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NFL owners elect Goodell as new commissioner

ESPN.com news services

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- The knock on Roger Goodell's hotel room door came almost three hours to the minute after NFL owners began voting for a new commissioner. When he opened it, there stood the Steelers' Dan Rooney. He didn't have to say a word. Pasquarelli: The rocky road ahead   For all the terrific accomplishments of the Tagliabue Era, for the nonpareil prosperity he has engendered in what has grown into a $6 billion-a-year industry, the NFL is not without storm clouds on the horizon ...

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