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AP Pro Football WriterGaroppolo takes lessons from Brady into 1st Super Bowl startBy JOSH DUBOWMIAMI (AP) Jimmy Garoppolo had a front-row seat in the best classroom on the best way to prepare for being a starting quarterback in the Super Bowl.After watching Tom Brady prepare for two Super...

Panthers retain Blackburn as special teams coordinatorCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Panthers are bringing back Chase Blackburn as their special teams coordinator.Blackburn spent the last two seasons in the same role under former head coach Ron Rivera, but was on an expiring contract.Blackburn has some history with new Panthers...

AP Pro Football WriterGaroppolo takes lessons from Brady into 1st Super Bowl startBy JOSH DUBOWMIAMI (AP) Jimmy Garoppolo had a front-row seat in the best classroom on the best way to prepare for being a starting quarterback in the Super Bowl.After watching Tom Brady prepare for two Super...

AP Sports WriterTexans give coach O'Brien GM title, too; promote EasterbyBy KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) The Houston Texans have added general manager to Bill O’Brien’s title, a role the coach has been filling since the firing of Brian Gaine in June.The team announced the move Tuesday and also said...

Associated PressThe most VIP Super Bowl weekend costs $1.5M, includes butlerBy KELLI KENNEDYMIAMI (AP) Private jet service, a personal butler, or how about a meal with former Patriots star Rob Gronkowski to top off Super Bowl weekend? From legendary nightclubs to exclusive parties, no place caters to the...

AP Pro Football WriterBroncos hire Mike Shula as new quarterbacks coachBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Denver Broncos completed their U-turn on offense Tuesday by hiring veteran NFL assistant Mike Shula as their quarterbacks coach.Shula and new offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur bring more than four decades of combined...

Associated PressAP analysis: NFL teams lost over $500M to injuries in 2019By TERESA M. WALKER and LARRY FENNNFL teams paid more than a half-billion dollars to Week 1 starters who missed games because of injuries this season and players who ended the year on injured reserve, according to an...

Judge frees NFL star Antonio Brown from house arrestFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) A Florida judge freed NFL free agent Antonio Brown from house arrest Tuesday, allowing him to travel freely as he awaits trial on charges that he attacked the driver of a moving truck.Circuit Judge Michael Usan...

NFL dealing with social media hackers during Super Bowl weekBy The Associated PressMIAMI (AP) The NFL has been dealing with hackers, not someone trying to peak into the league's records or team playbooks.The hackers apparently attacked social media accounts for the league and the AFC champion Kansas City...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Super Bowl streak ends at age 89 for IzenbergBy TIM DAHLBERGMIAMI (AP) Jerry Izenberg can still write, as anyone who reads his columns in the Star-Ledger in New Jersey knows. Just the other day he wrote a good one about an aging sports writer who...

AP Pro Football WriterStaley's patience pays off with 49ers trip to Super BowlBy JOSH DUBOWSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) When the San Francisco 49ers were mired in a two-win season back in 2016 and headed to a third straight offseason with a coaching change, Joe Staley wondered if it...

AP Sports WriterAP Source: Browns agree to bring back Andrew Berry as new GMBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Andrew Berry is coming back to the Browns. This time as the boss.Berry, who left Cleveland's front office last year to work in Philadelphia, agreed Monday to become the Browns' new...