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AP Sports WriterBrowns hire former 49ers assistant Woods to lead defenseBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) New Browns coach Kevin Stefanski has hired former San Francisco 49ers secondary coach Joe Woods as his defensive coordinator.The addition of Woods to Stefanski's staff has been rumored for weeks, but Cleveland couldn't formally...

AP Pro Football WriterRaiders cut Antonio Brown before he ever plays for teamBy JOSH DUBOWALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Antonio Brown provided 837 catches and four All-Pro performances before wearing out his welcome after nine seasons in Pittsburgh. He did the same in Oakland before even playing a game for...

AP Pro Football WriterMcCarthy prepping for Cowboys job from old home of Green BayBy SCHUYLER DIXONMike McCarthy has spent most of his first offseason as coach of the Dallas Cowboys at home in Green Bay.He's also leaning on the experience of 13 years leading the Packers to help figure...

AP College Football WriterNFL at 100: How college football became the pipeline to NFLBy RALPH D. RUSSOJay Berwanger won the inaugural Heisman Trophy in 1935 for the University of Chicago and became the No. 1 player taken in the first NFL draft a few months later.He chose to work...

AP Pro Football WriterNFL planning to allow social justice decals on helmetsBy BARRY WILNERThe NFL is planning to allow players to have decals on the back of their helmets bearing names of victims of systemic racism and police violence.The league has been in talks with individual players and their...

Justice Department gives up Washington Redskins name fightWASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department is giving up the legal fight over the name of the Washington Redskins.In a letter to a federal appeals court, the department said last week's Supreme Court decision in favor of an Asian-American band calling itself...

AP Sports WriterChiefs' Hill completes year-long reclamation of himselfBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The steady stream of nurses filing out of St. Luke's Hospital for close to an hour was finally slowing down, which was altogether fortunate, because the young man with thighs like tree trunks was...

49ers claim McKinley off waivers, place Kinlaw on COVID listSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers have claimed defensive lineman Takk McKinley off waivers from the Cincinnati Bengals.The team also placed defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw on the COVID-19 list Wednesday. Defensive lineman Arik Armstead went on the...

Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens were turning the Super Bowl into a rout when, without even a flicker of warning, the power went off. When the game resumed 34 minutes later, the San Francisco 49ers were the ones playing lights out. Instead of a blowout, the blackout turned the big...

AP Pro Football WriterBroncos defensive end Wolfe injuries right leg during drillsBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Denver Broncos' battered defensive line took another huge hit Saturday when Derek Wolfe was carted off the field after injuring his right leg on the second snap of team drills.There was...

AP Pro Football WriterSanders, Lindsay shine, Davis hurt at Broncos camp openerBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Emmanuel Sanders and Phillip Lindsay provided the good vibes at Vic Fangio's first training camp practice in Denver before linebacker Todd Davis was carted off with a right lower leg injury in...

AP Pro Football WriterDefensive additions fail to make early impact for RaidersBy JOSH DUBOWThe Las Vegas Raiders set out to bolster the middle of their defense this offseason by adding a penetrating defensive tackle in Maliek Collins and a versatile linebacker in Cory Littleton.Through three games, the return on...