NFL

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Peyton Manning is staying back in Denver when the Broncos travel to Chicago this weekend so he can continue getting treatment on a variety of ailments. He has company in DeMarcus Ware, who's staying behind to keep rehabbing his bad back.''You can go out there...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) San Francisco running back Carlos Hyde will miss his third game with a stress fracture in his left foot, 49ers coach Jim Tomsula said Friday, days after suggesting he might be available.Tomsula said he was being overly optimistic and that the medical staff determined...

NEW YORK (AP) For the last five years, Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers have had a firm grip on this border state rivalry with the Minnesota Vikings that has otherwise been remarkably close.Well, the Vikings have a prime opportunity to pry themselves loose in the NFL...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) The Seattle Seahawks will need a group effort to replace the production of Bruce Irvin over the next couple weeks.Irvin is expected to miss two weeks or more after suffering a sprained MCL in his right knee in last Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The NFL will ask a U.S. appeals court to uphold a potential $1 billion plan to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players.Critics appealing the settlement on Thursday complain it protects some retirees at the expense of others.The awards could reach several million dollars...

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Ever since Aldon Smith signed with the Oakland Raiders just before the start of the season, the prospect of a league-imposed suspension was a cloud over him.After nine games of mostly solid play and good behavior, that ban finally came down with Smith kicked out...

PITTSBURGH (AP) The only thing missing was the music. You know, that little whistle thing from ''The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,'' the riff that might as well be for ''get your popcorn ready, it's about to go down.''When Ben Roethlisberger started warming up on the sideline...

PITTSBURGH (AP) Keith Butler can come clean now. The Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator had no clue what was coming this fall while trying to piece together a revamped secondary after Troy Polamalu and Ike Taylor faded into retirement.''I didn't know what I had,'' Butler said in his typically...

CINCINNATI (AP) Texans cornerback Charles James stopped in a corner of the tiger-striped end zone and cupped a hand to his right ear, seeing what the crowd had to say about this outcome.Not much. They'd seen it before.T.J. Yates came off the bench in the second half and...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Ryan Tannehill heaved the ball in the air and thought the worst.''When the ball goes up in the air like that, good things tend not to happen,'' he said.Not this time. Not against Chip Kelly's Eagles.Tannehill's deflected pass ended up in the hands of Jarvis Landry...

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) New England's Stephen Gostkowski' kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1 second remaining to give the Patriots a 27-26 victory at the New York Giants on Sunday, extending their unbeaten streak to start the season to nine games.Quarterback Tom Brady completed a pass...

Chicago running back Matt Forte is missing his second straight game with a right knee injury, and Green Bay's Eddie Lacy is out Sunday against Detroit a week after sustaining a groin injury.Both were listed as questionable, and Forte is sitting against St. Louis after injuring his knee two...