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AP Sports WriterSons of Griffey, Lane teaming up for workouts with ColtsBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Trey Griffey and Jerome Lane are spending Mother's Day weekend talking all about their fathers.It's standard operating procedure for the two receivers who spent their childhoods running around professional clubhouses and locker rooms.Now,...

Associated PressDecathlete Garrett Scantling trying to make it in the NFLBy GEORGE HENRYFLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) Garrett Scantling decided before his freshman year at Georgia to honor his track and field scholarship and focus solely on the decathlon.Now five years out of football, Scantling has shelved his decathlon...

AP Sports WriterBrowns' top pick Garrett gets sacked by Hall of FamerBy TOM WITHERSBEREA, Ohio (AP) A physical specimen, consensus best player in the draft and No. 1 overall pick, Myles Garrett came to Cleveland with few noticeable flaws.Hall of Famer Bruce Smith found one.After he and Smith...

AP Sports WriterSooners other runner: Perine focused on Redskins, not MixonBy STEPHEN WHYNOASHBURN, Va. (AP) The other rookie running back out of Oklahoma is ready to run through NFL defenders.Samaje Perine didn't get nearly the attention before the draft as Joe Mixon. But the fourth-round pick of the...

AP Pro Football WriterButt out to prove he's the best tight end in '17 draft classBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Jake Butt has no regrets and one thing to prove.The former Michigan star and Denver Broncos rookie wants to show he's the best tight end of the 2017...

AP Sports WriterSmall-schoolers Everett, Kupp could be big catches for RamsBy GREG BEACHAMTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) Tight end Gerald Everett played at two junior colleges and a university that dropped its football program before finishing up at a school that had never produced a drafted NFL player before...

AP Sports WriterHall of Famer Yale Lary, won 3 titles with Lions, dies at 86By NOAH TRISTERDETROIT (AP) Yale Lary, a Hall of Fame safety who helped the Detroit Lions win three NFL titles during the 1950s, has died. He was 86.The Pro Football Hall of Fame confirmed...

Associated PressMalik McDowell hops into new role with SeahawksBy CURTIS CRABTREERENTON, Wash. (AP) Malik McDowell was called ''too unique'' to pass up by Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider after the team selected him with the 35th pick in the NFL draft.On their first day of rookie mini-camp...

AP Sports WriterLions sign rookie Davis, who will have a lot to learn at LBBy NOAH TRISTERALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) Detroit coach Jim Caldwell was asked about positions that are supposed to be particularly tough to learn, like quarterback, tight end and middle linebacker.Caldwell then started adding some...

Man sues Titans receiver Sharpe, lineman Tretola for assaultNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging Titans wide receiver Tajae Sharpe assaulted him in an alley behind a bar the first night of the NFL draft upset at comments made about Sharpe's job security with...

Cardinals release reinstated linebacker Daryl WashingtonTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Cardinals have released linebacker Daryl Washington, who had been reinstated by the NFL after three seasons away from the game.The team said in a statement that after meeting with Washington, ''we have collectively decided it was best to...

NFL, Twitter announce more content, including 30-minute showNEW YORK (AP) The NFL will provide more content on Twitter, using the social media platform to air a 30-minute show five days per week during the season.A deal between the NFL and Twitter announced Thursday also includes using Periscope and...