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Tight end Winslow signs one-year deal with Jets After a three-day tryout, tight end Kellen Winslow, Jr. signed a one-year contract Friday with the New York Jets, the team announced.
June 14, 2013 - ESPN
N.Y. Jets' tight ends could match N.E. Patriots' -- in size Jeff Cumberland looks at Kellen Winslow and sees a good fit at tight end for the New York Jets. "With my size and his size, I would be more like (New England Patriots tight end Rob) Gronkowski, he would be more like (Aaron) Hernandez."
June 14, 2013 - NFL.com
N.Y. Jets tight ends could match Patriots' -- in size anyway Jeff Cumberland looks at Kellen Winslow and sees a good fit at tight end for the New York Jets. "With my size and his size, I would be more like (New England Patriots tight end Rob) Gronkowski, he would be more like (Aaron) Hernandez."
June 14, 2013 - NFL.com
David Cameron in Reuters Africa Thank you also for the lift between the two. It was -- he threatened to send me a bill, but as I said, times are very tight in the UK, so I'm afraid we'll have to take it as a free lift,Cameron said.
Sven-Goran Eriksson in The Associated Press It was a tight game, not many occasions to score,Ivory Coast coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. "I thought if any team was going to win, it was we. We created some more chances than they did. I am very, very happy with the performance. If you...
Jimmie Johnson in SI.com I was in a golf cart and the driver took a sharp turn,Johnson said in a statement. "I wasn't holding on tight enough, landed awkwardly on the ground and heard a little pop. It was a fluke deal, but fortunately we're in the offseason and I...