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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - After three days of light, make that very light, workouts, Team Irvin and Team Carter are ready for Sunday night's Pro Bowl. Tony Romo will start at quarterback for Team Irvin, Andrew Luck for Team Carter in the second year of a format concocted to bring...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) - For all the importance placed around finding the right quarterback, the trade that brought Marshawn Lynch to Seattle part way through the 2010 season could be considered the most important transaction Pete Carroll made in the makeover of the Seahawks.Lynch brought more than just skills...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears have hired Dowell Loggains as quarterbacks coach and Glenn Pires as linebackers coach.The Bears announced the moves on Friday, making Loggains and Pires the latest additions to new coach John Fox's staff.Loggains spent last season as Cleveland's quarterbacks coach, working with...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Bill Kollar, who has 26 years of experience coaching defensive lines in the NFL, is the Denver Broncos' new D-line coach.Kollar spent the last six seasons in Houston, five of them under new Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak. With the Texans, he worked with stars...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Randall Cunningham is set for one more turnover he doesn't mind committing. The former All-Pro quarterback is auctioning off memorabilia from a fantastic NFL career to raise funds for the church he serves in Las Vegas.Cunningham is ridding himself of just about every game-used jersey, helmet...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Seattle Seahawks nickel cornerback Jeremy Lane said Thursday he doesn't think New England All-Pro Rob Gronkowski is that good and being physical with the tight end is important.Lane is likely to be part of a group of Seahawks who will try to keep Gronkowski under...

SEATTLE (AP) - Melinda Gates says she and her husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, are most likely going to see their hometown team play in the Super Bowl.Their friend and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is the owner of the Seattle Seahawks, so they shouldn't have any trouble picking up...

The NFL is very precise about its game and equipment - including the number of footballs prepared for games, how much each must weigh, and who monitors them until kickoff.One rule is very clear: Don't tamper with a football once it has been inspected for use in a game.The...

PHOENIX (AP) - The Super Bowl location in sunny Arizona will present a dilemma for league officials as they grapple with a question that is faced by many pro sports teams in an era of retractable roofs: whether to play the game with the stadium open or closed.At this...

CLEVELAND (AP) - A person familiar with the Browns search for a new offensive coordinator says the team interviewed former St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz.Martz met with Browns officials in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl on Monday, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on...

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas tight end Jason Witten is going to his 10th Pro Bowl, as an injury replacement for Denver's Julius Thomas.Witten's addition Monday night sends him to his third straight Pro Bowl after a seven-year streak ended in 2011. The game is Sunday in Arizona.The 32-year-old...

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