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AP Sports WriterBrowns OL Stephenson suspended 2 games for drug violationBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Donald Stephenson has been suspended two games without pay by the NFL for violating its substance-abuse policy.The league announced the suspension Friday, clearing up speculation about the tackle's whereabouts after...

Former NFL communications director Liu wins PFWA awardNEW YORK (AP) Randall Liu, the former NFL director of football communications, has won the Jack Horrigan Award from the Professional Football Writers of America.Liu, who employed by the NFL for 18 years and recently joined CBS Sports, is the eighth...

AP Sports WriterJets D-coordinator Rodgers enjoying rare chance to coach sonBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) At the training facility, Kacy Rodgers is the New York Jets' defensive coordinator.Everywhere else, he's Dad to Kacy Rodgers II, a versatile defensive back competing to make the team.The two are...

Philadelphia Eagles get Super Bowl rings honoring team, fansPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles are sporting some bling to commemorate their Super Bowl victory.Players, coaches and organization members received their rings during a red-carpet party in Philadelphia on Thursday night.Cast in 10-karat white gold, the ring features 219 diamonds...

Philadelphia Eagles get Super Bowl rings honoring team, fansPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles are sporting some bling to commemorate their Super Bowl victory.Players, coaches and organization members received their rings during a red-carpet party in Philadelphia on Thursday night.Cast in 10-karat white gold, the ring features 219 diamonds...

Keith Fahnhorst, 49er tackle who won 2 titles, dies at 66SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Keith Fahnhorst, a star tackle for the San Francisco 49ers who won two Super Bowl titles in the 1980s, has died. He was 66.He died Tuesday, the 49ers said Friday. No cause was given.Fahnhorst won...

Keith Fahnhorst, 49er tackle who won 2 titles, dies at 66SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Former star San Francisco 49ers tackle Keith Fahnhorst has died at 66.The team said Friday he died Tuesday. No cause was given.Fahnhorst won two Super Bowls in his 14 seasons with the franchise and was...

AP Sports WriterRavens coach Harbaugh: LB Suggs 'headed for Hall of Fame'By DAVID GINSBURGOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) Sixteen years into his NFL career and just four months before his 36th birthday, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs darts around the field like a kid in a pickup game.''I still...

Associated PressThumb injury doesn't slow Saints' top draft pick in campBy LES EASTMETAIRIE, La. (AP) New Orleans Saints No. 1 draft choice Marcus Davenport will undergo minor thumb surgery now that the team has completed its mini-camp.But the lingering injury didn't prevent him from demonstrating the skills that...

The Latest: Dr. J bets on Philly to repeat as NFL champsOCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) The Latest on the start of legal sports betting in New Jersey (all times local):3:35 p.m.A Philadelphia basketball legend is betting on Philadelphia's football team to repeat as champs.Julius Erving, better known to Philadelphia...

AP Sports WriterChiefs' Reid releases players early after productive campBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes II finally had a disagreement.After calling off the final day of a mandatory three-day minicamp because of temperatures that were expected to hit triple digits,...

AP Sports WriterGiants minicamp ends with helmet-swinging scuffleBy TOM CANAVANEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Pat Shurmur's first minicamp with the New York Giants nearly had an ugly ending when high-priced left tackle Nate Solder tweaked a knee after being bumped during a helmet-swinging scuffle between defensive tackle Damon Harrison...