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Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro questionable with knee injury.LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) The Chicago Bears thought their kicking problems had finally ended when Eddy Pineiro made a 53-yard field goal to beat Denver last week.No such luck.Pineiro will go into Monday night's game in Washington questionable on the injury...

AP Sports WriterBrowns place LB Christian Kirksey on injured reserveBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Browns linebacker Christian Kirksey has been placed on injured reserve after suffering a chest injury against the Jets.The team made the move with one of its captains on Saturday. Kirskey will miss at least eight...

AP Pro Football WriterNFL's 1st decade was the 1920s, when teams came and wentBy BARRY WILNERA look at the NFL's first decade, the 1920s:FRANCHISES: The first season, 1920, the American Professional Football Association had 14 teams, including two Tigers (Cleveland and Chicago). The Akron Pros, Decatur Staleys (later the...

AP Pro Football WriterRavens-Chiefs more than big defense vs big offenseBy BARRY WILNEROnce, the Ravens at Chiefs would have been looked at as one of those old-fashioned strong defense vs. dangerous offense matchups.You know: ''Here's what we do, try to stop us'' against ''Here's what we do, try to...

AP Pro Football WriterBert Bell was more than the father of the NFL draftBy BARRY WILNERNEW YORK (AP) Bert Bell was not the first NFL commissioner. He was, however, the first to make a major impact on pro football.To call Bell the father of the NFL draft would...

AP Sports WriterCollinsworth calling Browns, harkens back to early yearsBy JOE REEDYCris Collinsworth will get to experience a rarity this week. He gets to call a Browns game when NBC's ''Sunday Night Football'' travels to Cleveland for the first time since 2008.When he was starting out as an analyst,...

Associated PressBrowns could be without starting secondary against RamsBy BRIAN DULIKBEREA, Ohio (AP) The Cleveland Browns could be without six defensive starters, including their entire secondary, when they host the defending NFC champion Los Angeles Rams.Safety Damarious Randall (concussion) and linebacker Christian Kirksey (chest) were formally declared out...

AP Sports WriterPatriots release Antonio Brown after another accusationBy JIMMY GOLENFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Antonio Brown was released by the Patriots on Friday after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct. New England is the third team in seven months to tire of the off-field behavior that has...

AP Pro Football WriterArt Rooney II remembers NFL's greatest playBy BARRY WILNERPart of the lore emanating from the Immaculate Reception is built around Steelers founder Art Rooney heading down to the locker room and missing the greatest play in NFL history.His grandson and namesake, Art II, got to see...

AP Sports WriterFormer college teammates face off when Cards host PanthersBy DAVID BRANDTGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona's Kyler Murray and Carolina's Kyle Allen will be competing for the spotlight when the two teams face each other Sunday in Week 3.In some ways, it's just like old times for the...

QB Rosen says he'll try to provide spark Dolphins badly needDAVIE, Fla. (AP) Josh Rosen believes his aggressive playing style will help him give the Miami Dolphins the lift they badly need.Rosen will make his first start at quarterback for Miami on Sunday at Dallas, and he takes...

AP Sports WriterCollinsworth calling Browns, harkens back to early yearsBy JOE REEDYCris Collinsworth will get to experience a rarity this week. He gets to call a Browns game when NBC's ''Sunday Night Football'' travels to Cleveland for the first time since 2008.When he was starting out as an analyst,...