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Newsday's Bob Glauber goes the extra yard for the inside scoop on the NFL.
Bob Glauber
Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and Giants, as well as the NFL, from 1989-91.
Before coming to Newsday, Glauber covered the Giants from 1985-88 for Gannett Weschester-Rockland Newspapers. He was The Sporting News' national football columnist from 1993-96.
Glauber earned the Newsday Publisher's Award for Sports in February 2006, and was the winner of the 2003 Barney Kremenko Sports Journalism Award, presented by the Nassau County Sports Commission for insightful reporting and commentary on professional sports. He has has won first-place awards in the Pro Football Writers Association contests in columns, features, enterprise features and enterprise news. His four-part series on Life After Football in 1997 won first place in the New York State Associated Press Sports Editors competition. His report on the controversial use of new helmets in the NFL won first place in the PFWA's 2001 writing competition. Glauber was on the team of Newsday writers that won a first-place award from the Associated Press Sports Editors for a 1995 series on concussions.
Glauber is a regular contributor on ESPN2’s "First Take" morning show, and is the NFL insider for Sporting News Radio.
Glauber is a 1977 graduate of Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY and a 1973 graduate of White Plains High School in Westchester.
Brian Urlacher, a throwback player, retires in a thoroughly modern way
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Brian Urlacher was considered to be a throwback player, the kind who could have excelled in any era. He chose to retire in a very 21st Century way, though. Through Twitter.
The linebacker who spent his career with the Bears until he was released earlier this offseason posted his decision on the social media site this morning.
"After spending a lot of time this spring thinking about...
Read more »Technology takes NFL from Wellington Mara's socks to sideline tablets
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When Tom Coughlin first started drawing up football plays, he did it like all the other coaches of his time. On papyrus. With hieroglyphics.
Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration and a friendly tweak at the NFL’s oldest head coach. But if he sticks around much longer, Coughlin will find himself smack dab in the beginnings of the digital age of NFL sidelines. The league announced a deal with Microsoft...
Read more »John Mara: Changes to draft date could be 'for the long haul'
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NFL owners will not be voting on any changes to the league’s calendar at their meetings Tuesday, but it will be a topic for discussion – as it has been outside the walls of the Boston hotel ballroom where the owners are convening.
One thing seems certain: The 2014 draft will not be held in late April as it always has been, but instead will be in mid-May. This is because of a scheduling conflict...
Read more »Gronkowski's injury woes mount
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Patriots Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski may need a fourth surgery to repair a broken forearm he initially sustained in November, and now his back is acting up.
Per Mike Garafolo of USA Today, Gronkowski recently had an MRI on his back and might need surgery there as well. He needs a fourth surgery on his wrist because of an infection.
The Patriots are holding out hope...
Read more »Seahawks DE Bruce Irvin suspended
The Seahawks are Super Bowl contenders heading into the 2013 season, but they'll have to begin their pursuit of the franchise's first NFL title without the services of pass rusher Bruce Irvin.
The second-year defensive end was suspended by the NFL for the first four games. Irvin was suspended under the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy, although the specific substance he tested...
Read more »Bills promote Whaley to GM spot
In a move that was widely anticipated in the wake of Bills general manager Buddy Nix's decision to step down on Tuesday, the team today appointed Doug Whaley as the new GM.
The succession plan has been in place for quite some time. The Bills hired Whaley in 2010 as assistant general manager with an eye toward taking over the top spot once Nix retired.
Whaley has been in the...
Read more »Bucs sign Gholston
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed a pass rusher named Gholston, but it's not Vernon, the former Jets' linebacker who never made an impact in the NFL. It's Gholston's cousin, William, a Michigan State defensive end who was the Bucs' fourth-round draft choice.
While Vernon Gholston, who didn't have a sack in three seasons with the Jets, has been out of the league since the Jets released...
Read more »Report: Woodson to visit Broncos
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Former Packers All Pro safety Charles Woodson, who was released by Green Bay early in the off-season, has a visit scheduled with the Broncos for sometime this week, according to Vic Lombardi of CBS4 in Denver.
It's the first time in a while that Woodson has been on any team's radar; the market has been surprisingly tepid for the 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2009. The 49ers...
Read more »Former NFL tailback Chuck Muncie dies
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Former NFL running back Chuck Muncie, who starred with the Saints and then the Chargers before leaving the NFL in 1985 because of substance abuse problems, has died. Muncie was 60.
The cause of death was a heart attack, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Muncie was a three-time All-Pro running back who was the Saints' first-round pick (third overall) in 1976. He rushed for...
Read more »Eagles sign RB Felix Jones
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Things didn't quite work out with the running back Felix Jones the way the Cowboys had hoped, so they've moved on from the former first-round pick out of Arkansas. And Jones has moved on to Philadelphia, where he has a chance to show his old team what they'll be missing.
The Eagles signed Jones to a one-year deal. Jones will now back up starter LeSean McCoy, who will no doubt get the...
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