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AP Pro Football WriterWentz tosses 4 touchdown passes, Eagles beat Cardinals 34-7By ROB MAADDIPHILADELPHIA (AP) Carson Wentz looked like the vintage Carson Palmer.Wentz threw a career-best four touchdown passes to help the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Arizona Cardinals 34-7 on Sunday.The quarterbacks and teams seem headed in opposite...

AP Pro Football WriterWR Keenan Allen, CB Chris Harris Jr. resume rivalryBy ARNIE STAPLETONDENVER (AP) Keenan Allen enjoys dissing Chris Harris Jr., who relishes dismissing Keenan Allen.Their rivalry provides one of the more intriguing plot lines Sunday when the bumbling Los Angeles Chargers (4-7) visit the bungling Denver...

AP Sports WriterBrowns LB Kirksey signs 4-year, $38 million extensionBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) When the Browns were sliding toward a winless 2016 season, Christian Kirksey stepped forward.The linebacker boldly predicted a victory, which came a few weeks later.On Tuesday, Cleveland locked up Kirksey for what the club hopes...

AP Sports WriterPatriots in driver's seat, Bills facing must win in finaleBy KYLE HIGHTOWERFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) With one game left in the regular season, the New England Patriots are exactly where they want to be.Gone are most of the questions that dogged the defending Super Bowl champions after...

AP Sports WriterLA Rams sign Bills offensive lineman Groy to offer sheetBy JOHN WAWROWORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) The Los Angeles Rams have signed offensive lineman Ryan Groy to an offer sheet, putting the Buffalo Bills in a position to have to match the contract for the restricted free...

Associated PressObama honors Super Bowl champion Broncos at White HouseBy KEVIN FREKINGWASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama honored the Denver Broncos at the White House Monday for winning Super Bowl 50 with one of the best defenses of all time and one of the best quarterbacks of all time...

Associated PressPredators target NFL concussion victims, lawyers sayBy KRISTEN DE GROOTPHILADELPHIA (AP) Lawyers for former NFL players now eligible for payments under the league's $1 billion concussion settlement said Tuesday they've found evidence that unscrupulous third-party providers are trying to take advantage of players with significant brain damage.Christopher...

Seahawks release Boykin after assault allegationDALLAS (AP) The Seattle Seahawks released quarterback Trevone Boykin on Tuesday shortly after his girlfriend alleged in a television interview that he physically assaulted her in Texas last week.The practice squad player was released from the team after WFAA-TV in Dallas posted an...

AP Sports WriterSlow build: Rams, Chargers still trying to grow fans in LABy JOE REEDYLOS ANGELES (AP) The Chargers and Rams will meet on the field on Sunday, but both teams are trying to achieve a common goal off it - trying to reignite Los Angeles' passion for...

AP Sports WriterCardinals hire McCoy as offensive coordinator, Holcomb as DCBy BOB BAUMPHOENIX (AP) Former San Diego Chargers head coach Mike McCoy has been hired as offensive coordinator at Arizona and Al Holcomb is following new Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks from Carolina to be defensive coordinator.The Cardinals...

AP Pro Football WriterNFL At 100: Jets-Browns squared off in MNF's debut in 1970By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.It was the prime-time football game that kicked off decades of must-see TV.Broadway Joe and the New York Jets traveled to Cleveland to take on Leroy Kelly and the Browns in the 1970...

AP Sports WriterStefanski, Browns make bad first impression in opening lossBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Kevin Stefanski didn't need long to be lumped together with so many Browns coaches before him.One game into his tenure, he's 0-1, being ripped for a head-scratching decision and Stefanski's facing a lengthy list...