The Sports Xchange: Pete's repeat would put Carroll in rare category

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange

PHOENIX — Think of the great NFL coaches over the last half century, the Lombardis, Shulas, Nolls, even the Belichicks, because no matter what we think of Bill, he is part of this category and a much rarer category -- a winner in back-to-back Super Bowls. 

Now consider adding the name of Pete Carroll to that list. Silly, you suggest, because Carroll, a product of California's fantasy-land Marin County, a guy whose easy-going ways when he coached the Jets were derided as "the good ship Lollipop?" 

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The Sports Xchange: Seahawks notebook: Carroll learns game-ball procedures

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange

PHOENIX — Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, in his rimless glasses and dark suit, looked more like a businessman than a football coach. However, the questions he was asked moments after the Seahawks arrived for next Sunday's Super Bowl had nothing to do with finance.

Seattle's jet arrived at Sky Harbor Airport in the early afternoon, and not long after that, after the Seahawks' buses crept through the crowd of cheering, banner-waving fans at the motor entrance to the Arizona Grand Hotel, he was dealing with, yes, "deflategate."

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The Sports Xchange: Fox and Carroll couldn't be stopped

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — One was in charge of what journalists derisively labeled "The Good Ship Lollipop." That was Pete Carroll with the New York Jets.

The other was knocked for conservative play-calling that lost a championship game. That was John Fox with the Carolina Panthers. 

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The Sports Xchange: Seahawks Notebook: Carroll says NFL should consider marijuana

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The teams playing in Super Bowl XLVIII, the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, are from the two states where recreational marijuana use has been legalized. 

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll on Monday said he agrees with the possibility of the NFL investigating medicinal use of the drug for the best possible care of players. 

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RealClearSports: Leaving USC Early Works Out for Sanchez

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

Pete Carroll never really said Mark Sanchez would become a bust. But he certainly implied it. Sanchez was leaving USC early and while not exactly leaving Carroll in a lurch, was leaving him with a freshman quarterback replacement, Matt Barkley.

Don't you love hindsight? Looking backward is delicious. Never mind the famous stuff, the idea people said Lindbergh couldn't cross the Atlantic. It's the little things, particularly in sports, which keep us enthralled.

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