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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Cardinals have lost two defensive starters - outside linebacker Alex Okafor and defensive tackle Cory Redding - for the playoffs.Redding's loss was not a surprise, Okafor's was.On Tuesday, the team placed Okafor on the non-football injury list with an injured toe.Coach Bruce Arians,...

CLEVELAND (AP) The Browns' coaching search has gone strangely silent.After interviewing seven candidates last week, the team did not conduct any meetings on Monday, a break that could indicate owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam have someone in mind to become their eighth coach since 1999.Or they could just...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola says a carport that has drawn griping from his neighbors in a historic Rhode Island district is legal and comes in handy.Amendola erected the metal structure behind his 1774 home in Providence's College Hill district last month. He...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Even as Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh trotted out for what his coach called a ''chip shot'' game-winning field goal try, ever-optimistic Seattle coach Pete Carroll kept right on believing his Seahawks weren't done yet.Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal in the closing seconds, keeping the...

The Latest from NFL wild-card games Sunday. (All times EST)3:32 p.m.The Seahawks have taken their first lead of the game on a 46-yard field goal by Steven Hauschka that gave them a 10-9 lead midway through the fourth quarter.The Seahawks moved into position after Vikings running back Adrian Peterson...

HOUSTON (AP) Kansas City and Pittsburgh advanced in the NFL playoffs with wild-card road wins achieved in contrasting fashion Saturday, with the Chiefs cruising past a disappointing Houston and the Steelers needing a late field goal to beat playoff-jinxed Cincinnati.Kansas City had gone 22 years without a playoff...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Six weeks ago, the Seattle Seahawks left Minnesota with a laugher 38-7 victory over the Vikings.Well, the Seahawks have returned for a rematch, and the Vikings won't be extending a warm welcome.The temperature at kickoff is expected to be around zero degrees.''You've got to make it...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has been ruled out of the NFC wild-card game against Minnesota.The Seahawks released a statement late Friday saying Lynch did not make the trip for the Sunday game.The statement from the team capped a day where Lynch's status changed...

ATLANTA (AP) Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says he's sticking with general manager Thomas Dimitroff.Blank says there will be changes in the Falcons' pro personnel and college scouting departments following an 8-8 season. However, he says Dimitroff has formed ''a productive working relationship'' with first-year coach Dan Quinn....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Emmitt Smith has always done his job one way.The former Dallas Cowboys star spends his time studying homework so he can thrive when the cameras roll.While the NFL's career rushing leader has long dazzled fans with his fancy footwork on and off the field, he didn't...

ST. LOUIS (AP) The NFL would benefit most by moving the Rams to Los Angeles, leaving behind a St. Louis market that lags economically and a stadium proposal doomed for failure, the team said in its relocation application provided to The Associated Press on Wednesday.Rams owner Stan Kroenke,...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Tom Coughlin didn't fade away in his goodbye to the New York Giants.The 69-year-old, who led the Giants to two Super Bowls in a 12-year tenure, was Tom Coughlin to the end.In an emotional and poignant farewell Tuesday, Coughlin talked about things that mattered...