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...in the league is Al Davis of the Oakland Raiders, followed by Mike Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals, Virginia McCaskey of the Chicago Bears, William Clay Ford of the Detroit Lions and Randy Lerner of the Cleveland Browns. One of the players...

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Family-owned NFL franchises coming under scrutiny INDIANAPOLIS - The future of family-owned franchises in the NFL, such as the McCaskey-run Bears, is coming under increased scrutiny. Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney and his son, team...

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...Post September 29, 2007 -- PITTSBURGH Steelers owner Dan Rooney says he desperately tried to get his team's game against the Chicago Bears canceled after President Kennedy's 1963 assassination two days earlier, but was overruled by NFL...

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...[Steelers chairman Dan Rooney] took it down to him," Art Rooney II said. "(Obama) admits that he is a Chicago Bears fan, but he is a Steelers fan on the AFC side.'' SON OF A SPORTSWRITER: Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald...

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...Panthers. The other members are Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys, Mike McCaskey of the Chicago Bears, Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots, Lamar Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs and Woody Johnson of the New York Jets. Rooney and...

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...victories through the years. As much as the Bears like to identify themselves with a dominating defense and a solid if unspectacular offense, it has been the Steelers who have boasted both with more regularity. Under Rooney, the Steelers...

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...diversity committee -- went into effect. "If there was no Rooney Rule, Lovie Smith would not be the head coach of the Chicago Bears," said John Wooten, chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance. "Believe me. . . . This fills me with a great...

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...campaigned for Obama in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. "He's a [Chicago] Bears fan first, he admits that," Dan Rooney said Tuesday, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "But he's a Steelers' fan. He's said it, and all his staff,...

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… But I don't think I lost my integrity over this. This was not about a single issue." Another difference: "He told me he was a Bears fan," Rooney says. "Now that's an honest guy." Rooney has allowed himself to dream a bit further. He...

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