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Level -> RE: NFL Sob (or Brag) Thread (8/29/2007 7:37:18 PM)
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Chewed up Vick cards sell for $7,400
By BRIAN CHARLTON, Associated Press Writer
The eBay auction for 22 Michael Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, ended Wednesday as the winning bidder dished out $7,400 — with the money expected to be donated to the Humane Society.
The success of that auction, with 31 different bidders, created a craze of 25 other postings this week offering torn up cards featuring the disgraced NFL superstar.
But so far, the original post from Rochelle Steffen, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been the only auction to attract droves of bidders.
Steffen gave Monte, her 6-year-old Weimaraner, and Roxie, her Great Dane puppy, every Vick card she owned to destroy. The result: The cards worth $1-to-$10 were crumpled, crimped, chewed, torn and generally in a sorry state. Some even had corners missing.
"When I started this, I only expected to get $100 for a local shelter," Steffen told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "But it's received so much attention. It's for such a good cause."
The gnawed cards were the most expensive Vick items on eBay, with well-preserved rookie cards, autographed jerseys and other collectibles selling for far less.
Vick pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting charge this week. He will be sentenced Dec. 10.
IRVING, Tx. - When talking up the Cowboys into contender status, the obvious perception is that coach Wade Phillips was hired to fix a defense that developed into a December sieve last season.
But if the Cowboys are finally going to win a playoff game after a decade of frustration, Tony Romo must click with Terrell Owens, like Troy Aikman used to do with Michael Irvin. The scenario could be as simple as that.
Thus far, it has been a Sportscenter-free summer for T.O. and that's fine with the Cowboys who endured enough Owens drama last season to last a lifetime. Gone also are Bill Parcells and Mr. Owens' adversary, receivers coach Todd Haley, whose direction with the Cowboys' passing game didn't always please No. 81.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7153968?MSNHPHMA
Though Bill Cowher will likely be in high demand the next time a coaching job opens up, the Super Bowl winning coach plans to remain with CBS as an analyst for at least this year and 2008, according to a report on USA Today's Web site.
"Bill came in to have a few words with our group and said, 'I'm not coaching this year, or in 2008,' " fellow CBS analyst Solomon Wilcots said in the report. "It surprised me, only because you know he's going to be in demand, despite saying that. There's still going to be owners who believe they can woo him and will come after him.
"But I don't think it's based just on Bill's commitment to TV. It's more that he wants to see his (two older) daughters play basketball at Princeton."
However, there is a feeling that Cowher is talking about staying away from coaching to drive up his price. But after 15 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the 50-year-old Cowher is enjoying the freedom of not being a coach.
"We're spending Labor Day weekend at the beach," Cowher said in the report. "I haven't been able to do that since I started coaching. ... This allows football to be a big part of my life but not an all-consuming part."
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