Chris Long
Chris Long
Christopher Howard Longis a defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He played college football at Virginia, where he was recognized as a unanimous All-American. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams second overall in the 2008 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth28 March 1985
CitySanta Monica, CA
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For NASCAR Nation, the aim is a little different - we want to take NASCAR fans away from the track, giving them a feel for the true celebrity status of the competitors, ... We've been on the red carpet in Hollywood, thrown out first pitches at major league baseball games and traveled to the sets of commercial and music video shoots. The show's motto says it all - it's life beyond the fast lane.
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From Thursday through Monday, SPEED Channel takes the NASCAR fan through the entire race weekend in a very traditional way,
knew open shot
I knew if I had an open shot this year, I was going to have to take it.
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After we fell out of the Top 25 last year, there's been a lot of hard work to get back, by the staff and the players.
ratio talked
We talked about a plus-three ratio in turnovers this week.
close defending ncaa opportunity
We were fatigued, just like they were, and this was their opportunity to go to the NCAA Tournament. We were defending enough to keep it close when we couldn't score.
special
We went there and did something very special today.
ball top
We went over the top of the ball screens.
felt issues sorry team
Every team has issues and problems. We never felt sorry for ourselves.
add behalf bit client helps legitimacy
Sometimes they say they are working on behalf of a client because it helps add a little bit of legitimacy and obscures what's really going on.
best shoot won
That's how we won 26 games. When we don't play our best or shoot well, we rebound.
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You never know how important they are until they are needed. We had about 100 people out here searching.
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Personally, I can't wait until we start playing those quote-unquote 'good teams' that everyone says we haven't played yet. I think we'll do well. People are going to find out we have some very good players on our team.
clicking
I DON'T know what it is, but we're just not clicking at the moment.