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NBCSports.com
Jimmy Smith stands by his defense of Michael Crabtree
NFL News
"He likes to run into you and then push you off," Smith said of Crabtree, (He's) a big, strong, physical receiver, so I'm your DB, I'm kind of taught to not let that happen. ...And that's the kind of way the game was ...
Jimmy Smith: I didn't interfere, Michael Crabtree ran into meNBCSports.com
Ravens' Jimmy Smith: Michael Crabtree pushed offCBS sports.com (blog)

NFL News
Ray Rice touts Joe Flacco as best quarterback in NFL
NFL News
"If you had to put it in perspective right now, Joe Flacco is the best quarterback in football right now," Ravens running back Ray Rice told WFAN-AM in New York,  "I'm not saying that because it's my guy, but look who he's ...
Ray Rice is head over heels for Joe FlaccoNBCSports.com

NBCSports.com
Sean Payton says he's treating this year like his first
NBCSports.com
During an interview with ESPN Radio Chicago (via SportsRadioInterviews.com), Payton said it's easy to approach his return to the Saints as a fresh start. “I'm coming in with the mindset that this is my first year here and I just got hired,” he said ...


NBCSports.com
Cary Williams explains shove of Super Bowl XLVII ref
NFL News
It was one of those situations where you let your emotions get the best of you," Williams told WJFK-FM, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. "As far as I'm concerned, I remember my helmet getting ripped off by No. 49 or whatever, and I just reacted. "I didn ...
Cary Williams didn't realize he was pushing an officialNBCSports.com
Ravens' Cary Williams opens up about shoving official in Super BowlCBS sports.com (blog)

CBS sports.com (blog)
Jim Harbaugh: 'Penalty is a penalty no matter when it occurs'
CBS sports.com (blog)
“I would say it exactly like Bill Polian: A penalty is a penalty no matter when it occurs in a game," he said via "It could occur on the first play of the game. It could occur on the last play of the game, or any play in ...
Dead horse? Wait, there could be a pulseESPN (blog)

NBCSports.com
Russell Wilson not worried about defenses solving Seahawks' read option
NBCSports.com
“I definitely think it's here to stay,” Wilson told WSCR in Chicago, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. “In terms of the read option, it's just a changeup for us. We may run 15, maybe 20 percent, of our runs are the read-options plays.” Wilson also ...

NBCSports.com
PFT: No halftime show in 2014 Super Bowl?
NBCSports.com
“It was in the moment, man,” Williams said, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. “It was one of those situations where you let your emotions get the best of you. As far as I'm concerned, I remember my helmet getting ripped off by No. 49 or whatever.

NBCSports.com
Matt Birk not sure if he's retiring
NBCSports.com
Guys with not a lot of talent, that's what they have to do in the NFL,” Birk said during an interview on KFAN in Minnesota,  “So in a week, maybe two weeks, I'll figure it out and see what's going on. My mindset is I'm ...


Baltimore Sun
Anquan Boldin: I'll retire if released
ESPN
"I won't play in another uniform," Boldin said in an interview Friday on NBC Sports Radio. "We have a saying, once a Raven, always a Raven, and I'll always be a Raven." Boldin, 32, has one year left on his four-year, $25 million deal, and is due $6 ...
Anquan Boldin Says He's Retiring if the Baltimore Ravens Release HimFanSided
Boldin says he'll retire if he's cut by RavensNBCSports.com

San Francisco Chronicle
UGA's Todd Grantham withdraws name from Saints DC search
CBSSports.com (blog)
“We're waiting on a third interview for next week,” Payton told ESPN Chicago radio Friday (via sportsradiointerviews.com). “But with the combine two weeks away, I don't want to have to hurry to make the decision, but yet there's a sense of urgency ...
UGA confirms that Grantham to interview with SaintsAtlanta Journal Constitution
Payton plans 2-4 interviews for Saints' DC job: Ryan reportedly tops listLyndy's Sports Annuals

Chicago Tribune
Former Bears adjusting to life on outside
Chicago Tribune
He hosted his own radio show — "Sportsmanlike Conduct'' — for a year on WRMN-AM 1410 in Elgin until he decided to dedicate himself fully to real estate. "I never identify myself as just an athlete,'' Clark said. "There's more to me than just playing football.

Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog)
Live blog: Dan Mullen's signing day press conference
Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog)
 Dan Mullen's signing day press conference. Posted on February 6, 2013 by Brandon Marcello ... Mullen was alerted that news was leaking during the Thorpe Award banquet Tuesday night in Oklahoma State. “We gotta sneak out the backdoor here,” ...

ABC News
49ers hold end-of-season press conference
Lyndy's Sports Annuals
In the wake of Sunday's 34-31 Super Bowl XVLII loss to the Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh was uncharacteristically contrite during Tuesday's season-ending press conference at the team's Santa Clara headquarters. Harbaugh ...
49ers Super Bowl 2013 Press Conference Transcripts 1-30SportsNOLA.com
Harbaugh brothers stage historic Super Bowl news conferenceKTVU San Francisco
Superdome Power an Issue Before Big Game, AP FindsABC News
Yahoo! Sports -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) -USA TODAY

KITV Honolulu
TRANSCRIPT: Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick Press Conference
KITV Honolulu
He'll be happy to take questions when he's finished with the opening statement. We'll take questions from you here in person. Just raise your hand as you would for a normal press conference, and we'll get a microphone to you. We will have a transcript ...
A timeline of the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax storyUSA TODAY
Manti Te'o Jack Swarbrick press conferenceNewsday
Some Questions That Manti Te'o Needs to Answer TodayNew York Magazine
Fox News -The Guardian -CNN International