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AP Sports WriterLooking ahead, 16 Dolphins take part in business seminarBy STEVEN WINEMIAMI (AP) Preparing for life after football, 16 Miami Dolphins players began a five-day business seminar in New York on Monday arranged by team owner Stephen Ross.The seminar is designed to help players with an interest...

AP Sports WriterSteelers place franchise tag on running back Le'Veon BellBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers want to make running back Le'Veon Bell a part of the organization ''for life.''The team took an expected but important step in that direction on Monday when they placed the exclusive...

AP Sports WriterLooking ahead, 16 Dolphins take part in business seminarBy STEVEN WINEMIAMI (AP) Preparing for life after football, 16 Miami Dolphins players are taking part in a five-day business seminar in New York arranged by team owner Stephen Ross.The seminar is designed to help players with an...

49ers tender contracts to Purcell, BradfordSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers tendered one-year contracts to exclusive rights free agent nose tackle Mike Purcell and linebacker Carl Bradford on Monday.Exclusive rights free agents are players with less than three years of experience and they are unable to...

Colts add offensive lineman to roster ahead of NFL combineINDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indianapolis Colts have signed free agent offensive lineman Fahn Cooper.He spent all of last season on the San Francisco 49ers practice squad. Indy is hoping the 6-foot-5, 306-pound swing lineman can help bolster an offensive line...

Steelers place franchise tag on running back Le'Veon BellPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed an exclusive rights franchise tag on Pro Bowl running back Le'Veon Bell, ensuring he'll remain with the team in 2017.The tag gives the Steelers time to work out a long-term deal with Bell,...

Panthers use franchise tag on DT Short; re-sign DE HortonCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Panthers are looking to keep their defensive line intact.Carolina applied the non-exclusive franchise tag to defensive tackle Kawann Short on Monday and re-signed defensive end Wes Horton to a two-year contract. The moves come one...

Panthers use franchise tag on DT Short; re-sign DE HortonCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Panthers have applied the non-exclusive franchise tag to defensive tackle Kawann Short and re-signed defensive end Wes Horton to a two-year contract.Short would make an estimated $14.77 million if he signs the one-year tender.A four-year...

AP Sports WriterCardinals place franchise tag on Chandler JonesBy BOB BAUMPHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Cardinals, in an anticipated move, have placed a non-exclusive franchise tag on outside linebacker Chandler Jones after failing to reach a long-term deal with the player.The non-exclusive tag allows the Cardinals to continue negotiating...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers agreed to a four-year contract with free-agent defensive tackle Earl Mitchell on Friday. A person familiar with the deal confirmed that Mitchell had decided to join the Niners just over a week after being released by Miami. The person spoke on condition...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers signed wide receiver DeAndre Carter to a two-year contract on Friday. Carter has not played in the NFL but spent part of the 2015 season on the practice squads in Oakland and New England. Carter was cut by the Patriots last September...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Jameis Winston is back in the spotlight - and not in a positive light - for what he described as a "poor word choice" in comments about women during a talk to Florida grade school students. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, who was accused of raping...