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Lions acquire Patriots LB Jon Bostic for conditional pickALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) The Detroit Lions have acquired New England Patriots linebacker Jon Bostic.Detroit made the trade Monday, giving up a conditional draft choice.Lions general manager Bob Quinn saw Bostic up close last year as the Patriots' director of...

Cardinals sign remaining 3 draft picksTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Cardinals have signed third-round draft pick Brandon Williams, fourth-round pick Evan Boehm and sixth-round pick Harlan Miller to contracts.That puts all six Cardinals picks from this year under contract.The cornerback Williams, a converted running back, played at Texas...

Packers sign 2nd-round draft pick Jason SpriggsGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Second-round draft pick Jason Spriggs has signed his rookie contract with the Green Bay Packers.General manager Ted Thompson announced the signing of the offensive tackle from Indiana on Monday as part of a series of moves.Most notably, defensive...

Raiders sign free agent DE Damontre MooreALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent defensive end Damontre Moore.The Raiders announced the move to sign Moore on Monday, a week after he was released by Miami.Moore was originally a third-round draft pick by the New York Giants...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is active for Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game against the Carolina Panthers.It will be Lynch's first game in more than two months. He was injured in Seattle's 39-32 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Nov. 15. The Seahawks have...

The Latest from NFL divisional games Saturday. (All times EST)11:28 p.m.Aaron Rodgers has done it again.After winning a game against Detroit with a Hail Mary, he made another last second touchdown pass to set up a tie against Arizona Saturday night.This time the catch was made by Jeff Janis,...

Pacman's sorry, AB.Cincinnati cornerback Adam ''Pacman'' Jones apologized Friday for claiming Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown was faking a concussion at the end of the wild-card game last Saturday night.The Steelers, who beat the Bengals on a late field goal, ruled Brown out for their divisional matchup Sunday...

DENVER (AP) No one ever really rooted for Peyton Manning to fail, but boy, did some folks like to point out his flaws.Take the Super Bowl, for example. It wasn't that he couldn't win the big one, but that he didn't win enough of them.Yet in the span...

Painted into a corner by their own doing, NFL owners came up with a semi-solution to the hole in their roster that was Los Angeles.They didn't have much choice this week but to arrive at some conclusion after openly coveting a return to L.A., virtually creating three lame-duck teams...

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh plans to visit the first-graders who sent him letters and drawings of support after he was lambasted by fans for missing a field goal that could have given his team a win in Sunday's playoff game.Teacher Judie Offerdahl at Northpoint...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) From afar, Brandon Mebane would look at film of other defensive tackles around the NFL and what Ahtyba Rubin was doing in Cleveland jumped off the screen.What he saw on the screen became even more impressive when Rubin decided to sign with Seattle last offseason...

HOUSTON (AP) The Rams belong to Los Angeles once again.The Chargers might be headed there, as well.What about the Raiders? Who knows at this point.What is certain is that all three franchises face serious challenges over the next few years now that the NFL has approved the relocation...