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AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Raiders in Sin City? You can bet on itBy TIM DAHLBERGLAS VEGAS (AP) A town built on losers is about to become a big winner in the NFL relocation sweepstakes.And Sundays in Sin City may never be the same.What seemed unimaginable to most just a...

Saints' Ellerbe, Armstead questionable vs. SeattleMETAIRIE, La. (AP) New Orleans Saints linebacker Dannell Ellerbe has been listed as questionable for Sunday's game against Seattle, leaving open the possibility that he'll play for the first time since injuring his quadriceps during preseason.Left tackle Terron Armstead, who returned from a...

Free agent LB Jarvis Jones signs with CardinalsTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Free agent linebacker Jarvis Jones signed Tuesday with the Arizona Cardinals.A first-round draft choice in 2013 out of Georgia, Jones spent his first four years in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but never made a big impact....

AP Sports WriterRyan sticks with QB Taylor; focuses on Bills facing BrownsBy JOHN WAWROWORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) Tyrod Taylor remains the Bills starter, and coach Rex Ryan is focused solely on winning Buffalo's final three games, starting with the winless Cleveland Browns this weekend.The one thing Ryan says...

AP Sports WriterAnother step in Jets purge: WR Decker releasedBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.NEW YORK (AP) The New York Jets have released wide receiver Eric Decker, six days after saying they would do so if they couldn't work out a trade.The announcement Monday officially ends Decker's tenure with the...

NFL CalendarBy Associated PressMarch 26-29 - Annual league meeting, Phoenix.April 21 - Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets.April 26 - Deadline for prior club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.April 27-29 - NFL draft, Philadelphia.May 22-24 - Spring owners meetings, Chicago.Aug. 3...

AP Legal Affairs WriterEx-NFL star Hernandez, serving life, acquitted in 2 slayingsBy DENISE LAVOIEBOSTON (AP) Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who is already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted Friday in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a spilled...

Prosecutors appeal Hernandez's voided murder convictionBOSTON (AP) Massachusetts prosecutors on Friday appealed a court ruling that erased former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction in the 2013 killing of a semi-professional football player.Hernandez's conviction in the fatal shooting of Odin Lloyd was voided after the former New England...

Panthers use franchise tag on DT Short; re-sign DE HortonCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Panthers have applied the non-exclusive franchise tag to defensive tackle Kawann Short and re-signed defensive end Wes Horton to a two-year contract.Short would make an estimated $14.77 million if he signs the one-year tender.A four-year...

Chip Kelly: 49ers need to keep fighting amid losing streakSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Chip Kelly is facing the unenviable task of getting his team ready for its next game to stop the worst losing streak in franchise history.Kelly's 49ers have lost 12 straight , with the last two...

Redskins hire Torrian Gray from U of Florida as DBs coachASHBURN, Va. (AP) Torrian Gray is the new defensive backs coach for the Washington Redskins.The team announced his hiring on Wednesday.Gray spent last season as the University of Florida's defensive backs coach; the school announced last week that...

AP Pro Football WriterBroncos trade for Patriots backup tight end DerbyBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Denver Broncos traded a 2017 fifth-round pick to the rival New England Patriots in exchange for tight end A.J. Derby.To make room, they released veteran safety Shiloh Keo for the second time...