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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles have signed guard John Moffitt to a one-year contract and released guard Cole Manhart.The 6-foot-4, 319-pound Moffitt was drafted by Seattle in the third round in 2011 and last played in the NFL two years ago with Denver.Moffitt started 15 games for Seattle...

Aug. 8 - Hall of Fame inductions, Canton, Ohio.Aug. 9 - Hall of Fame game, Canton, Ohio: Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh.Sept. 10 - Regular season begins, Pittsburgh at New England.Sept. 13 - First full weekend of regular season.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Michigan defensive lineman Ondre Pipkins tells ESPN.com he plans to transfer, and he says the Wolverines' staff asked him to sign a medical scholarship form that would have halted his career.Pipkins says doctors initially said he has arthritis in his knee but should not...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Jameis Winston knows there are always eyes on him - watching, dissecting and waiting for him to make a mistake.The spotlight doesn't leave, and Winston wants to shine in it.''It's about my actions,'' the Tampa Buccaneers rookie said while attending a youth football clinic. ''I...

MADISON, Miss. (AP) - Sporting a straw hat to ward off the sun, Cleveland Browns defensive back Micah Pellerin keeps a watchful eye on the middle school kids racing across a football field in this historic Mississippi railroad town.The blazing morning sun already has temperatures into the 90s, so...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A judge has ordered prosecutors to provide more information on witnesses and allegations against the co-defendant of former NFL star Darren Sharper in a federal drug and sexual assault case.Sharper has pleaded guilty to drug and sexual assault cases in multiple jurisdictions. However, his co-defendant...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - It's back to the waiting game for Tom Brady.After making his case in a 10-hour hearing, Brady's fate is in the hands of Roger Goodell. Just when the NFL commissioner will announce his decision to uphold, reduce or eliminate Brady's four-game suspension in ''Deflategate'' is...

HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Retired NFL players seeking payouts from the potential $1 billion NFL concussion settlement could be waiting until next year based on appeals being weighed this fall.About 90 former players are appealing the final settlement approved this year by a federal judge in Philadelphia. The settlement...

NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady's appeal of his four-game suspension lasted more than 10 hours Tuesday, ending in the early evening.The sight of Commissioner Roger Goodell leaving the league offices after he heard Brady and representatives from the players' union during the lengthy meeting, confirmed its conclusion.No details...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Lawyers for Native Americans who object to the Washington Redskins' trademark say their case has been strengthened by a recent Supreme Court ruling on license plates and the Confederate flag.A judge is hearing arguments Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria on the team's lawsuit.The Redskins...

Hall of Fame coach Dick LeBeau, and Tom Moore and Dante Scarnecchia have won the Paul ''Dr. Z'' Zimmerman Award from the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA).The award is given for lifetime achievement as an assistant coach in the NFL and named for Zimmerman, who covered the NFL...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - Babatunde Aiyegbusi has limited American football experience in leagues in Germany and his native Poland. Yet the 27-year-old offensive tackle is getting a shot at the NFL.He is the latest example of the obsessive search by NFL teams for unknown talent, a hunt unbounded...