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Mike Ditka: Take The Mask Off The Helmet
Mike Ditka: Take The Mask Off The Helmet
• Former NFL player and coach Mike Ditka has a plan to clean up the game Former NFL head coach and current ESPN analyst Mike Ditka is one of the league’s all-time baddest men. He’s 69 years old and he can still lay the wood and take a hit . Yesterday Ditka stopped by his ...
Former Pitt, NFL star Mike Ditka says you can't take hard hits out of football, but masks can go
post-gazette.com — Iron Mike Ditka, a former Pitt All-American and NFL Hall of Famer, had a message for the... players at his alma mater yesterday. He told them to outwork and outhit the opponent. (more) Former Pitt, NFL star Mike Ditka says you can't take ...
Could Mike Ditka have derailed Barack Obama's ascendancy?
Could Mike Ditka have derailed Barack Obama's ascendancy?
sports.yahoo.com — Barack Obama's easy win in the 2004 Illinois Senate race catapulted him to national fame and set... him on his current path toward the White House. It was a convincing victory that is now but a footnote in the career of the Democratic presidential nominee. But that victory wasn't as assured as ... (more) Could Mike Ditka have derailed Barack Obama's ascendancy?
Mike Ditka vs. Barack Obama?
Mike Ditka vs. Barack Obama?
gunaxin.com — Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re familiar with Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. He is... the junior United States Senator from the State of Illinois, having been elected in 2004 for a six year term. At the time of ... (more) Mike Ditka vs. Barack Obama?
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Mike Ditka Suggest Football Take The Facemasks Off Helmets
FanIQ Blog — ... Mike Ditka spent Wednesday at his alma mater, University of Pittsburgh, and advised the Big East leading Panthers to outwork and outhit your opponents to win. To that end, Ditka also addressed how football can rid itself of any violence. ...

Mike Ditka Suggests Football Take The Facemasks Off Helmets
FanIQ Blog — ... Mike Ditka spent Wednesday at his alma mater, University of Pittsburgh, and advised the Big East leading Panthers to outwork and outhit your opponents to win. To that end, Ditka also addressed how football can rid itself of any violence. ...

Iron Mike exercises some more questionable judgment
Shutdown Corner — ... Now Iron Mike is saying that the best way for the NFL to fix its injury problem is to scrap the face mask on players' helmets, an idea which is about 14 kinds of crazy. ...

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