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AP Sports WriterChomp! Baby of Jets' Eric Decker has taste for microphonesBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) Eric Decker's infant son sure likes the mic - especially how it tastes .The New York Jets wide receiver held 11-month-old Eric II as he started speaking to reporters after...

AP Sports WriterThe push and pull required for $1B Vikings showplace is overBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) At the top of the Vikings' shiny, new $1.1 billion football palace, there is a ring of glass separating the seating bowl from the roof that the team and the stadium designers...

AP Sports Writer49ers Anthony Davis will begin at bottom of depth chartBy JANIE McCAULEYSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Right tackle Anthony Davis sat down with 49ers general manager Trent Baalke for a productive discussion about his return to the team after a year-long retirement, and both men insist they...

Dolphins' Jordan recovering from minor knee surgeryDAVIE, Fla. (AP) Miami Dolphins defensive end Dion Jordan is now missing practice for two reasons.Jordan is expected to be sidelined at least a couple of weeks while recovering from minor knee surgery. He has been placed on the active non-football injury...

AP Sports WriterPeyton Manning appears on Saints practice field - in a tieBy BRETT MARTELWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) A lanky 6-foot-5 man in a button-down, long-sleeve shirt and tie walked onto the field during Saints training camp on Sunday, bringing a mixture of fond and painful memories...

AP Sports WriterBig crowd greets Rams for 1st camp practice in LA returnBy GREG BEACHAMIRVINE, Calif. (AP) On the night before the Los Angeles Rams' first public practice of training camp, coach Jeff Fisher warned his players to be prepared for a crazy welcome.The Rams still were impressed...

Associated PressRaiders' Hayden comfortable moving inside to defend the slotBy MICHAEL WAGAMANNAPA, Calif. (AP) Raiders defensive back DJ Hayden knows his NFL career might already be at a crossroads after just three seasons.That point was driven home emphatically in the offseason when the team made multiple changes to...

Associated PressTrump says Clinton trying to rig debates with NFL conflictsBy DOUGLASS K. DANIELWASHINGTON (AP) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says opponent Hillary Clinton and other Democrats ''are trying to rig'' the fall debates by scheduling two of the events opposite NFL games. The football league has complained...

AP Sports WriterCowboys pay tribute to Dallas police before start of campBy SCHUYLER DIXONOXNARD, Calif. (AP) In one wave after another, Jason Witten, Tony Romo and Dez Bryant walked arm-in-arm onto the field for the start of the Cowboys' training camp with families of the Dallas police officers...

Associated PressTrump says Clinton trying to rig debates with NFL conflictsBy DOUGLASS K. DANIELWASHINGTON (AP) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says opponent Hillary Clinton and other Democrats ''are trying to rig'' the fall debates by scheduling two of the events opposite NFL games. The football league has complained...

AP Sports WriterCowboys pay tribute to Dallas police before start of campBy SCHUYLER DIXONOXNARD, Calif. (AP) In one wave after another, Jason Witten, Tony Romo and Dez Bryant walked arm-in-arm onto the field for the start of the Cowboys' training camp with families of the Dallas police officers...

AP Sports WriterCowboys pay tribute to Dallas police before start of campBy SCHUYLER DIXONOXNARD, Calif. (AP) The Dallas Cowboys paid tribute to Dallas police and the five officers killed by a gunman with a ceremony before the start of training camp.Dallas players walked arm-in-arm onto the field Saturday...