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Dolphins' Wake ruled out of Bengals game with knee injuryDAVIE, Fla. (AP) Miami Dolphins defensive end Cameron Wake has been ruled out of Sunday's game at Cincinnati because a knee injury.Wake sat out practice this week and didn't travel with the team Saturday. The game will be the...

AP Pro Football WriterEagles got their swagger back against the GiantsBy ROB MAADDIPHILADELPHIA (AP) The champions got their swagger back.After a pair of tough losses, the Philadelphia Eagles rebounded with a dominant performance on the road against a division rival and dismissed talk of a Super Bowl hangover.Carson...

The Philadelphia Eagles have received permission to interview Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians for their head coaching vacancy, the team announced Friday. Arians led the Colts to a 9-3 record as interim head coach in place of Chuck Pagano, who was receiving...

AP Sports WriterPackers face prospect of playing without chance for playoffsBy GENARO C. ARMASGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) This will be a strange couple weeks in Titletown.The Green Bay Packers' streak of eight straight postseason appearances is over. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is done for the year after he was...

AP Sports WriterBengals' streak of defensive stinginess gets flattenedBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Coach Marvin Lewis couldn't find words to describe how his team came apart. His players had no problem picking out the adjectives.''This was pretty bad,'' defensive end Carlos Dunlap said. ''It was embarrassing to put that...

AP Sports WriterBig game: Chiefs and Mahomes vs Ravens and Jackson on MNFBy DAVID GINSBURGIt's the defending Super Bowl champions against a team that's won 14 straight regular-season games.Or, maybe it's a preview of the AFC title game - a matchup many expected to see last January. Most of...

(AP) Panthers All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey is partnering with linebacker Shaq Thompson in an effort to unite the Charlotte community through sports programs for underserved youth through the “22 Together” program. They say their goal is to use sports as a vehicle to help address the divides that...

AP Pro Football WriterBrady uncertainty overshadows other free agency optionsBy BARRY WILNERIt probably makes sense when a six-time Super Bowl champion, and a quarterback to boot, enters free agency that his every move overshadows the rest of the available players.It does get nonsensical, of course, when Tom Brady saying...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Tight end Marcedes Lewis knew his role would change after the Jacksonville Jaguars signed free agent Julius Thomas in March.Lewis' salary ended up getting modified, too.Lewis restructured the final year of his contract, taking a significant pay cut to remain in Jacksonville. Now, with the...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears signed veteran cornerback Tracy Porter to a one-year contract Monday to bolster their secondary.Heading into his eighth NFL season, Porter is best known for his clinching 74-yard interception return touchdown for New Orleans against Indianapolis in the 2010 Super Bowl.Porter played...

The Latest: Allen has most catches in player's 1st 100 gamesBy The Associated PressThe Latest on Week 14 in the NFL (all times EST):---6:45 p.m.Keenan Allen has passed Antonio Brown with the most receptions in a player's first 100 games during the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Chargers...

Associated PressSteelers' Brown, Roethlisberger seek to find their rhythmBy DAN SCIFOPITTSBURGH (AP) Antonio Brown insists he's still in sync with Ben Roethlisberger even though their numbers together are down.Roethlisberger and Brown are one of the most prolific quarterback-wide receiver tandems in NFL history, but the duo has struggled...