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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A report commissioned by the developer of a downtown Los Angeles football stadium warns that a rival project nearby could be a potential terrorist target because of its proximity to Los Angeles International Airport.The report was released Friday at a time when several potential stadium...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A phone company official testifying in Aaron Hernandez's murder trial says several text messages the former NFL player exchanged with a co-defendant before the killing are missing from his phone.Prosecutor Patrick Bomberg on Friday went through dozens of nondeleted text messages Hernandez exchanged with...

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Raiders will release safety Tyvon Branch before the start of the new league year next month.The team told Branch of the plans on Thursday to cut ties with one of Oakland's longest-tenured non-specialists.Branch joined Oakland as a fourth-round pick out of Connecticut in...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A witness in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has testified that he was smoking marijuana outside a bar hours before the killing.Hernandez is charged with killing Odin Lloyd in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. Lloyd...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - A person with knowledge of the negotiations confirms the Denver Broncos and Peyton Manning's representatives are discussing ways to revise his contract and give the team more flexibility in free agency.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive...

March 2 - Final day to designate franchise or transition players.March 10 - All teams must be under the 2015 salary cap; all 2014 player contracts expire; free agency begins.March 19 - Trading period for 2015 begins.March 22-25 - Annual league meeting, Phoenix.April 6 - Teams with new head...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - As NFL coaches and general managers go, Bruce Arians and Steve Keim already make up quite a tandem. So much so that after only two years in their jobs, they've been given contract extensions, and a big raise in pay, that both say they didn't seek. ''Flattered,''...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - The Inglewood City Council could decide to approve plans to build an NFL stadium in the Los Angeles area.The vote planned Tuesday night could fast-track a $2 billion plan whose partners include St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke and could bring the NFL back to...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Byron Jones might have made one giant leap up the NFL draft boards Monday. Actually, make it two big leaps.On the last day of workouts at the NFL's annual scouting combine, the Connecticut cornerback soared 12 feet, 3 inches in the broad jump. That was 15...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The questions were similar, and Dorial Green-Beckham had virtually the same response for each one.''I'm disappointed in myself for all those things I did at Missouri,'' said the wide receiver, who spent last season on the sideline in large part because of legal troubles, including allegations...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Clemson linebacker Vic Beasley was Sunday's big winner at the NFL scouting combine. Southern California's Leonard Williams was a close second.Beasley had the fastest time, finishing the 40-yard dash in 4.53 seconds. He also shared the distinction of bench-pressing the most reps, 35, at 225 pounds....

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - It's not the big, splashy invitation-only NFL combine in Indy. There are no live broadcasts, no metrics-obsessed fans following every 40-yard dash time and vertical jump on TV and Twitter. None of the front office bigwigs are here.Yet, for many NFL hopefuls, their ticket to...