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TAMPA, Fla. (June 13, 2005) -- Akili Smith was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the latest NFL team to part ways with the quarterback who was the No. 3 overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft. Smith was only with the Buccaneers after the team agreed to sign him so he could participate with an NFL Europe team, the Frankfurt Galaxy, this summer. The Galaxy's season ended June 4, and Smith returned to Tampa for a minicamp last week. Taken by the Cincinnati Bengals, Smith was a member of the heralded 1999 quarterback draft class, which included Tim Couch,...

Posted on Thu, Jan. 20, 2005 McNabb, Vick set for milestone game NFC title game is first with two black QBs By LES BOWEN bowenl@phillynews.com NOBODY HAD to remind Jeff Blake that this weekend's matchup of Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick in the NFC Championship Game ensures that an African-American will start at quarterback in the Super Bowl, for only the third time in 39 years. "There's only been two, in NFL history. That's a lot of football, for only two. And only one's won it," said Blake, an Eagles backup who is both African-American and a QB. "It's a...

Favre's father dies NFL.com wire reports KILN, Miss. (Dec. 21, 2003) -- Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre's father died Sunday, Dec. 21, of a heart attack or a stroke while he was driving, Mississippi state police said. Irvin Favre was 58. Favre went off the road at 5:23 p.m. near Kiln, the hometown of Brett, a three-time NFL most valuable player. Irvin Favre ran into a ditch, said Sgt. Joe Gazzo of the Mississippi State Highway Patrol. "It didn't appear that the accident was serious enough to cause him to be unconscious, so that leads us to believe that...

This was THE WEEK THAT WAS... ...that saw MSNBC .."HARDBALL".. Host CHRIS MATTHEWS tell DON IMUS on National Talk Radio for all to hear that... ...HILLARY RODHAM is Quarterbacking EVERYTHING in the Democrat Party, in the Democrat side of the U.S. Senate and the Democrat National Committee... ...and that Radio Talk Show Host and Former Congressman BOB DORNAN should have his very own TV Talk Show because he has a large Conservative Following in this Country. ...Looks like the Battle Lines have just been drawn..?