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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say NFL prospect Shane Ray has been issued a misdemeanor citation after a trooper found a small amount of marijuana in the defensive end's car.The 6-foot-3, 245-pound Ray was SEC defensive player of the year at Missouri. He is expected to be an early...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Robert Griffin III's fifth-year contract option for the 2016 season will be exercised by the Washington Redskins.New general manager Scot McCloughan says the team will submit the proper paperwork to the NFL by next week's deadline.McCloughan made the announcement at the beginning of his news...

NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL draft heads to Chicago this year, with the top overall choice in our mock draft not planning to be on hand. No matter: Tampa Bay will already have let its selection know when the crowd in the Windy City gets, uh, wind of...

NEW YORK (AP) - Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson is coming to reality TV.He'll be the focus of a BET show premiering in June called ''DeSean Jackson: Home Team.''The network says Friday that the premise of the show is that Jackson's ''life is actually run by a core...

April 30-May 2 - NFL draft, Chicago.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.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) - New designs for a proposed NFL stadium in the Los Angeles area include simulated lightning bolts for the San Diego Chargers and a flame honoring late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis.The thoroughly revamped plans for the $1.7 billion joint stadium proposal by the two teams...

BOSTON (AP) - Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been moved to a new prison a week after he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life behind bars.A state prisons official says Hernandez was moved Wednesday to the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley.Hernandez...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - So which team is Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis playing for?The Raiders and San Diego Chargers are trying to build a $1.7 billion stadium in the city of Carson, just outside Los Angeles.Yet Davis was listed as a special guest this week at a speech...

CARSON, Calif. (AP) - A local City Council has cleared the path for a proposed stadium near Los Angeles that could become home to the NFL's San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders.The 3-0 vote Tuesday by the Carson City Council marks a significant step forward for plans to...

CARSON, Calif. (AP) - A local City Council has cleared the path for a proposed stadium near Los Angeles that could become home to the NFL's San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders.The 3-0 vote Tuesday by the Carson City Council marks a significant step forward for plans to...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles suburb of Carson will consider a proposed $1.7 billion NFL stadium Tuesday - even though many details haven't been worked out and funding is uncertain.The City Council was expected to vote on whether to approve the stadium plan now or schedule a...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hall of Fame offensive tackle Bob St. Clair, a five-time Pro Bowler who played all 11 of his seasons with his hometown San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 84.The Pro Football Hall of Fame and the 49ers announced St. Clair had died Monday. A...