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When NFL linebacker Jermaine Cunningham appears in a New Jersey courtroom, he'll be the most recognizable defendant yet facing charges over ''revenge porn.''The case comes amid a national push to punish jilted lovers and others who distribute racy photos often taken before a relationship fell apart.The movement to criminalize...

May 18-20 - Spring owners' meetings, San FranciscoAug. 8 - Hall of Fame inductions, Canton, OhioAug. 9 - Hall of Fame game, Canton, Ohio: Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh.

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas owner and general manager Jerry Jones wasn't bluffing when he said getting a running back wouldn't be a top priority in the draft, even though the Cowboys lost NFL rushing champion DeMarco Murray in free agency.The Cowboys kept the focus on defense on the...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - After getting Andrew Luck more help on the first day of the draft, the Indianapolis Colts spent the final two days leaning heavily on defense.Now they'll find out if they've done to find the missing pieces for their Super Bowl puzzle.Indy used three of Saturday's five...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) - The New Orleans Saints have four picks in Saturday's final four rounds of the NFL draft and have yet to bring in new receiving targets for quarterback Drew Brees.This offseason, New Orleans has traded away two of their most productive receivers, sending star tight end...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) - On the four-year anniversary of the death of one of his older brothers, Danny Shelton began a new chapter in a life he once thought impossible.Shelton was introduced Friday by the Cleveland Browns, who selected the massive Washington defensive tackle with the No. 12 overall...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) - The Saints are slated to pick three times during Friday's second and third rounds of the NFL draft and can still use help on defense and at receiver or tight end.New Orleans still hasn't picked an edge pass-rusher, something they could use after their defense...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The way Cleveland taxes professional athletes who work for short periods of time in the city is unconstitutional because it violates athletes' due process rights, the Ohio Supreme Court said Thursday.The city unfairly imposed a 2 percent income tax on ex-Chicago Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Montee Ball is confident his current comeback will turn out just like the last one.As a sophomore at Wisconsin in 2010, Ball leapfrogged John Clay and James White on an October afternoon at Iowa and scored the winning TD in the closing minutes of a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas prosecutors say there is not sufficient evidence to bring felony charges against Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle after a domestic disturbance.Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said Wednesday his office has completed its review of the Feb. 3 incident involving Randle and the...

CHICAGO (AP) - The NFL draft is back in the City of Big Shoulder Pads for a seventh time, expecting a much warmer reception than it got nearly 80 years ago from the very first pick in its very first draft.The man who stiff-armed the NFL back then at...

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