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Ravens sign veteran WR Michael FloydOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) The Baltimore Ravens have signed veteran wide receiver Michael Floyd, who will provide another target for quarterback Lamar Jackson.Floyd caught 10 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown in 2018, his only year with the Washington Redskins.The 29-year-old Floyd...

Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens were turning the Super Bowl into a rout when, without even a flicker of warning, the power went off. When the game resumed 34 minutes later, the San Francisco 49ers were the ones playing lights out. Instead of a blowout, the blackout turned the big...

Former Seahawks, LA Rams coach Chuck Knox dies at 86SEATTLE (AP) Chuck Knox, the veteran NFL coach who led the Seattle Seahawks for nine years and took the Los Angeles Rams to three straight NFC championship games, has died. He was 86.Knox died Saturday evening, the Seahawks confirmed...

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers meet at Lambeau Field. Detroit at Green Bay When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, December 28, 2014 Where: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin TV: 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX. LINE: Packers -7½. O/U: 48 PREDICTION: Packers...

AP Pro Football WriterTitans have NFL's first COVID-19 outbreak: 8 positive testsBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Tennessee Titans suspended in-person activities through Friday after the NFL says three Titans players and five personnel tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first COVID-19 outbreak of the NFL...

Mike Tomlin not worried about WR Bryant being a distractionPITTSBURGH (AP) Mike Tomlin isn't worried about Martavis Bryant's state of mind. Last the Pittsburgh Steelers coach checked, his mercurial wide receiver was too busy catching two passes and helping out in the run game during a potentially season-turning...

AP Sports WriterNFL confident of memorable Super Bowl at Inglewood stadiumBy GREG BEACHAMINGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) The NFL committed the 2022 Super Bowl to the Los Angeles area back when the 298-acre stadium complex in Inglewood was still mostly a waterlogged hole in the ground.That hole has long since...

AP Pro Football WriterNorth Texas forecast: Drafty. And no one knows what's nextBy BARRY WILNERARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Anyone who thinks the draft pundits and even some team general managers have no clue what will happen in Thursday's opening round of the draft should talk to the guys...

AP Sports WriterLA Rams thriving on defense despite personnel upheavalBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Rams are heading into the second half of the season missing more than half of the starters from last year's Super Bowl defense, including their entire secondary.Change has arrived quickly for...

Colts will put Polian in Ring of Honor during Jaguars gameINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian will become the 13th member of the Indianapolis Colts' Ring of Honor during a Jan. 1 game against Jacksonville.He was the architect of the most successful era in the franchise's...

AP Sports WriterDiscipline starts fallout for cringe-worthy Steelers-BengalsBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Two players carted off, two others suspended, many fines to follow. One of the NFL's nastiest rivalries set new lows in prime time, forcing fans to avert their eyes.What's to be done about this long-running animosity between...

AP Pro Football WriterBroncos' Marshall might revive national anthem protestsBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall was prepared to focus solely on football this season. Yet, after the recent racially charged conflict in Charlottesville, Virginia, he said he's considering reviving his take-a-knee protest during the national...