New Orleans Saints starters Jeremy Shockey, Darren Sharper and Jonathan Vilma all participated in practice Wednesday. Each of them has been bothered by knee problems, but played in the NFC championship game. Tight end Shockey, safety Sharper, and linebacker Vilma worked in all the key drills. Only backup running back Lynell Hamilton, who watched with a walking boot protecting his left ankle, was…
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Referee Scott Green will lead a seven-man crew in officiating Sunday's Super Bowl between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. The NFL announced the game officials Wednesday. Green is finishing his 19th season in the NFL. He was a back judge in the 2002 and 2004 Super Bowls. He has been a referee since 2004, and will be officiating his 13th playoff game.
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New York Jets coach Rex Ryan will not be fined by the NFL for making an obscene gesture at a mixed martial arts event last weekend. League spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed to The Associated Press in an e-mail Wednesday that Ryan would not face additional discipline by the NFL after the Jets fined him $50,000 on Tuesday.
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A person familiar with the negotiations says that former Bills head coach Dick Jauron has been hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as secondary coach. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the team has not yet announced Jauron's hiring. Jauron replaces Brian Stewart, who left after one season to become defensive coordinator at the University of…
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Dwight Freeney says the pain in his sprained right ankle is subsiding and he still hopes play in Sunday's Super Bowl. The Colts' All-Pro defensive end said Wednesday that in addition to using an oxygen tent, he has been walking barefoot and in the Florida sand to strengthen the ankle. It appears to be working.
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Dallas Cowboys fullback Deon Anderson is free on his own recognizance after his arrest at a suburban restaurant parking lot. The incident happened early Tuesday in the Dallas suburb of Addison. A statement issued by the town of Addison says police answered an aggravated assault report and learned of a confrontation between several men and a parking valet.
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Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay hopes to sign Peyton Manning to a contract extension when the season ends, a move that could make the four-time MVP the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history. Manning's contract is set to expire after the 2010 season, but Irsay doesn't want to wait. "With one year to go, even having the franchise tag and all that sort of thing, we'd like to get…
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Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay hopes to sign Peyton Manning to a contract extension when the season ends, a move that could make the four-time MVP the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history. Manning's contract is set to expire after the 2010 season, but Irsay doesn't want to wait. "With one year to go, even having the franchise tag and all that sort of thing, we'd like to get…
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Joey Porter says he wants to be released by the Miami Dolphins because he was frustrated about his reduced role last season and doubts his relationship with coach Tony Sparano can be repaired. Porter told the Dolphins' flagship radio station Tuesday he wants to be waived rather than traded so he can join another team as an every-down linebacker.
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Coach Gary Kubiak has agreed to a new contract that will keep him with the Houston Texans through the 2012 season according to two reports Tuesday. The new deal voids the last year of the five-year contract he signed when he joined the team in 2006 and is for the next three seasons according to the Houston Chronicle and Houston television station KRIV.
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