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OXNARD, Calif. (AP) Dallas Cowboys defensive end Robert Quinn has been suspended for the first two games of the regular season for violating the NFL's ban on performance enhancers. Quinn was acquired in a trade with Miami in the offseason. The league said Thursday the ninth-year player is eligible to...

Jay Berwanger won the inaugural Heisman Trophy in 1935 for the University of Chicago and became the No. 1 player taken in the first NFL draft a few months later. He chose to work at a rubber company and be a part-time coach for his alma mater rather than try...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) They were badly burned by the ''Nola no-call,'' but the New Orleans Saints have joined the NFL in opposing a fan's lawsuit seeking damages over the missed penalty that helped the Los Angeles Rams beat the Saints in a January playoff game and move on to...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Latest on a lawsuit seeking damages over officials failure to call a crucial penalty during a January NFL playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints (all times local): 12:05 p.m. An attorney suing the NFL over the failure to call a crucial...

CLEVELAND (AP) Duke Johnson got his wish, and the Browns got more than expected for him. Cleveland traded the disgruntled running back to the Houston Texans on Thursday for an undisclosed 2020 draft pick. A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press that the Browns are getting a...

CLEVELAND (AP) Baker Mayfield's got his hands on another cold beverage. He's not chugging this one. The Browns' star quarterback, who further endeared himself to Cleveland's fervent football fans by biting into a beer can last weekend and gulping it down while attending an Indians game, has added sports drink...

AP Pro Football WriterAP source: Raiders OL Jackson out 8 weeks with knee injuryBy JOSH DUBOWNAPA, Calif. (AP) Oakland Raiders starting right guard Gabe Jackson will be sidelined about eight weeks after injuring his left knee during Thursday's joint practice with the Los Angeles Rams.A person familiar with...

BALTIMORE (AP) There might come a time when Lamar Jackson will have earned the right to sit out the preseason opener and watch the backups try to earn a job in the NFL. For now, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner needs the work. Jackson directed two scoring drives in three possessions...

Associated PressVikings dealing with injuries going into preseason openerBy BRIAN HALLEAGAN, Minn. (AP) Acclimating to a new offense, the Minnesota Vikings are likely to be without at least one offensive starter in their preseason opener at New Orleans on Friday night.Second-year right tackle Brian O'Neill has missed the...

Associated PressGoff happy with Rams' work in joint practice with RaidersBy MICHAEL WAGAMANNAPA, Calif. (AP) Jared Goff hoped the Los Angeles Rams would be much crisper in their first joint practice with the Oakland Raiders than they were last week against the Chargers.A broken play capped by Goff's...

Cowboys donating $50,000 to victims in El Paso shootingOXNARD, Calif. (AP) The Dallas Cowboys are donating $50,000 to a fund for victims of the mass shooting that killed 22 people and left about two dozen others injured in El Paso, Texas.The team said Wednesday the NFL Foundation was...

Former Broncos wide receiver Jack Dolbin Jr. dead at 70DENVER (AP) Jack Dolbin Jr., a wide receiver who was on the Denver Broncos' first Super Bowl team in 1977, had died at age 70.Dolbin, who became a chiropractor, educator and lecturer after football, died Thursday at Lehigh Valley...