Football (NFL)

BOSTON (AP) — The degenerative brain disease that has besieged the National Football League for two decades with a billion-dollar lawsuit, congressional hearings, an A-list movie and an unrelenting cortege of ex-players’ obituaries has now intruded o

NEW YORK (AP) — Graham Gano stayed late at the New York Giants' practice facility Monday watching news coverage of a gunman killing four people at a Manhattan office building that includes the NFL headquarters.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns cornerback Martin Emerson Jr. sustained an Achilles tendon injury in practice Tuesday and could miss the upcoming season. Emerson got hurt while covering a wide receiver during a 7-on-7 drill.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely is expected to miss a few weeks after a lower leg injury Tuesday.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Courtland Sutton helped the Denver Broncos end their protracted playoff drought last season. Now he'll get the chance to help restore some of the franchise's lost luster.

Shannon Sharpe donned his gold jacket emblazoned with the Pro Football Hall of Fame logo at his Atlanta home last winter and awaited his brother's arrival. Sterling ambled down the stairs and into the basement looking perplexed.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Blame him for plenty, but Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said he's not directly responsible for a recent high-profile draft pick.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bernhard Raimann started his football career as a receiver at age 14 and his college career at Central Michigan as a tight end. Eventually, he found his way to the offensive line — and it’s there he blossomed as a pro.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — When the Atlanta Falcons made improving edge rusher their offseason priority, they addressed an attitude as well as a position. Veteran Leonard Floyd and rookie first-round picks Jalon Walker and James Pearce Jr.

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