NFL

Feb. 1 - Super Bowl, Glendale, Ariz.Feb. 16 - First day for teams to designate franchise or transition players.Feb. 17-23 - NFL combine, Indianapolis.March 2 - Final day to designate franchise or transition players.March 10 - All teams must be under the 2015 salary cap; all 2014 player contracts...

Feb. 16 - First day for teams to designate franchise or transition players.Feb. 17-23 - NFL combine, Indianapolis.March 2 - Final day to designate franchise or transition players.March 10 - All teams must be under the 2015 salary cap; all 2014 player contracts expire; free agency begins.March 19 -...

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...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - There are a lot of questions about the New York Giants' defense heading into Steve Spagnuolo's second stint as coordinator and none is more pressing than the safety spots.The Giants have gone from a veteran group that struggled last season to the young and...

AP Sports WriterJets' Marshall serving up healthy - and a bit strange - menuBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.NEW YORK (AP) Brandon Marshall is serving up some rather interesting, if maybe not particularly palatable, food combinations for his offseason diet.The New York Jets star wide receiver is trying to lose...

ASHBURN, Va. -- Robert Griffin III was ready to return a week ago. Jay Gruden was close to putting him back in the lineup. Then they decided to wait one more week. Maybe it wasn't a direct nod to Griffin's injury past, but the Redskins didn't want to put him...

BOSTON (AP) - Former New England Patriots player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez is facing another criminal charge: witness intimidation, prosecutors said Monday.Hernandez was convicted last month of killing Odin Lloyd, who was dating his fiancee's sister, in June 2013. He also faces two counts of murder in Boston,...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - It's back to the waiting game for Tom Brady.After making his case in a 10-hour hearing, Brady's fate is in the hands of Roger Goodell. Just when the NFL commissioner will announce his decision to uphold, reduce or eliminate Brady's four-game suspension in ''Deflategate'' is...

Bills promote CB Roberson from practice squadBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills have promoted cornerback Marcus Roberson from the practice squad to the 53-man roster., the team announced Saturday.The Bills had open roster spots after releasing wide receiver Ed Eagen and tight end Manasseh Garner on Friday. The...

AP Sports WriterBrowns wondering when streak will end after falling to 0-8By WILL GRAVESCLEVELAND (AP) There's a light in the Cleveland Browns' locker room at FirstEnergy Stadium that splashes the phrase ''Expect to Win'' on the carpet for all the players and staff to see.The sign doesn't mention...

AP Sports WriterAP Power Rankings: Cowboys keep No. 1 spotBy SIMMI BUTTARNEW YORK (AP) Dak Prescott and the surging Dallas Cowboys keep on rolling.The Cowboys have won a franchise regular-season record nine games in a row and host the rival Redskins on Thanksgiving Day in a key NFC...

LAS VEGAS (AP) A Nevada judge sentenced former NFL star Darren Sharper on Thursday to as many as eight years in prison for attempted sexual assault in Las Vegas as part of a four-state plea deal that could keep him behind bars for nearly two decades. Sharper was ordered to...