sports.aol.com - 3/27/2008
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Jason La Canfora reports in the Washington Post (via PFT ) that the 2008 NFL season will open on Thursday, September 4, with the Washington Redskins visiting the Meadowlands to take on the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Although nothing formal has been announced, the game will presumably be televised by NBC, which owns the network television rights to prime time regular-season games. ...
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Good vs. Evil... THE SEQUEL: Redskins v. Giants in season opener
Hogs Haven —
... Which will give us a few extra days of rest for Week 2, so we'll be better prepared to open the season 2-0 (because we're going to win, see?). Story also up at Redskins Insider, Big Blue View, and Hog Heaven, among others (sorry if I'm leaving you out). As Michael David Smith notes, the timing could be bad for the Republican Convention: ...
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