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PALM BEACH GARDENS — Palm Beach County is swarming with NFL rookies, but if the league's newest players learn anything in the next three days, the locals should hardly notice their presence.

The NFL's 11th annual rookie symposium began on Sunday at PGA National, and the three-day mandatory event for all players drafted in 2007 will serve as an orientation and an attempt to teach the rookies how to manage their lives as a pro football player.

With the league cracking down on discipline more than ever, the players were given strict midnight bed checks and won't even have an opportunity to leave the resort before the symposium ends Tuesday.

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Those at a memorial service for Justin Skaggs all spoke of a man full of energy, driven to do his best and who affected many lives.

Approximately 600 people packed the Cornerstone Church to pay tribute to the former Evangel University wide receiver who died June 15 in Utah following emergency brain surgery. He was 28.

"He had such a drive and desire for excellence," said friend Jef Wells.

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History was made on Alcatraz the other night when more than a thousand

guests roamed the famed prison grounds on a balmy Saturday evening to take in

the first fashion show ever held there, alongside performance art, hip-hop,

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Alinghi will try to extend its lead today when the best-of-nine final for the Auld Mug resumes. This was the sixth straight victory for Alinghi, dating to its 5-0 sweep of the Kiwis in 2003.

Swiss-based Alinghi has not competed since early April because the defender automatically qualifies for the cup final. New Zealand, meanwhile, fought off 10 teams to win the challenger finals.

The U.S. men's team puts its undefeated home record against Mexico on the line today in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final in Chicago.

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FRANKFURT, Germany - Casey Bramlet threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns Saturday, leading the Hamburg Sea Devils past the Frankfurt Galaxy, 37-28, in the highest-scoring World Bowl.

Bramlet, allocated by the Washington Redskins, was honored as the MVP in sending Hamburg to its first NFL Europa championship.

"This is an awesome feeling," Sea Devils coach Vince Martino said. "It felt like a heavyweight title fight at times. We had to keep on fighting and the Galaxy kept coming back at us."

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