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  • 3
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    ago

    Celebration and devastation as Chelsea defeats Benfica in the Europa League final

    Peter Dejong / AP

    Left: Benfica's Oscar Cardozo, from Paraguay reacts after losing the Europa League final soccer match between Benfica and Chelsea at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 15, 2013. Chelsea won 2-1. Right: Chelsea's Frank Lampard celebrates at the final whistle after winning.

    Rafael Marchante / Reuters (left), Neil Hall / Reuters (right)

    Left: Benfica's fans react after watching their club lose their Europa League final soccer match against Chelsea, on a giant screen in downtown Lisbon. Right: Chelsea fans react as they watch their team play on a screen at a pub near Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground in west London.

    Christof Koepsel / Getty Images

    Left: Dejected Lorenzo Melgarejo, Luisao, Lima, Eduardo Salvio and Artur of Benfica look on after defeat. Right: Branislav Ivanovic of Chelsea celebrates scoring their second and winning goal with Juan Mata, Gary Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta of Chelsea.

    Tiago Petinga / EPA (Left), Martin Meissner / AP (Right)

    Left: Dejected Benfica coach Jorge Jesus after his team lost against Chelsea. Right: Chelsea's coach Rafael Benitez, from Spain, lifts the trophy after winning the Europa League final soccer match.

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  • 18
    Apr
    2013
    3:48pm, EDT

    Bush senior rocks patriotic socks as he welcomes new Texans cheerleaders

    Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle via AP

    Former President George H.W. Bush poses for a group photo with the newly-announced Houston Texans cheerleaders.

    Smiley N. Pool / AP

    George H.W. Bush presents a rose to a new Texans cheerleader.

    Smiley N. Pool / AP

    George H.W. Bush wears American flag socks at a ceremony introducing the 2013-2014 Texans cheerleaders.

    Former President George H.W. Bush welcomes new Houston Texans cheerleaders to the 2013-2014 squad during a ceremony at the team's NFL football training facility in Houston on Wednesday.

    Editor's Note: These photos were shot on April 17, but made available to NBC News today.

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    6 comments

    He's an old man. Perhaps by the time you are in your late 80's you will have directed the CIA, served as ambassador to China, VP and President. He used to parachute on his birthday. But of course you were undoubtedly aware of these things E. Reyes.

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  • 5
    Feb
    2013
    4:52pm, EST

    Jeff Chiu / AP

    49ers Pack it up after Super Bowl loss

    San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. cleans out his locker at the team's NFL football training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday. The 49ers lost to the Baltimore Ravens 34-31 in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday.

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  • 5
    Feb
    2013
    2:36pm, EST

    Baltimore celebrates Ravens Super Bowl victory

    Patrick Smith / Getty Images

    Ravens Linebacker Ray Lewis celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the Super Bowl XLVII victory parade at M&T Bank Stadium on Feb. 5, in Baltimore.

    Richard Clement / Reuters

    A Baltimore Ravens fan dances in the street on the team's parade route in Baltimore on Feb. 5.

    Patrick Smith / Getty Images

    Fans take pictures of The Vince Lombardi Trophy during the Ravens Super Bowl victory parade in Baltimore.

    Richard Clement / Reuters

    Ravens quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco waves to the crowd gathered on the team's victory parade route in Baltimore.

    Gary Cameron / Reuters

    Two Ravens fans exchange high fives before a stadium victory rally in Baltimore.

    Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

    Thousands of Baltimore Ravens fans are cheering, 
    singing, dancing and marching along with the team in a parade to celebrate the Super Bowl victory.

    After a brief ceremony at City Hall, the parade rolled past the Inner Harbor. Players rode on a float and in flat-bed trucks and Humvees. Retiring linebacker Ray Lewis had a position of honor at the end of the procession, flanked by a mounted police unit and officers on foot. Continue reading complete story.

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    Steve Ruark / AP

    Thousands of Ravens fans fill M&T Bank Stadium to celebrate the team's Super Bowl victory in Baltimore.

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    9 comments

    Holly crap, was that stadium fire-legal? Congrats Ravens.

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  • 4
    Feb
    2013
    1:15am, EST

    Gerald Herbert / AP

    Fans and members of the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers wait for power to return in the Superdome during an outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game.

    Electric surge almost gives 49ers the momentum to win Super Bowl

    The Associated Press reports:

    From blowout to blackout to shoot out, Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens had just enough power to survive one of the most electric Super Bowls ever.

    The outage flipped the momentum to the San Francisco 49ers, but the Ravens used a last-gasp defensive stand to hold on Sunday night 34 – 31.

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    • The blackout
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    2 comments

    That is so much bull@!$%#... The lights (outage) did not give anyone team the advantage. They both benefited from the outage! Just like both teams benefited from all the bad holding calls (there were none). The Niner's all season long, pissed away their first half, only to come back in the second ha …

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  • 8
    Jan
    2013
    12:29am, EST

    Crimson Tide rolls over Fighting Irish for national title

    David J. Phillip / AP

    Alabama's AJ McCarron holds The Coaches' Trophy after the BCS National Championship college football game against Notre Dame Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Miami. Alabama won 42-14. Read the full story.

     

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  • 6
    Jan
    2013
    7:53pm, EST

    Matt Slocum / AP

    Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III twists his knees as he reaches for the loose ball after a low snap during the second half of the NFL wild card playoff football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Landover, Md., Jan. 6.

    Seahawks rally to 24-14 win over Redskins, RGIII injures knee late in game

    One of the most renowned sports physicians has been concerned about the Redskins’ decision to use quarterback Robert Griffin III while he recovered from a Grade One LCL sprain, suffered four weeks ago. Today, with Griffin limping increasingly throughout a wild-card game against the Seahawks, the player's right knee appeared to finally give out while Griffin was trying to get his hands on a bad shotgun snap.

    -- Mike Florio, ProFootballTalk on nbcsports.com

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    Ouch! Thats got to hurt.

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  • 1
    Jan
    2013
    10:44pm, EST

    Stanford celebrates Rose Bowl victory

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Stanford Cardinal head coach David Shaw holds up the Rose Bowl trophy with his children after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers to win the 99th Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 1.

    Jae C. Hong / AP

    Stanford fans celebrate their 20-14 win over Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, in Pasadena, Calif.

    Danny Moloshok / Reuters

    Stanford Cardinal head coach David Shaw is hugged by linebacker Shayne Skov as they celebrate defeating the Wisconsin Badgers to win the 99th Rose Bowl.

    Harry How / Getty Images

    Stanford's Kevin Danser celebrates after winning this year's Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif.

    Robert Laberge / Getty Images

    Jamal-Rashad Patterson of the Stanford Cardinal celebrates after the Cardinal defeat the Wisconsin Badgers.

    Stanford won its first Rose Bowl since 1972, beating the Wisconsin Badgers 20-14 on Tuesday night.

    • Stanford edges Wisconsin in evenly-played Rose Bowl
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  • 8
    Dec
    2012
    10:20pm, EST

    Navy extends winning streak against Army

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Navy players and Midshipmen celebrate after they beat Army 17-13 on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    The Associated Press reports -- Keenan Reynolds extended Navy's dominance against Army, scoring the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter in a 17-13 victory in the 113th rivalry game Saturday.

    Navy (8-4) beat Army for the 11th straight time and won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy awarded to the team with the best record in games among the three service academies. Army and Navy each beat Air Force, putting the prestigious trophy up for grabs in the regular-season finale for the first time since 2005.

    Army (2-10) hasn't hoisted the CIC trophy since 1996.

    Read the full story.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Navy's Keenan Reynolds (19) is tackled by Army's Josh Jackson, bottom, as Army's Geoffery Bacon, left, and Navy's Noah Copeland (34) look on during the second half of the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    Hunter Martin / Getty Images

    Midshipmen of the Naval Academy celebrate a touchdown during a game against the Army Black Knights on Dec. 8 at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

    Matt Slocum / AP

    Army Cadets cheer and hold an image of Army's coach Rich Ellerson during the first half of the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Navy Midshipmen march onto the field before the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Army Cadets march onto the field before the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    Tim Shaffer / Reuters

    Vice President Joe Biden, second right, presents the Commander-in-Chief's trophy to U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Mike Miller, center, and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, left, at the conclusion of the Army versus Navy NCAA football game in Philadelphia on Dec. 8.

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    2 comments

    The caption of the 4th picture is incorrect. They are holding an image of Army coach Rich Ellerson, not Joe Biden

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  • 25
    Nov
    2012
    4:37pm, EST

    Marc Serota

    The sprinklers go off as the Miami Dolphins play against the Seattle Seahawks at Sun Life Stadium on November 25, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Miami defeated Seattle 24-21.

    Seahawks get soaked by Dolphins -- and sprinklers -- in Miami

    On a cloudless afternoon, the sprinklers came on between plays and covered most of the field Sunday, drawing a cheer from the crowd and causing a brief delay. The sprinklers were quickly turned off, and players toweled off before the action resumed.

    Read more about the Miami's 24-21 win over Seattle.

    5 comments

    Front page news headline...... "Sprinkers?" Millions of dollars spent on the site... and no spell check?

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  • 26
    Oct
    2012
    1:55pm, EDT

    Unlost Cause: Hope for football at South High

    By Jason Gonzalez, Star Tribune

    Lenny Sedlock's face shows the battle wounds of 13 years as football coach at Minneapolis South High School. Deep furrows under his prominent brow and lines under his blue eyes.

    Jerry Holt / Star Tribune

    South High football players Anthony Hockett left and Jaylin Bynum and their team listen to half time instruction from their coach. South was down 28-0 to Eden Prairie on Sept. 28 at the half, and lost the game 42-0.

    The 52-year-old's stubby, bitten fingernails and cracking voice hint of the daily struggles at the most populated city school, which sits near Lake Street and Cedar Avenue in the heart of one of the Twin Cities' most challenged neighborhoods.

    Jerry Holt / Star Tribune

    Members of the South High school football team take the field Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 to face Edison High in the first ever game played under the lights at South High in Minneapolis.

    South, one of the state's oldest high schools, boasts a 91 percent graduation rate and attracts students with its high academic standards. It has fielded top teams in boys' soccer and girls' basketball.

    Football is a different story. Full story

    Jerry Holt / Star Tribune

    South High school football coach Lenny Sedlock celebrates after his team beat Edison on Oct. 12, 2012 in the first night game ever played at the school in Minneapolis.

    This inspirational story was brought to our attention by Star Tribune Multimedia Producer McKenna Ewen, who shot the accompanying video.  The team at the Star Tribune went the extra mile on this one, taking us into the lives of the players and showing us how a coach's concern for the welfare of his players off the field affects the success of their team. You can watch the trailer for the video, below, but I recommend you watch the full video here.  

     

    Related story: Concussions in youth football

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  • 6
    Oct
    2012
    10:49pm, EDT

    Sam Greenwood / Getty Images

    Dante Fowler Jr. of the Florida Gators celebrates with fans following the 14-6 win over the LSU Tigers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Oct. 6 in Gainesville, Fla.

    Florida Gator takes celebration into stands after victory over LSU

    Dante Fowler Jr. of the Florida Gators celebrates with fans following the 14-6 win over the LSU Tigers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Oct. 6 in Gainesville, Fla.

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