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AP Pro Football WriterVikings, Thielen agree to 4-year, $64M extensionBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Vikings and wide receiver Adam Thielen have agreed in principle to a four-year contract extension valued at $64 million.The Vikings announced the deal Friday. Thielen's agency, The Institute for Athletes, posted the terms...

AP Sports WriterRedskins' Foster fined, not suspended, after NFL reviewBy STEPHEN WHYNOASHBURN, Va. (AP) Reuben Foster has been fined two game checks and reinstated to the Washington Redskins' active roster after an NFL investigation into an incident of domestic violence found he did not violate the league's personal...

AP Sports WriterRedskins' Foster fined, not suspended, after NFL reviewBy STEPHEN WHYNOASHBURN, Va. (AP) Reuben Foster has been fined two game checks and reinstated to the Washington Redskins' active roster after an NFL investigation into an incident of domestic violence found he did not violate the league's personal...

AP Sports WriterAfter trading Beckham, Giants made sure Shepard staysBy TOM CANAVANEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) After shipping superstar wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns in a stunning trade, the New York Giants made sure Eli Manning had his second-favorite target locked up for years to...

Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Walter White has diedKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs say former tight end Walter White has died.White was 67. The team said White's family said he died Wednesday of complications from pancreatic cancer.He played his entire five-season pro career with...

Lawyer: Video of sex act invades Robert Kraft's privacyWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) An attorney for Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Friday that the public release of video evidence in the prostitution solicitation case against him would invade his privacy and jeopardize his right to a fair trial.William...

AP Sports WriterAfter trading Beckham, Giants made sure Shepard staysBy TOM CANAVANEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants have signed wide receiver Sterling Shepard to a four-year contract extension.The Giants announced the signing Friday just a month after general manager Dave Gettleman stunned many by trading offensive...

AP Pro Football WriterForrest Gregg, lineman for mighty Packers teams, dies at 85By ARNIE STAPLETONCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Forrest Gregg, the great Hall of Fame lineman for the mighty Green Bay Packers of the 1960s that Vince Lombardi called the ''finest player I ever coached,'' died Friday at...

Lawyer: Video of sex act invades Robert Kraft's privacyWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) An attorney for Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Friday that the public release of video evidence in the prostitution solicitation case against him would invade his privacy and jeopardize his right to a fair trial.William...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma QB Jalen Hurts taking changes in strideBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) New Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts learned at a basketball game just how much Sooners fans already had embraced him.The week Oklahoma announced that Hurts was transferring from Alabama, he was watching halftime festivities during...

Peyton Manning headlines Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame classNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Five-time NFL most valuable player and two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning headlines the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame's latest induction class.The Hall of Fame announced its nine-member 2019 class Thursday.The class also features George Taliaferro,...

Children confirm deaths of Minnesota businessman, wifeORONO, Minn. (AP) The children of a one-time part owner of the Minnesota Vikings and his wife have asked for privacy while they grieve their parents' deaths.Irwin and Alexandra Jacobs' children confirmed their parents' deaths in a short statement issued Wednesday through...