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AP Sports WriterBelichick mum on plans for QB position as camp nearsBy KYLE HIGHTOWERBOSTON (AP) Like all NFL teams, the Patriots face a variety of unknowns heading into a 2020 season in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.So it's no surprise Bill Belichick is being coy about his...

Skins coach Jay Gruden still not saying who’ll start at QBASHBURN, Va. (AP) Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden still is not ready to say who will start at quarterback against the New England Patriots.Gruden said after practice Thursday that he is ''getting closer" to deciding on a QB...

AP Sports WriterBelichick says he was unaware of filming at Bengals' gameBy KYLE HIGHTOWERFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says neither he nor his coaching staff has watched any video footage shot by an in-house production team now at the center of an NFL investigation...

Coach: Fitzgerald says he'll be back for 2018 seasonPHOENIX (AP) New Arizona coach Steve Wilks says Cardinals standout wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has told him he'll return for a 15th NFL season.Wilks made the comment Thursday in an interview on the ''Doug &Wolf'' sports talk radio show. Wilks...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles aren't going to the playoffs for the first time since Doug Pederson's first season as coach in 2016 and he's confident he'll stick around to get them back to the postseason. The Eagles (4-10-1) were the first team eliminated in the woeful NFC East, which...

AP Pro Football WriterBroncos bad on quick change, allowing TDs on 4 turnoversBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Denver Broncos are 2-0 for the fifth consecutive season, but there's one big area of concern: they've had four turnovers in their own territory that led to four touchdowns.Philip Rivers...

AP Sports WriterSeahawks get Diggs back, expect Clowney to play vs. EaglesBy TIM BOOTHRENTON, Wash. (AP) The Seattle Seahawks defense will get a big boost as both safety Quandre Diggs and defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will play in the opening round of the playoffs on Sunday against the...

AP Pro Football WriterNFL, players move closer to new CBA, but deal not done yetBy DAVE CAMPBELLThe NFL and its players have moved closer to a new collective bargaining agreement and the next decade of labor peace that would come with it.If the process is at first-and-goal now, though,...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: New England's Odd Couple writes a post-Brady scriptBy PAUL NEWBERRYThe Hoodie and the Fedora.Talk about an Odd Couple.Yet, much like Felix and Oscar, we have a feeling that Bill Belichick and Cam Newton will come to a detente that tests their comfort levels but serves them...

AP Pro Football Writer49ers doomed by another close lossBy JOSH DUBOWSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Allowing a rookie quarterback to lead two fourth-quarter touchdown drives and then botching a snap to cost a team a chance to get into range for a game-tying field goal might seem a bit...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - The first defense witness in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is a doctor who says PCP can cause people to be suddenly violent, even days after smoking it.Hernandez's attorneys on Monday focused on the drug, which Hernandez's two...

Ifedi docked $24K, one of several Seahawks fined by NFLBy The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman Germain Ifedi has been fined $24,309 by the NFL for verbal abuse of a game official last Sunday.Ifedi was just one of several members of the Seahawks docked Friday...