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What’s in a name? Apparently not a change in attitude

Published: Oct 10 2008, 10:49 PM · Updated: Oct 10 2008, 10:50 PM
By RAY HAMILL, The Eureka Reporter

A few months back, Pacman Jones asked the world to start calling him by his given name “Adam” because he said he was trying to move on from his past.

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Neither conference in NFL likely to dominate again

Published: Oct 5 2008, 12:44 AM · Updated: Oct 5 2008, 12:44 AM
By RAY HAMILL, The Eureka Reporter

If the AFC has been the more dominating of the NFL’s two conferences in recent years, that trend appears to be changing.

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Plot thickens in latest chapter of ‘As Raiders World Turns’

Published: Sep 24 2008, 11:53 PM · Updated: Sep 25 2008, 12:31 AM
By RAY HAMILL, The Eureka Reporter

Good news for the Oakland Raiders – Matt Millen is available. Bad news for the Oakland Raiders – he would actually be a step up.

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Don’t blame poor Ed Hochuli for NFL’s shortcomings

Published: Sep 17 2008, 11:40 PM · Updated: Sep 17 2008, 11:41 PM
By RAY HAMILL, The Eureka Reporter

The NFL is kind of like an Ed Hochuli call – it’s not always easy to get it just right and when you get it wrong, it’s a real ... well, you know what it is.

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Prospect of Favre return should excite fans

Published: Jul 9 2008, 11:50 PM
By RAY HAMILL, The Eureka Reporter

Ted Thompson should cut his vacation short and quit acting like the most incompetent General Manager in sports.

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Eureka’s Purify signs with Cincinnati

Published: May 8 2008, 7:12 PM · Updated: May 9 2008, 10:59 AM
By JACKIE CHRISTENSEN, The Eureka Reporter

It wasn’t the preferred route, but regardless of how he got there, he got there. NFL.com confirmed on Thursday that the Cincinnati Bengals, as expected, have signed Eureka High graduate and former Nebraska wide receiver Maurice Purify to a two-year contract.

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Purify close to an NFL contract

Published: May 6 2008, 11:24 PM
By JACKIE CHRISTENSEN, The Eureka Reporter

Following a grueling four-day workout session at the Bengals’ rookie mini-camps over the weekend, Eureka High graduate and former Nebraska wide receiver Maurice Purify is expected to sign a contract with Cincinnati this week, according to his agent Gary Glick.

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Purify expected to sign with Cincinnati

Published: May 5 2008, 10:32 PM · Updated: May 5 2008, 11:40 PM
By JACKIE CHRISTENSEN, The Eureka Reporter

According to his agent Gary Glick, Eureka High graduate and former Nebraska wide receiver Maurice Purify is expected to sign a contract with the Cincinnati Bengals this week.

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All’s well that ends well for Maurice Purify

Published: Apr 30 2008, 12:03 AM · Updated: Apr 30 2008, 11:09 AM
By JACKIE CHRISTENSEN, The Eureka Reporter

What can I say? So my opinionated assessment of the Maurice Purify’s pre-NFL Draft situation wasn’t exactly 100 percent accurate.

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Training in Cincy

Published: Apr 28 2008, 5:37 PM · Updated: Apr 28 2008, 11:06 PM
By JACKIE CHRISTENSEN, The Eureka Reporter

As expected, Eureka High graduate Maurice Purify is still on the road to playing football in the National Football League. And typical of his collegiate football career, he’s taking the scenic route.

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