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PITTSBURGH (AP) Former Pro Bowl linebacker and current Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter was charged early Monday with assaulting a doorman at a bar and a police officer who intervened hours after the team's wild card win over the Miami Dolphins. The altercation happened at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday,...

St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford limped out of Saturday night's 33-14 preseason win against the Cleveland Browns with 8:19 to go in the first quarter after suffering a left knee injury. After the game, Rams coach Jeff Fisher said more tests would be needed when the team returns to...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is active for Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game against the Carolina Panthers.It will be Lynch's first game in more than two months. He was injured in Seattle's 39-32 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Nov. 15. The Seahawks have...

The Oakland Raiders have named rookie Derek Carr their starting quarterback, the team's 18th different starting signal caller since 2003. Carr will get the nod over veteran Matt Schaub, who is playing his first season in Oakland after spending the past seven seasons starting for the Houston Texans. "Not an indictment...

NEW YORK (AP) Odell Beckham Jr. was fined $12,154 for verbal abuse/excessive profanity toward an official following the Giants' 24-14 loss at Pittsburgh last weekend. The fine wasn't related to Beckham's postgame comments to reporters when he described an unsettling exchange with one official, complained about several non-calls and suggested...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) To no one's surprise, Josh Norman is sticking to his style, on and off the field. The Washington Redskins cornerback is not about to let the NFL's fines or officials' yellow flags deter him from doing what he does, whether it's speaking his mind about what he...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) Tony Romo has been listed as a full practice participant for the first time since the Dallas quarterback broke a bone in his back in a preseason game in August. The 36-year-old Romo ran with the scout team in practice Wednesday. Rookie Dak Prescott remains the starter...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Andrew Luck will be back under center for the Indianapolis Colts - and it's on his offensive line to help keep him there. The star quarterback is coming off a concussion that sidelined him for one game, but he was cleared Saturday to play Monday night...

HARVEY, La. (AP) The Louisiana man who fatally shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute was jailed on a manslaughter charge as a sheriff angrily defended the investigation Tuesday, saying authorities ''strategically'' waited for days to make the arrest because they needed to find independent witnesses. Ronald...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The Green Bay Packers are going through arguably one of the most challenging periods of coach Mike McCarthy's tenure. They've lost three straight games to fall under .500 . The defense has crumbled. Injuries are mounting on the line in the pass-heavy offense. McCarthy vowed Monday that...

Several black celebrities, including rap mogul Kanye West, met Tuesday with Donald Trump to talk about issues facing inner-city African-Americans. Trump met with West, former NFL linebacker Ray Lewis and NFL icon and civil rights leader Jim Brown at Trump Tower in New York City. West did not comment but posed...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The San Francisco 49ers have fallen to a new level of failure and futility, a laughingstock of the league. Among the worst they've ever been when all that winning from just a few years back is still so fresh. Oh, and the Oakland Raiders are running through...