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Packers CEO says team shouldn't have to 'stick to sports'GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy takes issue with the notion that the team should ''stick to sports'' and discusses the team's plans for addressing social justice concerns in a video posted on the team's...

AP Sports WriterBrowns finally practicing for playoffs after COVID-19 delaysBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) The Browns can finally practice for the playoffs.The team was granted permission Friday by the NFL to resume normal activities - by 2021 standards - at its training facility, which has been closed since Tuesday...

Saints receiver Thomas a late addition to injury reportMETAIRIE, La. (AP) The New Orleans Saints have added leading receiver Michael Thomas to their injury report in advance of Sunday's game against Atlanta.The club says Thomas, whose status was updated Saturday, has a hamstring injury. He is questionable for...

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco insisted there's more significance to his new six-year, $120.6 million deal than becoming the NFL's highest-paid player. "It wasn't necessarily about the money. It was, at that point, about earning that respect and feeling like I was respected around here," Flacco said Monday just minutes...

Associated PressRams rookies Smart, Price excited to learn from Aaron DonaldBy DAN GREENSPANTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) Tanzel Smart and Ejuan Price share the same admiration for Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald. However, that respect was built from different vantage points.Price was a college teammate of Donald's...

Charge against NFL player Michael Bennett dropped in TexasHOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors in Texas said Wednesday they are dismissing a felony charge against NFL defensive end Michael Bennett, who was accused of pushing the arm of a paraplegic security guard while trying to get onto the field after the...

Dolphins sign Cameron Wake to 2-year contract extensionDAVIE, Fla. (AP) The Miami Dolphins have signed defensive end Cameron Wake to a two-year contract extension.The 35-year-old Wake is coming off a Pro Bowl season, one year removed from an Achilles injury. He had 11.5 sacks, five forced fumbles and...

AP Sports WriterBrowns' Callaway suspended 4 games by NFL for drug violationBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Browns wide receiver Antonio Callaway has stepped out of bounds again.The NFL suspended Callaway four games without pay on Friday for an unspecified violation of the league's policy and program on substance abuse....

The St. Louis Rams look to take advantage of a rare favorable matchup when they host lowly Jacksonville on Sunday. The Rams are coming off their third straight loss, but two were on the road at Atlanta and Dallas and the other was at home against a hungry San...

AP Sports WriterSeahawks GM downplays chances of Richard Sherman tradeBy TIM BOOTHRENTON, Wash. (AP) As has often been the case for the past month, Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider had to address the latest Monday about star cornerback Richard Sherman and his future.From Schneider's position, nothing the...

AP Pro Football WriterAldon Smith says he's better man, seeks revival with CowboysBy SCHUYLER DIXONDallas Cowboys defensive end Aldon Smith had already been suspended from the NFL several years when his ailing grandmother implored him to change his life before she died of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease.That conversation,...

Associated PressWidow disgusted by Indiana immigration ad featuring husbandBy BRIAN SLODYSKOINDIANAPOLIS (AP) The widow of an Uber driver killed in a suspected drunken driving crash by a person in the U.S. illegally says a new political ad featuring her deceased husband has ''devastated'' the family.Deb Monroe tells The...