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Titans take control of AFC South with 31-21 win over Colts.

Don’t call the Tennessee Titans the NFL’s best team just yet. They’re happy with being the league’s last unbeaten club and grabbing a chokehold on the AFC South away from the Indianapolis Colts. LenDale White ran for two touchdowns, Chris Hope intercepted Peyton Manning twice and the Titans routed the Colts 31-21 on Monday night. [...]

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Colts’ reveal Manning had staph infection in knee, not MRSA.

A staph infection in a bursa sac in Peyton Manning’s left knee led to the surgery that kept him out of much of the Indianapolis Colts’ preseason training camp, the team confirmed Friday. But team officials denied reports Manning had a highly virulent form of staph infection that is difficult to treat called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus [...]

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Colts All-Pro RB Addai ruled out for Packers game at Lambeau.

Indianapolis running back Joseph Addai will miss the Colts’ game at Green Bay because of a hamstring injury. The Colts downgraded Addai from doubtful to out Saturday. Tight end Gijon Robinson will miss the game because of an ankle injury. Addai left in the first quarter against Baltimore last Sunday and didn’t return. Hookscenter.com wire [...]

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2008 NFL Week 7 Preview – Colts vs Packers.

Appearing fully recovered, Peyton Manning led his team to a rejuvenating victory last week. Aaron Rodgers did the same despite clearly not being back to full strength. Only one of those quarterbacks can win again Sunday when Manning, making possibly his final visit to one of sports’ most hallowed venues, leads the Indianapolis Colts into [...]

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Colts thin at running backs after Addai, Hart go down against Ravens.

The Indianapolis Colts needed help in their injury-depleted backfield. They expect three new running backs to fill the holes. With Pro Bowler Joseph Addai unlikely to play Sunday against Green Bay, and Mike Hart out for the rest of the season, the Colts added three running backs to the roster Wednesday — one day after [...]

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Colts pound Ravens, 31-3, to get first win in Lucas Oil Stadium.

It looked like old times in Indianapolis on Sunday. Peyton Manning was in control and Marvin Harrison was catching touchdowns while the defense pressured the quarterback and forced turnovers. Heck, the Colts even won a home game for the first time since December 2007. After a month of bumbling around and hearing critics question whether [...]

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2008 NFL Week 6 Game Preview – Ravens vs Colts.

The Indianapolis Colts know they could be winless if not for some quick work by Peyton Manning. The Baltimore Ravens might be undefeated if not for a few frustrating penalties. In a matchup of teams struggling to find consistency, Indianapolis tries to avoid an 0-3 start at home for the first time in 11 years [...]

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Colts look to get long ball back in offense arsenal.

As Peyton Manning sees it, explanations aren’t necessary. Manning, the Colts’ eight-time Pro Bowl quarterback, said this week when he watches tape, he has seen opportunities for big pass plays – momentum-changing plays the Colts have made often in years past – and that often this season, the plays haven’t connected. Hitting such plays is [...]

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Colts WR Marvin Harrison is being sued over shooting incident.

Marvin Harrison is being sued by a man who says he was shot in the hand and body in April by the Indianapolis Colts star. Harrison, who was never arrested or charged, is being sued by Dwight Dixon for $100,000 in damages in a suit filed in Philadelphia on Sept. 2. Police are investigating the [...]

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Colts looking for answers in 2008 as 2-2 record is unacceptable.

A day later, Tony Dungy said his emotions were still mixed. Dungy, in his seventh season as the Colts’ head coach, said there positives to the dramatic, historic, hard-to-believe victory over the Houston Texans Sunday afternoon. The Colts played well early. And late. They played with passion in the final five minutes, and big-play makers [...]

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