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Shell returns to Raiders, seven coaches get first chance (SportsTicker)
BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - Shellshocked in Oakland. They’re pretty stunned in upstate New York as well.
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T.O., Bledsoe plan to ‘make a statement’ in opener
Terrell Owens is feeling good about his hamstring — and about his budding relationship with quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
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NFC West football capsules (SportsTicker)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
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Sources: Arbitrator delays decision on Branch grievance
Arbitrator John Feerick of Fordham Law School has reserved judgment on a grievance filed by the NFL Players Association on behalf of Patriots receiver Deion Branch.
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Clarett indicted on new charges from police chase
Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett has been indicted on new charges stemming from a chase with police last month.
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St. Pierre to backup QB Batch
Brian St. Pierre was moved from the Steelers’ practice squad to their 53-man roster and will be quarterback Charlie Batch’s backup Thursday night against Miami.
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Squabble between Patriots, Branch gets messier
Just when it appeared that the differences between the New England Patriots and holdout wide receiver Deion Branch couldn’t get any messier, they did.
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Portis plays pedestrian ‘Injured Man,’ doubtful Monday
Clinton Portis’ first Thursday character of the season: a football player who doesn’t appear as if he’s going to be able to play in his team’s first game.
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NFC forges power shift (Yahoo! Sports)
For the first time in three years, the NFC has a team (Seattle) atop the season-opening rankings.
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QB McNair brings optimism to Baltimore (SportsTicker)
Linebacker Ray Lewis is smiling again. Credit Steve McNair for that.
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Seahawks add LB Hill to injury list with sore shoulder
Seahawks starting outside linebacker LeRoy Hill was added to the team’s injury list Thursday as questionable for Sunday’s season opener at Detroit.
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No. 1 Ohio State has thought of everything in preparing for Saturday night’s showdown at No. 2 Texas. The weather, however, is out of the Buckeyes’ control. They held two open practices at night to prepare for the primetime start. They’ve spent countless hours going over film of last year’s game and the Longhorns’ opening victory over North Texas.
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Warrants issued for Colorado St. players (AP)
Prosecutors said Wednesday they have issued arrest warrants for seven people, including five current or former members of the Colorado State football team, as part of a fraud and forgery investigation dating to last year. “There has been an ongoing criminal investigation since November into bank fraud, and it went to a grand jury in February,” said Linda Jensen, a spokeswoman for Larimer County…
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Prisco plays it safe with predictions — are you happy now?
Because his ego is black and blue after picking the Silver and Black in ‘05, Pete Prisco is — gasp! — making a conservative pick for champion of Super Bowl XLI. Of course, you’ll still rip him liberally.
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Goodell: Gumbel to stay with NFL Network (AP)
Bryant Gumbel will keep his play-by-play job with the NFL Network despite saying on his HBO show that Paul Tagliabue should show his successor as commissioner “where he keeps Gene Upshaw’s leash.” Roger Goodell, who officially took over for Tagliabue last Friday, said he met with Gumbel to discuss his remarks about the Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association.
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Big Ben out, Culpepper in for NFL opener (AP)
The Pittsburgh Steelers play their first game that counts since winning the Super Bowl. Finally, the player who received the biggest signing bonus on the club gets to show what he can do. Rookie receiver Santonio Holmes? Newly signed cornerback Ike Taylor? Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward? No. How about backup quarterback Charlie Batch — who, except for two winning spot starts last season — often is one of…
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Koenen to handle all kicking for Falcons (AP)
Four days before their season opener, the Atlanta Falcons still had only one kicker on their roster. Look for Michael Koenen to be handling all three jobs Sunday. After scanning the list of available kickers for someone who might be worth picking up, coach Jim Mora has all but settled on Koenen as the guy who will kick field goals and extra points, do the punting and handle kickoffs.
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Clarett’s request turned down by judge (AP)
A judge denied Maurice Clarett’s request Wednesday for a survey to determine whether the former Ohio State star running back can get a fair trial in the city that once cheered him. Clarett’s attorneys asked the county to finance a poll to determine if an impartial jury could be seated in Clarett’s trial on charges accusing him robbing two people of a cell phone outside a bar early on New Year’s…
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The big fix
PITTSBURGH – Daunte Culpepper has worked to overcome more than a serious knee injury. He’s also had to fix a tarnished rep.
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Irish’s Quinn faces Penn State’s Morelli (AP)
Anthony Morelli completed 50 percent of his passes for 206 yards. Brady Quinn completed 61 percent of his passes for 246 yards. Morelli was widely praised. Quinn was widely panned. The difference: expectations. Morelli, making his first career start at Penn State, did better than hoped, throwing three touchdowns with no interceptions in leading the No.
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Chargers RB Tomlinson ready to play (AP)
Pro Bowl running back LaDainian Tomlinson returned to practice Wednesday, primed to finally get his season started. A well-rested Tomlinson and his San Diego Chargers head to Oakland to face the Raiders in Monday night’s opener. He didn’t have a carry in the exhibition season and is eager to face his team’s biggest rival.
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Owens happy with hamstring and Bledsoe (AP)
Terrell Owens is feeling good about his hamstring — and about his budding relationship with quarterback Drew Bledsoe. Owens went through practice Wednesday without any limitations, a first since returning from his latest setback. He came away as optimistic as ever about what he, Bledsoe and the Dallas Cowboys can do this season, starting Sunday in Jacksonville.
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Louisville preparing for life after Bush (AP)
Bobby Petrino turned his head, paused for a moment and considered the question: How will No. 13 Louisville’s high-powered offense look without running back Michael Bush? The always meticulous, ever-prepared Petrino didn’t know what to say. “I mean, how do you know?” he said. “You’ve just got to keep going.” Bush suffered a broken right leg in the third quarter of Sunday night’s 59-28 win over…
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Having survived impalement, exhibiting courage as a kickoff returner will be no problem at all for the St. Louis Rams’ newest player. Three days after playing in the 2005 Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, J.R. Reed failed in an attempt to leap a chest-high wrought-iron fence adorned with decorative spikes.
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NFL discussing changing drug policy (AP)
The NFL is talking with its players’ union about beefing up its testing program for performance-enhancing drugs with the changes possibly taking effect this season, according to a newspaper report. The changes could include more testing and increasing the number of banned substances, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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No Big Ben, but Dolphins-Steelers opener matches streaking teams (AP)
They were the NFL’s hottest team at the end of last season, with numerous reasons to think they will be better still in 2006. Their quarterback’s exceptional offseason injury recovery makes them all the more optimistic this could be a championship season. The Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, right?
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WRs take center stage (Yahoo! Sports)
Attention-loving WRs are not new to the NFL. But their presence now is greater than ever before.
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Dolphins offense should look familiar to Steelers (AP)
The Miami offense should look familiar to the Pittsburgh defense Thursday night. After all, the Steelers used to go against a version of it every day in practice. Sure, there are bound to be new plays and formations, some different looks and, as always, a gadget play or two. But offensive coordinators don’t throw out their entire playbooks when they go from one team to another, so the Steelers are…
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HOUSTON (Ticker) - Two days after getting cut by the Denver Broncos, Ron Dayne has landed with the Houston Texans.
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Shanahan being coy about his starting running back (AP)
Mike Shanahan wasted no time declaring undrafted rookie Mike Bell his top tailback early in training camp. He’s being more coy about naming his starter for the Denver Broncos’ opener at St. Louis on Sunday. “You’ll have to show up to that game, as we talked about before,” Shanahan said Monday. “Good try, though.” It’s not that Bell did anything to lose his status as the starter.
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T.O. looks like a go for opener (AP)
T.O. looks like a go for the season opener. Terrell Owens got in plenty of work during practice Monday, then stayed late to run some extra routes for quarterback Drew Bledsoe. He came away sounding confident that he’ll be over his hamstring injury and in the starting lineup when the Dallas Cowboys face the Jaguars in Jacksonville on Sunday.
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Chargers linebacker Steve Foley will miss the season after being shot near his suburban home by an off-duty police officer. Foley was placed on the non-football injured reserve list on Monday, a day after he was shot by an off-duty Coronado officer and a week before the Chargers open at Oakland. Chargers general manager A.J.
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Chargers LB Foley to miss 2006 season (SportsTicker)
SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - San Diego Chargers starting outside linebacker Steve Foley will not play this season after being shot multiple times by a police officer early Sunday morning.
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Running back John David Washington, the son of actor Denzel Washington, was one of five players added to the St. Louis Rams’ practice squad on Sunday. The Rams also signed linebacker Tim McGarigle, running back Fred Russell, offensive tackle Drew Strojny and wide receiver Dominique Thompson. The team had three spots available on its eight-man practice squad.
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Miami adds Marcus Vick to practice squad (AP)
A day after he was cut, Marcus Vick was among eight players signed to the Miami Dolphins’ practice squad Sunday. Rookie tackle Joe Toledo was placed on injured reserve because of a knee injury, meaning he’ll miss the entire season. To replace him on the roster, Miami signed eight-year veteran offensive lineman Kendyl Jacox.
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Texans expected to sign RB Ron Dayne (AP)
The Houston Texans are expected to sign free agent running back Ron Dayne on Monday, a person close to the negotiations told The Associated Press on Sunday night. The person asked not to be identified because the deal had not been finalized. Dayne, the 1999 Heisman Trophy winner, was cut by the Denver Broncos on Saturday after entering training camp as the starting tailback.
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Steelers sign CB Ike Taylor through 2010 (AP)
Cornerback Ike Taylor signed a four-year contract extension Sunday with the Pittsburgh Steelers, a signing that assures the Super Bowl champions that they won’t have any unrestricted free agents after this season. Taylor’s deal runs through the 2010 season and would be worth $22.5 million if he plays through the final season, plus incentives.
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Colts’ Vinatieri says he’s ready to play (AP)
Adam Vinatieri slipped a brace onto his non-kicking foot Monday, then calmly pronounced himself ready to play. Five days after the most discussed foot in Indianapolis become a headline topic, Vinatieri ended the discussion about his availability for the Colts season-opener Sunday at New York. He says he’ll play.
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Culpepper ready for Dolphins debut (AP)
In his 5 1/2 months with the Miami Dolphins, Daunte Culpepper has won praise from teammates for his talent, toughness, poise, leadership, resilience, work ethic and pleasant personality. When a quarterback is undefeated, the critiques are always favorable. Touted as a worthy heir to Dan Marino, Culpepper will put his reputation — and reconstructed knee — on the line when he makes his Dolphins…
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Chargers LB Foley shot, out for season (AP)
Chargers linebacker Steve Foley will miss the season after being shot by an off-duty police officer. Foley was placed on the non-football injured reserve list on Monday, a day after he was shot near his suburban Poway home by an off-duty Coronado officer. The outside linebacker, who was being counted on to help anchor the toughest run defense in the NFL, remained hospitalized in stable condition,…
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SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - San Diego Chargers starting outside linebacker Steve Foley was shot multiple times by an off-duty police officer in front of his home early Sunday morning, the San Diego-Union Tribune reported on its website.
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WR Boston sticks with Buccaneers (AP)
David Boston took another important step in his bid to overcome knee injuries that sidelined him most of the past two seasons, surviving final cuts Saturday to make the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 53-man roster. The former Pro Bowl receiver signed with the Bucs in May and impressed coach Jon Gruden with a solid training camp capped by a six-catch performance in Tampa Bay’s preseason finale at Houston.
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Chargers LB Steve Foley shot by off-duty police officer (AP)
Chargers linebacker Steve Foley was shot near his upscale suburban house by an off-duty policeman early Sunday morning in his second brush with police in 4 1/2 months. Coach Marty Schottenheimer said the wounds were not life-threatening. “All we’re worried about is that he’s OK,” Schottenheimer told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
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Chiefs release Siavii, Printers (AP)
Junior Siavii, the hulking defensive tackle Kansas City took with its first draft choice in 2004, was released Saturday along with 19 other players as the Chiefs got down to their 53-man roster. Also released was quarterback Casey Printers, the former Canadian Football League player who Kansas City signed last spring after outbidding several other teams.
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Chargers down to 2 QBs after cutting Elliott (AP)
The San Diego Chargers’ inexperienced quarterback corps was trimmed to two on Saturday when rookie Brett Elliott was among the 21 players cut in order to set the 53-man roster. For the time being, that leaves the Chargers with untested starter Philip Rivers and rookie Charlie Whitehurst. Rivers, a third-year pro, will make his first NFL start at Oakland on Sept.
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The Cleveland Browns hope that, when it comes to the center position, nine is enough.
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Answering the hard questions (SI.com)
NFC East Key question: Can Drew Bledsoe be a Super Bowl quarterback again 10 years later?
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Knee ends season for Texans running back Davis
Convinced that his left knee would preclude him from being ready for the start of the season, the Houston Texans on Saturday placed tailback Domanick Davis on injured reserve.
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Dayne, Watts get their walking papers (AP)
The Denver Broncos’ cuts ranged from the expected — running back Ron Dayne — to the unexpected, wide receiver Darius Watts. Both players left team headquarters Saturday after being told they weren’t going to make the 53-man roster. “I kind of understand. Once I got hurt, the other guys stepped up,” said Dayne, who began training camp as the starting tailback but quickly was surpassed by undrafted…
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Not Makin’ The Cut
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Seattle still interested in Branch
The Seahawks, facing questions at wide receiver, are still interested in trading for Patriots holdout Deion Branch. Seattle was one of two teams that had a tentative deal in place for the former Super Bowl MVP.
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Pinkston agrees to deal with receiver-needy Vikings
Five-year veteran wide receiver Todd Pinkston, released on Wednesday by the Philadelphia Eagles, on Friday evening reached agreement in principle with the Minnesota Vikings on a one-year contract. The deal was to be signed later Friday night.
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QB Young dazzles in Titans’ final preseason tune-up
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New day, new center for Browns (AP)
The Cleveland Browns’ crazy carousel at center took another spin on Saturday. The club, which has gone through four starting centers since the start of training camp, acquired veteran Hank Fraley from the Philadelphia Eagles for a conditional pick in the 2008 draft. Fraley’s arrival will hopefully solidify a problematic position, which has dominoed into more chaos since Pro Bowl free agent…
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To help cut their roster down to 53 players, the Texans released the following players: DE Jeff Charleston, DE Earl Cochran, LB Sam Cowart, FS Kevin Curtis, CB Mark Estelle, TE Aaron Halterman, OG David Loverne, FB Nick Luchey, LB Kenneth Pettway, QB Cody Pickett, QB Quinton Porter, WR Richie Ross, WR Jake Schifino, RB Antowain Smith, FS John Walker, LB Courtney Watson, OG Chris Watton, CB Tramon Williams and DE Darrell Wright.
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Palmer looks healthy again Friday
Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson hooked up for three completions before the Bengals pulled their starters, leading the Bengals to a 20-3 victory over the Indianapolis Colts’ backups. Johnson caught three passes for 59 yards, although he lost a first-quarter fumble, and Palmer finished 4-of-6 for 73 yards with one TD in his second exhibition game back from a devastating knee injury sustained in January’s playoff loss to Pittsburgh.
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Mike Bell gains 74 yards
Mike Bell, the undrafted rookie from the University of Arizona who is a front-runner for starting running back for Denver, gained 74 yards in nine carries on Thursday night against Arizona. Tatum Bell had 48 yards and nine attempts and Cedric Cobbs 34 yards in eight attempts. Ron Dayne, recovering from a turf toe injury, didn’t play. Shanahan said he didn’t feel comfortable putting Dayne in a game yet, and he wanted to give the other three backs an equal shot. “I thought we needed to have those guys compete today and find out if anybody would separate themselves,” the coach said.
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DETROIT – Willis McGahee is just now starting to show the top-flight speed he displayed before his devastating knee injury in 2003.
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Colts’ Vinatieri has sprain, bone chip (AP)
Adam Vinatieri isn’t talking about his injured nonkicking leg, but the Indianapolis Colts still hope he’ll be kicking in next week’s season-opener. The Colts announced Friday that Vinatieri was being treated for a sprained ligament and a bone chip, but it’s the ligament that is of the greatest concern.
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T.O. eases worries, Vanderjagt does not (AP)
Seeing Terrell Owens run full speed through several routes in a preseason game eased many of the Dallas Cowboys’ concerns about his hamstring. Good thing, too, because Mike Vanderjagt gave them something else to worry about. Vanderjagt missed kicks of 32 and 33 yards in overtime of the preseason finale Thursday night, leaving the Cowboys in a rare preseason tie, 10-10, with the Minnesota Vikings,…
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Cards’ QB Leinart’s injury not serious (AP)
Matt Leinart’s shoulder injury is not serious and Arizona coach Dennis Green said Friday that the rookie quarterback might be available for the regular season opener Sept. 10. “It’s good news,” Green said of the MRI exam that came back negative. Leinart is slated to back up starter Kurt Warner. The left-handed Leinart sprained his right shoulder when he was sacked by Patrick Chukwurah in the third…
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Titans’ Young plays well in first start (AP)
A sure sign of poise from a rookie quarterback: Vince Young even lobbies for instant-replay calls like a veteran. Young was impressive in his first exhibition start for the Tennessee Titans, consistently turning third downs into first downs in a 35-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Friday afternoon.
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Dave Meggett arrested on rape charges (AP)
Former NFL running back Dave Meggett was charged with second-degree rape of his former girlfriend. Meggett, who played for 10 seasons with the New York Giants, New England Patriots and New York Jets, is accused of raping the 27-year-old woman Wednesday or Thursday at her home, Pitt County Sheriff’s Detective P.E.
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Jaguars 20, Falcons 17 (AP)
The Atlanta Falcons went through their normal warmups before the game, then got a surprise when they returned to the locker room. The starters wouldn’t be playing. Charles Sharon caught a pair of touchdown passes to lead the Jacksonville Jaguars past the Falcons 20-17 on Thursday night in the battle of the backups.
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Ex-Bengals player sues city for $50M (AP)
Former Bengals defensive tackle Matthias Askew filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city, accusing police officers of excessive force when they used a stun gun to subdue him while making an arrest in July. The suit contends Askew was falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted. It asks that the police department’s policy on the use of force be declared unconstitutional.
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Union files grievance on Branch’s behalf (AP)
The NFL Players Association filed a grievance Friday on behalf of holdout Deion Branch after the New England Patriots did not trade the wide receiver before the team-imposed deadline for him to seek a deal. Richard Berthelsen, lawyer for the union, said the grievance alleges that the Patriots “reneged” on an agreement to trade their best receiver, who is entering the last season of a five-year…
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Steelers’ trade leaves Staley in limbo (AP)
Duce Staley’s run with the Steelers could be coming to an end following the team’s trade for Patrick Cobbs, an undrafted rookie free agent running back who led the New England Patriots in rushing during the preseason. The Steelers have been seeking another running back as former starter Staley struggled during training camp after missing all but a handful of games last season following knee…
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Giants’ Arrington to be ready for opener (AP)
Over the past month LaVar Arrington yearned to clearly illustrate how his surgically repaired and still seemingly questionable right knee really felt. A happy face, drawn right on the knee in pen, would have meant the New York Giants’ new $49 million linebacker was feeling no pain. A straight line, well, not so good.
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