Ex-Barca star Koeman takes over at Valencia

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11/02/2007 - Valencia, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Valencia introduced Ronald Koeman as its new manager Friday, signing the former PSV boss to a three-year contract.

"I come very motivated to Valencia CF," said Koeman, a former Dutch defender.

Koeman started his coaching career as an assistant with the Netherlands in 1997-98, then spent a few seasons as an assistant at Barcelona.

He accepted his first head coaching position at Vitesse in 2000, and later managed Ajax, Benfica and PSV. He led PSV to the Eredivisie championship last season.

As a player, Koeman played 78 times for the Netherlands and had long stints at PSV and Barcelona. He helped the Netherlands win the European Championship in 1988 and Barcelona win four straight La Liga titles from 1991-94.

Koeman played almost 200 matches from 1989-95 with Barcelona, scoring nearly 70 goals.

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Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.

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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

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