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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Once a football hero celebrated in New Orleans for his role in the Saints' Super Bowl season, Darren Sharper is returning to the city in disgrace to complete plea deals on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted women.He has resolved similar charges with pleas...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis Colts have found another potential starting safety in free agency, agreeing to terms with Dwight Lowery.At 5-foot-11, 212 pounds, the seven-year veteran brings more size and experience to a Colts team intent on winning the Super Bowl after losing to New England in last...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is back in court as the judge overseeing his murder trial hears arguments regarding the instructions she will give to the jury.Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh is hearing motions Friday from both sides.Prosecutors rested their case Thursday...

SEATTLE (AP) - Offensive lineman Stephen Schilling intends to retire from the NFL despite an offer to play another season for the Seattle Seahawks.Schilling confirmed his decision Thursday, saying it's ''just a personal choice for me at this time in my life.''Seattle was hopeful of bringing Schilling back for...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Former New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper is back in Louisiana to enter pleas next week in state and federal sex assault cases.According to online jail records, Sharper was moved to the St. Tammany Parish jail Wednesday.The 39-year-old Sharper is due Monday in New Orleans'...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers have re-signed defensive end Clifton Geathers.Geathers agreed to a one-year deal. Terms were not disclosed. The 27-year-old Geathers originally signed with the Steelers last December after Brett Keisel was lost for the season with a triceps injury. Geathers did not appear in any...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A man who sued Aaron Hernandez over being shot in the face in Florida is due to take the stand in the former New England Patriots player's murder trial.But prosecutors will not be allowed to ask Alexander Bradley Wednesday about the shooting, which happened...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Colts have signed free agent receiver Vincent Brown.Terms of the deal were not available following Tuesday's announcement.Brown is the third veteran receiver Indy has added this offseason. The Colts had already signed CFL veteran Duron Carter in February and Andre Johnson, the Texans' career receiving...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jameis Winston has spent much of the past two months crisscrossing the nation, sharpening his quarterback skills and trying to convince NFL teams he's learned from mistakes made off the field and ready to become the face of a franchise.A lot of his effort was...

The fiancee of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez will take the stand for a second day of testimony in his murder trial.Shayanna Jenkins on Monday is expected to talk about a box she disposed of from their basement the day after Odin Lloyd was killed in 2013....

Tom Brady really went deep.The New England quarterback posted a video on his Facebook page Saturday that showed him jumping feet-first more than 30 feet off a rocky cliff into water.''Never doing that again! (hash)AirBrady'' Brady posted with the video.The four-time Super Bowl champion recently returned from a family...

April 6 - Teams with new head coach can begin offseason workouts.April 20 - Teams with returning head coach can begin offseason workouts.April 30-May 2 - NFL draft, Chicago.