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Week 13 IDP Sleepers: Pickin' on Devin

Last week's recommendations included standouts Dolphins LB Cameron Wake (two solos, sack), Colts LB Pat Angerer (12 total tackles), Jags DB Courtney Greene (11 total tackles, PD) and Charles Johnson -- who was actually a top-five defensive lineman for Week 12. The Panthers defensive end recorded six solos, 2.0 sacks and a...

Lions' Lawrence Jackson Says Seahawks' Approach Cramped His Style

If the Seattle Seahawks were thinking they were done with Lawrence Jackson once they traded the defensive end to Detroit last week, they were wrong. Jackson studied the Lions' play in their first two exhibition games and told the Detroit News that Lions plays a style of football more in tune with his own. "They let their...

Fantasy Football Cut-N-Go: Eli's Coming Back With 12 Stitches

Anyone watching the Monday night game had to be worried for Eli Manning when he took a hit from behind that knocked his helmet off and propelled him into another Jet defender, whose facemask opened Manning's forehead and caused copious amounts of blood to pour out of Eli's head. Just two days later, Manning was back on...

Seahawks Trade Southern Cal Alum Lawrence Jackson to Lions

The Detroit Lions have a new defensive end -- one whose college coach gave up on him. The Lions acquired Lawrence Jackson in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks Wednesday for an undisclosed pick in the 2011 NFL draft. Jackson, a 2008 first-round draft pick, leaves Seattle having started 24 games in two seasons. Jackson...

Summer Scramble: NFC West Position Battles to Watch

It's July, the slowest month of the year for the NFL, and it's driving you nuts. You need a fix. A hit. Anything NFL to pull you through the dog days. FanHouse is here to help with an in-depth look at each division that should have you plenty prepared for training camp. We're calling it Summer Scramble, and today we look...

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05/18/12 PBS finds local story of black heritage Source: Headline Virginia Halifax County gets a role in the latest episode of the PBS network show "Finding Your Roots" with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. The show explains American history â indeed, sometimes world history â by investigating the ancestry of popular sports figures, actors, politicians and musicians.
05/18/12 Family pleads for answers in Lawndale man's murder Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA IN THE LAWNDALE apartment complex where her 22-year-old son, Lawrence Jackson, was gunned down April 12, Denise Wilson looked to the sky during a vigil for her son Thursday and uttered a plea.
05/17/12 Halifax's black heritage makes PBS show Source: Headline Virginia Halifax County gets a role in the latest episode of the PBS network show "Finding Your Roots" with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. The show explains American history â indeed, sometimes world history â by investigating the ancestry of popular sports figures, actors, politicians and musicians.

Background on lawrence jackson

Lawrence Jackson (born August 30, 1985 in Inglewood, California) is an American football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.

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