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AP Pro Football WriterChiefs, Mahomes agree to 10-year, $503 million extensionBy ROB MAADDIThe Kansas City Chiefs made sure they'll have Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes around as long as possible.Mahomes agreed to a 10-year extension worth up to $503 million, according to his agency, Steinberg Sports. The deal is...

AP Pro Football WriterTitans coach deciding whether to bench Mariota for TannehillBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel is taking some time before deciding if Marcus Mariota remains his starter or the time has arrived to turn the Titans over to backup quarterback Ryan Tannehill.This...

AP Sports WriterWashington's NFL team drops 'Redskins' name after 87 yearsBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it is dropping the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo, bowing to recent pressure from sponsors and decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.A new...

AP Sports WriterPatriots in driver's seat, Bills facing must win in finaleBy KYLE HIGHTOWERFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) With one game left in the regular season, the New England Patriots are exactly where they want to be.Gone are most of the questions that dogged the defending Super Bowl champions after...

McFadden's relatives among injured in Little Rock shootingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden says his relatives were among the 28 people injured in a shooting at a Little Rock nightclub last week.The Little Rock native and two-time Heisman Trophy runner-up said in a statement...

AP Sports WriterCardinals' Peterson suspended 6 games for PED violationBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona Cardinals All-Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson has been suspended for the first six games of the 2019 season for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy.The NFL did not specify Thursday which illegal substance Peterson...

AP Sports WriterKC uses 5th-year option on Mahomes, works on long-term dealBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs insist Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes will play for them for the foreseeable future.At least for now, that includes the 2021 season.The Chiefs exercised their fifth-year option...

AP Sports WriterChargers QB Rivers will enter free agency after 16 seasonsBy JOE REEDYCOSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) Philip Rivers' 16-year career with the Chargers has come to an end.The franchise announced Monday that Rivers will enter free agency and not return for the upcoming season. General manager Tom...

The Philadelphia Eagles will ask cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha to restructure his contract or they will release him, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The two sides are meeting Friday in Indianapolis at the scouting combine. Asomugha, 31, is scheduled to make $15 million, $4 million of which is...

AP Sports WriterWhat now? Slumping Steelers searching for answersBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Mike Tomlin, to borrow a phrase, trusts the process. So does Ben Roethlisberger and everyone else on the Pittsburgh Steelers.Yet trusting the reeling AFC North leaders will get things turned around following a third straight loss...

Football patriarch Clay Matthews Sr. diesSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Former San Francisco 49ers lineman Clay Matthews Sr., who was the patriarch of a famous football family, has died. He was 88.The 49ers said Matthews died Thursday. He had been dealing with a long illness.Matthews was a two-way player...

AP Sports WriterCardinals’ Josh Shaw suspended for betting on NFL gamesBy DAVID BRANDTArizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended through at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on NFL games on multiple occasions this season, the first time in more than 35 years a player...