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...games with a painful hand injury.Multiple honors also went to senior center Liam Gibcus, who received the Best Defensive Player award, the Bob Zundel Rebounders award ? for the player who best displays the qualities of sportsmanship and leadership...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-06-03/alaska-sports-news
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Bears parting ways with veteran LB Brian Urlacher

...the 2000 draft has 41.5 sacks, 22 interceptions, 16 fumble recoveries and 11 forced fumbles. He was the AP's defensive player of the year in 2005 and helped lead the 2006 team to the Super Bowl."Over the last 13 years Brian Urlacher has...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-21/bears-parting-ways-veteran-lb-brian-ur
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Player safety rules passed by NFL owners

...believes it made pro football safer, particularly for defensive players, with rule changes passed at the owners meetings...from the spot of the foul, and if the offensive and defensive players both lower their heads and use the crown of the helmet...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-22/player-safety-rules-passed-nfl-owners
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Larson sets college scoring record, Brakes makes the assist

...one assist and one steal per game.Brakes was First Team All Defense for the North Division and second choice for Defensive Player Of The Year. This is her second year as a captain and she is currently averaging 4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-02-17/larson-sets-college-scoring-record-bra
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UAF's Brinson named to All-GNAC team

...Everson, WA).GNAC Player of the Year ? John Allen, Western Washington (G, 6-0, Sr., Brier, WA) GNAC Defensive Player of the Year ? Riley Stockton, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-4, So., Spokane, WA) GNAC Newcomer of the Year ? Mark McLaughlin...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-06/uafs-brinson-named-all-gnac-team
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Ray Lewis to retire after playoffs

...miss that."Lewis was the AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2000, the same...York Giants. Lewis was also Defensive Player of the Year in 2003, and is...league, if there's been a defensive player that's had as big an impact...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-01-03/ray-lewis-retire-after-playoffs
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Ravens tackle Colts 24-9 in AFC wild card

...it prolongs the Ravens' pursuit of their first NFL title since the 2000 season, when Lewis won the first of two Defensive Player of the Year awards."I came to Baltimore to win a championship," Boldin added. "We all did."Lewis, who made...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-01-07/ravens-tackle-colts-24-9-afc-wild-card
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Golden era for QBs, with great stories around NFL

...but now it's five of the last six. In the half-dozen years before that, four were non-QBs, including two defensive players."It ebbs and flows, no question. There's some dark times where you have two or three guys that can truly do...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-01-16/golden-era-qbs-great-stories-around-nf
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Is flag football ahead for NFL?

...games as safe as possible, defensive players have complained for years about...plight as they close in." All defensive players have to deal with that," Boldin said. "It's tough on defensive players on those defenseless receiver...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-01-30/flag-football-ahead-nfl
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Peterson beats Peyton Manning for MVP

...swatted the competition for Defensive Player of the Year, getting 49 votes...bigger things."Watt swats defensive player foes NEW ORLEANS - Houston end...The Associated Press 2012 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, missing...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-02-03/peterson-beats-peyton-manning-mvp
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