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AP Pro Football WriterNFL refs roster includes 1st female instant replay officialBy DAVE CAMPBELLThe roster of NFL officials this season will include eight rookies on the field and the league's first female instant replay official in the booth.Terri Valenti, who has worked on instant replay for the NFL for...

Associated PressDozens in Colorado accused of trafficking pot outside stateBy KRISTEN WYATTDENVER (AP) A mammoth marijuana trafficking ring that pretended to be growing weed for sick people was instead illegally shipping the drug to a half-dozen other states and bilking investors, including former NFL players, Colorado officials announced...

Associated PressGroup accused of shipping Colorado pot to other staresBy KRISTEN WYATTDENVER (AP) A mammoth marijuana trafficking ring that pretended to be growing weed for sick people was instead illegally shipping the drug to a half-dozen other states and bilking investors, including former NFL players, Colorado officials announced...

Cowboys pass rusher David Irving gets 4-game PED suspensionFRISCO, Texas (AP) Dallas defensive end David Irving has been suspended the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's policy against performance-enhancing drugs.The ban announced Wednesday leaves the Cowboys without two potential starting pass rushers because of...

Saints' Fairley ruled out for 2017 because of heart symptomsMETAIRIE, La. (AP) New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says Nick Fairley has been placed on the team's non-football illness list, meaning the starting defensive tackle won't play this season.The 6-foot-4, 308-pound Fairley had arguably the best season...

Former Packers RB Ahman Green charged with child abuseGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green was charged Monday with felony child abuse after his 15-year-old daughter told police he punched her in the face.Green, 40, is also charged with disorderly conduct in the...

Former Packers RB Ahman Green charged with child abuseGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green has been charged with felony child abuse after his 15-year-old daughter told police he punched her in the face.Green, 40, is also charged with disorderly conduct in the...

Panthers' Cam Newton throws for 1st time since March surgeryCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Cam Newton is throwing again.The Panthers said on Twitter on Monday the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 2015 threw his first passes since surgery in March for a partially torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder.Newton...

Vikings player Floyd expected to appear in Arizona courtBy Associated PressSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Vikings wide receiver Michael Floyd is expected to appear in an Arizona court after being flagged for failed alcohol tests that are part of his monitoring for house arrest in Minnesota.The Scottsdale City Court hearing...

Former Packers RB Ahman Green jailed on child abuse claimGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green is jailed in Brown County, Wisconsin, on suspicion of child abuse.Online records show Green was booked into the jail Monday on a possible charge of child abuse-intentionally...

Former Packers RB Ahman Green jailed on child abuse claimGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green is jailed in Brown County, Wisconsin, on suspicion of child abuse.Online records show Green was booked into the jail Monday on a possible charge of child abuse-intentionally...

Prosecutors appeal Hernandez's voided murder convictionBOSTON (AP) Prosecutors are asking the highest court in Massachusetts to overturn a ruling that erased former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction in the 2013 killing of a semi-professional football player.Hernandez's conviction in the fatal shooting of Odin Lloyd was voided after...