Kicking away at a dream: Novak likely won't realized goal with Bears

August 5, 2007
By Chaz Amidon Staff writer

As Pro Bowl kicker Robbie Gould stops to sign autographs, Nick Novak trots past, unnoticed by the crowd. Amid the chants of "Rob-bie! Rob-bie!" from the fans, Novak is the first Bears player on the practice field at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais. He warms up alone, though it doesn't seem to bother him.

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BEARS IN BRIEF: Would-be Bear Novak still kickin'

August 18, 2007
BY BRAD BIGGS bbiggs@suntimes.com

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- A couple of years of up-and-down play by kickers was settled when Robbie Gould came on two years ago and then earned All-Pro honors last season, scoring 143 points. Joining him in camp is Nick Novak, the man who would have had his job with the Bears in 2005 had Novak not been in Washington at the time filling in for injured John Hall. Novak, who spent the 2005 preseason with the Bears, was the kicker they intended to bring in when Doug Brien faltered that fall, but he wasn't available. Talk about opportunity knocking for Gould.

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Bears sign Nick Novak

The Chicago Bears announced the signing of placekicker Nick Novak and have allocated him to NFL Europe.

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Novak rescues 'Skins, former Terp kicks unlikely game-winner

By Jeff Barker
Sun Reporter
Originally published November 6, 2006

LANDOVER // Nick Novak's NFL career was drifting away, just like his kick. The Washington Redskins kicker had just pushed his potential game-winning, 49-yard field goal wide right with 35 seconds left against the Dallas Cowboys. It could have been the last kick for the former Maryland star, who missed two field-goal attempts in Washington's previous game and has been released by four NFL teams. But Novak got an improbable second chance moments later and converted a 47-yarder with no time on the clock to lift the Redskins to a 22-19 victory over the Cowboys, ending a three-game losing streak.

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