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DENVER -- Brady Quinn says his severely sprained left foot is no longer an issue. Quinn was asked about his foot Thursday during his first news conference in Denver since his acquisition Sunday from the Cleveland Browns, and said: "The foot is good, I appreciate you asking." *SCHNIPP*

Mike Holmgren, who won a Super Bowl with the Packers and took the Seahawks to one, won't be retired for long if he has his way. "I think I'm too young to just shut it down," he told Seattle radio station KJR. "So after this year, we're going to see if there's anybody interested or anyone out there or if I can go back to work doing something. And what exactly that's going to be, we'll see."

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Associated Press Mike Holmgren will return for a final season as coach of the Seattle Seahawks — but only a final season. The 59-year-old veteran of 16 seasons as an NFL head coach announced his decision Tuesday to fulfill the final year of his contract, after spending the weekend with his wife at their offseason Arizona home. “Kathy and I came to this decision to finish my contract,” said Holmgren, who had hinted at retirement for weeks. “This will be my last year. We are going to make it the best year ever. “And then probably...

(Snip) –Seattle coach laments having to ‘take on the guys in the striped shirts, too DETROIT - No appreciation or consolation in Seattle for the Seahawks, at least not yet. Nope, they were still stuck in frustration. The post-Super Bowl parties went into early Monday morning as the Seahawks at least tried to celebrate their season, instead of their somber Sunday. Later, coach Mike Holmgren tried to refocus the team, momentarily, on what it had done and what it still may do. (Snip) –And the Seahawks were still stinging from a few officials’ calls that went against them, such as...

The wife and daughter of Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Mike Holmgren have decided to skip Super Bowl XL in Detroit for something they consider more important -- a faith-based humanitarian trip to Africa. Kathy Holmgren and daughter Calla are scheduled to leave Thursday (Feb. 2) on a 17-day medical training mission with Northwest Medical Teams -- a relief group based in Portland, Ore. -- to the northwest region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A nurse and obstetrician, respectively, the two will join six other physicians with experience as missionaries. During the three days it takes to reach the region,...

Seattle fans, players and assistant coaches are counting on Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren to work his Super Bowl magic, having led the Green Bay Packers to an NFL title in the ‘90s. Facing the favored Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday afternoon at Ford Field in downtown Detroit, Holmgren said he is counting on a different kind of power to make it through another crazy Super Bowl week: his personal faith in Jesus Christ. “If I didn’t have a foundation in my faith with Christ to keep me through the high and lows of this week and every week, this job it...