manager Jerry Angelo has talked with Redskins officials, who said Monday night their offer of the swapped draft choices was final.