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AP Sports WriterRoll Tide: Giants' Collins and Packers' Clinton-Dix shineBy GENARO C. ARMASGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The Crimson Tide-tinted friendship of Landon Collins and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix will be tested on Sunday at Lambeau Field.Two of the game's top young safeties have known each other since college. Collins...

SAN DIEGO (AP) Even if the San Diego Chargers continue to struggle for an identity, Melvin Gordon isn't. For the second day in a row, coach Mike McCoy referred to the second-year running back as a ''bell cow.'' Gordon led the herd all right, running for a career-high 196 yards in...

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police say an Internal Revenue Service worker tried to bribe officers when they arrested him for being drunk and throwing steel crowd dividers, one of which knocked a woman unconscious, during a Steelers game. Police say Stephen Sapp was screaming and cursing after he was asked to...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Denver Broncos bolstered their tight end corps by singing five-year veteran Richard Gordon and waiving rookie Mitchell Henry.This is the third AFC West team for Gordon, a 28-year-old who has played in 34 NFL games since being drafted by the Raiders in 2011 out...

DENVER (AP) - Broncos special teams standout David Bruton Jr. was carted off the field after a block in the back while covering a punt Sunday against Oakland.The team said he suffered a concussion and wouldn't return.Bruton was racing downfield when he was hit from behind by Denico Autry,...

CLINCHED: New England - AFC East and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs; Denver - AFC West; Indianapolis - AFC South; Cincinnati and Pittsburgh - playoff berth.- Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffsClinches first-round bye with:- Win or tie, OR- Cincinnati Loss, OR- Cincinnati tie and Indianapolis win- Clinched playoff...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - In the hours after a four-sack performance gave Justin Houston the Chiefs' franchise record, all he could talk about was how close Kansas City came to making the playoffs.Houston insisted his new single-season mark would hit him some day. He might be on a...

PHOENIX (AP) - NFL owners are considering a proposal to stop games when a medical adviser sees a player displaying obvious signs of disorientation.The proposal was a late addition by the powerful competition committee at the owners' meetings that began Monday. It would allow a medical spotter upstairs to...

The fiancee of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez will take the stand for a second day of testimony in his murder trial.Shayanna Jenkins on Monday is expected to talk about a box she disposed of from their basement the day after Odin Lloyd was killed in 2013....

AP Sports WriterFitzpatrick's Jets contract voids, QB becomes free agentBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.NEW YORK (AP) Fitz Magic has officially disappeared for the New York Jets.Ryan Fitzpatrick's contract was voided Friday, as expected, making the veteran quarterback a free agent.Fitzpatrick re-signed with the Jets last July on a one-year,...

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas tight end Jason Witten is going to his 10th Pro Bowl, as an injury replacement for Denver's Julius Thomas.Witten's addition Monday night sends him to his third straight Pro Bowl after a seven-year streak ended in 2011. The game is Sunday in Arizona.The 32-year-old...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs wide receiver Albert Wilson and Titans safety Da'Norris Searcy were banged-up in the opening quarter of Friday night's preseason game.Wilson hurt his shoulder on the game's first drive, while Searcy hurt his knee later in the opening quarter. Both were questionable to return.The...