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Associated PressPro Bowl tries to strike balance between fun and competitionBy TERRANCE HARRISORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Like most of the players at the Pro Bowl, Richie Incognito hears the criticism.The game lacks intensity. There's not enough drama. It's not real NFL football.But Incognito, a Buffalo Bills guard, is like...

AP Pro Football WriterGaroppolo leads 49ers to historic in-season turnaroundBy JOSH DUBOWSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Jimmy Garoppolo has already helped the San Francisco 49ers make a bit of history for the NFL's best in-season turnaround.No team that ever started a season as poorly as the 49ers did with...

AP Sports WriterMiller, Broncos aim to avoid back-to-back losing seasonsBy PAT GRAHAMENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Broncos pass rusher Von Miller quickly sacked any notion that there's nothing left to play for in a season that's gone awry.Sure, the playoffs are gone. But there's winning the final two games to...

AP Sports WriterNot much going right for the Giants in first 2 gamesBy TOM CANAVANEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The only thing going right for the New York Giants these days might be the standings after two games.The offense has scored 13 points total. The defense that carried the...

Packers bring back WR Max McCaffrey to practice squadGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The Green Bay Packers have signed receiver Max McCaffrey to the practice squad and released offensive lineman Don Barclay from injured reserve.It is McCaffrey's second stint with the organization after being released after training camp. He...

Associated PressSteelers close to team mark for sacks in a seasonBy DAN SCIFOPITTSBURGH (AP) Improved coverage in the Pittsburgh Steelers' secondary has allowed the defense an opportunity to make team history.The Steelers have 50 sacks, which is five from the franchise record entering Sunday's regular-season finale against Cleveland.''If...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Montee Ball is confident his current comeback will turn out just like the last one.As a sophomore at Wisconsin in 2010, Ball leapfrogged John Clay and James White on an October afternoon at Iowa and scored the winning TD in the closing minutes of a...

AP Pro Football WriterVikings put LB Gedeon on PUP; 9 draft picks on active rosterBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Vikings placed linebacker Ben Gedeon on the physically unable to perform list Saturday as part of their paring the roster down for the regular season.Gedeon, a fourth-year player...

Associated PressDrug charge to be dropped against Patriots safety ChungBy KATHY McCORMACKCONCORD, N.H. (AP) A cocaine possession charge against New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung will be dropped with the understanding that he will undergo periodic drug testing and perform 40 hours of community service, a prosecutor said...

AP Sports WriterSoaring Ravens can't afford letdown against lowly JaguarsBy DAVID GINSBURGThe Baltimore Ravens left Cleveland on Monday night riding a wave of emotion following a thrilling victory that greatly enhanced their playoff hopes.The Ravens would love to savor the memory of Lamar Jackson coming off the bench to...

NFL will have 58 prospects participating remotely in draftNEW YORK (AP) Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow and Ohio State edge rusher Chase Young are among 58 prospects who will participate remotely in the NFL draft in two weeks that will double as a telethon to raise money to...

Associated Press87 protesters arrested at Kentucky attorney general's homeBy REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER and DYLAN LOVANLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Eighty-seven demonstrators who gathered at the home of Kentucky’s attorney general to demand justice for Breonna Taylor have been arrested and charged with a felony for trying to “intimidate” the prosecutor,...