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Stop the INT insanity!

By Gregg Easterbrook
Special to Page 2

Monday, November 20, 2006

For years, Tuesday Morning Quarterback has blamed "SportsCenter" for the epidemic of poor tackling in the NFL. Defenders take wild risks, hoping to make a spectacular jacked-up tackle that will be shown on "SportsCenter." But then they whiff and miss the runner completely, whereas if they'd just broken down to proper form and wrapped up, the play would have ended. This weekend there were an unusual number of awful-looking interceptions in the NFL – and I blame that on "SportsCenter," too. ...

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