Former Steelers TE arrested in Virginia

Former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jonathan Dekker was
arrested early Saturday, charged with obstruction of justice.
Dekker was released on $1,000 bond, police said. Dekker was
waived injured in August by the team, which will play Arizona
in the Super Bowl next Sunday. He injured his knee in the
preseason. Police said they responded to a complaint at
3:30 a.m. near Old Town Alexandria. When they arrived, Dekker
tried to flee but was apprehended. A hearing is scheduled for
Feb. 2. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Dekker played three games for
the Steelers in 2007. He was signed by the Steelers in 2006 as
a free agent from Princeton and spent that season on the
practice squad.

Jaguars hire defensive, special teams coordinators

The Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to terms Saturday with five
new assistant coaches, including two coordinators. Coach Jack
Del Rio hired former Cleveland defensive coordinator Mel Tucker
to replace Gregg Williams, who left after one season in what his
agent called an “amicable divorce.” Russ Purnell was hired as
special teams coordinator. Tucker spent the last four years
with the Browns, serving three seasons as defensive backs coach
and one as defensive coordinator. He also has eight years of
college experience, including four at Ohio State. Purnell
previously served as special teams coordinator for Indianapolis
under coach Tony Dungy. He replaces Joe DeCamillis, who left
Jacksonville for Dallas earlier this month. Purnell also spent
time with Seattle, Tennessee and Baltimore. The Jaguars also
added quality control coach Johnny Cox, defensive line assistant
Charlie Jackson and strength and conditioning coach Luke
Richesson. Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio fired longtime
strength and conditioning coach Mark Asanovich late in the
season and parted ways with secondary coach Donnie Henderson
after one season.

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Broncos hire Barone as tight ends coach

New Broncos coach Josh McDaniels hired San Diego Chargers tight
ends coach Clancy Barone on Friday for the same job in Denver.
The 45-year-old Barone spent two years with the Chargers.
Previously, he was assistant offensive line coach and then tight
ends coach with the Atlanta Falcons. In his two years under Barone
in San Diego, Chargers tight end Antonio Gates caught 135 passes
for 1,688 yards and 17 touchdowns. In Atlanta, Barone coached
Pro Bowl tight end Alge Crumpler. Barone also coached at Wyoming
Cowboys, Houston Cougars and Texas State in his college career.
The Broncos hired McDaniels on Jan. 12 to replace Mike Shanahan,
who was fired. Lions hire ex-Rams coach Linehan for offense
For the second time in three years, the Detroit Lions have turned
to an ex-St. Louis Rams coach to try to turn around their dismal
offense. New Lions coach Jim Schwartz on Friday hired Scott Linehan
as offensive coordinator. The Rams fired Linehan as head coach
after the team opened the 2008-09 season 0-4. “Scott brings a lot
of experience, not only to the offensive coordinator position, but
also coaching the quarterbacks, which is a job description for our
offensive coordinator, and also head coaching experience in the NFL,”
Schwartz said at a news conference. In 2006, the Lions also turned
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Mike Martz a month after he was fired by St. Louis. He coached the
Rams from 2000-2005, including a Super Bowl loss in 2001.
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Colletto. Linehan became the Rams’ coach in 2006. Before that,
he spent four years as an offensive coordinator for the Miami
Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings. Schwartz drew a connection between
Linehan’s time in Miami and the upcoming challenges for the Lions.
He came from Minnesota where he had had some pretty good success
and went to Miami on a team that – probably a lot like us here –
was going through a transformation, a new program and those kinds
of things,” Schwartz said. “(He) had a lot of success with a
defensive-minded head coach in executing that vision that Nick
(Saban) had and he turned it into a head coaching opportunity.”
Linehan held assistant coaching jobs at the college level for
13 years, with stints at Louisville, Washington, Idaho and UNLV.
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firing for leading Detroit to the NFL’s first 0-16 season.
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coordinator and assistant head coach. “I thought it was
important to get the offense and defensive coordinator done
in the first week,” Schwartz said. “We were lucky enough to
be able to do it with two experienced guys. After that, I
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Super Bowl XLlll February 1, 2009
Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Game Time 6 PM ET. on NBC

How this year’s Super Bowl is going green

The Super Bowl, and all the hoopla that surrounds it, is going
super green. From powering the stadium on renewable energy to
donating leftover food to the hungry, the NFL is sponsoring
initiatives to offset the environmental impact of the big game.
“We have a sense of responsibility to leave the host community
better than we found it,” said Jack Groh, director of the NFL’s
environmental program. The program began 16 years ago with
basic recycling and has expanded to include food donations,
green energy and tree plantings. New this year: measuring tree
growth to calculate the greenhouse gas impact of planting new
trees. While the NFL admits the efforts don’t completely negate
the Super Bowl — and all the beer cans, plastic forks and car
trips it generates — the initiatives do make a difference.
Here are some of them.

Renewable energy

For the first time in Tampa, biomass from plant waste and,
to a lesser degree, solar energy will power the stadium on
game day and during the NFL Experience, which runs for five
days. Tampa Electric Co. will buy biomass energy from a South
Florida provider, which will ship it through transmission
lines into the TECO system. Solar energy will come from TECO
and other providers. In all, the stadium and NFL Experience
will consume an estimated 187,000 kilowatt hours. By comparison,
a typical house uses 15,000 kilowatt hours per year.
TECO officials estimate that powering the Super Bowl with
renewable energy will prevent more than 313,500 pounds of
carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere, or the equivalent
of taking 19 cars off the road for a year. It will increase
the stadium’s cost by about $5,000, which the NFL and its
sponsors will pay.

Tree planting

The NFL, with help from the U.S. Forest Service and the Florida
Division of Forestry, is planting 2,700 trees at a dozen sites
in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties to help offset the game’s
carbon impact. Scientists will measure the trees annually to
calculate their long-term environmental benefits using software
developed by the Forest Service. The new program will track the
amount of air pollution, carbon dioxide and stormwater the trees
absorb and quantify the trees’ effects of cooling, said Charlie
Marcus, urban forestry coordinator for the state. Generally, it
takes five to 10 years for a tree to start reducing greenhouse
gases.

Leftover food donation

Prepared party food that doesn’t make it to buffet tables will
be donated to America’s Second Harvest of Tampa Bay, which
partners with 350 charities and churches to provide food to
the needy. Food will come from various Super Bowl parties,
including some private events not connected to the NFL or the
Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee. During the last Super Bowl,
90,000 pounds of food were donated. Materials donations All
building materials, decorations, office equipment and supplies
used in the preparation of the Super Bowl will be given to
nonprofit groups to use or sell for cash. Items range from rolls
of carpeting to signs to plants. Estimated value: more than
$300,000.

Used book and sports equipment donations

About 90 local schools are collecting books and sports equipment
to give to local children. The donation drive continues through
Jan. 22.