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Vikings hire ex-NFL vet Kaeding as part-time kicking coachEAGAN, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Vikings have hired nine-year NFL veteran Nate Kaeding as a part-time kicking coach.Kaeding, a two-time Pro Bowl pick with the San Diego Chargers, has begun working with Vikings specialists this spring. He's been at the...

AP Sports WriterNgata retires as a Raven; Billick also honored by teamBy DAVID GINSBURGOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) On a day designed to honor Haloti Ngata's retirement as a member of the Ravens, his former coach in Baltimore stole a portion of the limelight.Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti welcomed both...

AP Sports WriterNgata retires as a Raven; Billick also honored by teamBy DAVID GINSBURGOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) On a day designed to honor Haloti Ngata's retirement as a member of the Ravens, his former coach in Baltimore stole a portion of the limelight.Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti welcomed both...

AP Pro Football WriterIntensity of 'crazy' Gase, Williams trickles to Jets playersBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) The tempo at New York Jets practice is in midseason form.So is the intensity on the field, with guys flying around from sideline to sideline. The volume of the coaches...

AP Sports WriterLife after Le'Veon: Steelers RB trio ready to forge own pathBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The same words kept popping up as James Conner, Jaylen Samuels and Benny Snell Jr. talked. Words such as ''we'' and ''us'' and ''relationships'' and ''my guys.''No personal agendas. No campaigning for...

Vikings hire ex-NFL vet Kaeding as part-time kicking coachEAGAN, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Vikings have hired nine-year NFL veteran Nate Kaeding as a part-time kicking coach.Kaeding, a two-time Pro Bowl pick with the San Diego Chargers, has begun working with Vikings specialists this spring. He's been at the...

AP Pro Football WriterBart Starr, QB who led Packers to greatness, dies at 85By ARNIE STAPLETONBart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi and serving as the catalyst for the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America's...

AP Pro Football WriterBart Starr, QB who led Packers to greatness, dies at 85By ARNIE STAPLETONBart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi and serving as the catalyst for the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America's...

AP Pro Football WriterBart Starr, 1960s Green Bay quarterback, dies at 85By ARNIE STAPLETONBart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi and serving as the catalyst for the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America's most popular...

AP Pro Football WriterBart Starr, 1960s Green Bay quarterback, dies at 85By ARNIE STAPLETONBart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi and serving as the catalyst for the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America's most popular...

Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame quarterback Bart StarrBy The Associated PressReaction from the football world and beyond to the death of Hall of Famer Bart Starr on Sunday at age 85:---''Bart Starr was the most kind, thoughtful and classiest person you could ever know. I consider...

AP Pro Football WriterBart Starr, QB who led Packers to greatness, dies at 85By ARNIE STAPLETONBart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi on the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America's most popular sport.The quarterback's graceful...