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FILE -New York Jets' Denzel Mims participates in a drill at the NFL football team's training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Denzel Mims was the New York Jets' exciting new playmaker two summers ago, a potential game-changing wide receiver for years to come. A lot has happened since. And not a lot good.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Mims motivated to be 'on top' of Jets' receiver depth chart

By Dennis Waszak Jr. Aug. 05, 2022 03:30 PM EDT

Washington Commanders running back J.D. McKissic, right, runs wearing a Guardian Cap football helmet during practice at the team's NFL football training facility, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
EXPLAINER: NFL using helmet caps for player safety, research

By Arnie Stapleton Aug. 04, 2022 02:04 PM EDT

Cleveland Browns helmets, with Guardian Caps, hang from a rack during the NFL football team's training camp, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)
NFL hopes to reduce head injuries with helmet experiment

By Steve Reed Aug. 04, 2022 02:03 PM EDT

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson (18) performs a drill during practice at their NFL football training camp facility in Latrobe, Pa., Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Steelers, WR Diontae Johnson agree to 3-year deal

Aug. 04, 2022 01:54 PM EDT

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Artie Burns runs a drill during NFL football practice on Aug. 1, 2022, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Artie Burns hopes to capitalize on new chance with Seahawks

By Tim Booth Aug. 03, 2022 07:37 PM EDT

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully speaks during his induction into the team's Ring of Honor prior to a baseball game between the Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles on May 3, 2017, in Los Angeles. Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, Aug. 2, 2022, the team said. He was 94. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94

By Beth Harris Aug. 02, 2022 11:43 PM EDT

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll watches NFL football practice Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll tests positive for COVID-19

Aug. 01, 2022 06:02 PM EDT

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray throws a pass during the NFL football team's training camp at State Farm Stadium, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Cardinals QB Kyler Murray tests positive for COVID-19

By David Brandt Aug. 01, 2022 03:49 PM EDT

FILE - Houston Texans' John Metchie III smiles during an NFL football rookie minicamp practice on May 13, 2022, in Houston. The rookie wide receiver announced Sunday, July 24, 2022, that he has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Metchie addresses Texans in wake of leukemia diagnosis

By Kristie Rieken Jul. 29, 2022 04:26 PM EDT

Seattle Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright, right, hugs head coach Pete Carroll, right, in the lobby of Seahawks headquarters before a news conference where he announced his retirement from NFL football, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Emotional K.J. Wright steps away after 11-year NFL career

By Tim Booth Jul. 28, 2022 08:23 PM EDT

FILE - Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams gets set for a play during an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 5, 2021, in Seattle. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Thursday, July 28, 2022 that the team will be without Adams for an unknown period of time after he left training camp to seek additional opinions for surgically repaired fingers on his left hand. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)
Adams leaves Seahawks to seek medical opinions on fingers

By Tim Booth Jul. 28, 2022 08:01 PM EDT

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks takes part in drills during training camp at the NFL football team's practice facility Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Burks says he lost five or six pounds before training camp, and he has his asthma under control. That's helping the Titans' top draft pick start stringing good practices together, trying to prove he can help replace A.J. Brown as their top wide receiver. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Titans' top pick Treylon Burks has asthma under control

By Teresa M. Walker Jul. 27, 2022 05:36 PM EDT

FILE - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) takes part in drills at the team's NFL football stadium, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Cincinnati. Bengals owner Mike Brown said the team already has an eye on structuring finances so they can pay Joe Burrow enough to stay in Cincinnati when the star quarterback becomes eligible to negotiate a new contract next year. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
AP source: Bengals QB Burrow to have appendectomy

By Rob Maaddi Jul. 26, 2022 11:47 PM EDT

New Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle, Larry Ogunjobi, left, gets some help as he arrives for NFL football training camp in Latrobe, Pa., Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Welcome back: Steelers return to familiar rhythms of Latrobe

By Will Graves Jul. 26, 2022 05:14 PM EDT

Rugby players taking legal action about brain injury claims

Jul. 24, 2022 07:23 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — More than 100 former rugby players are taking legal action against World Rugby and the national governing bodies of England and Wales over what they...

FILE - Houston Texans' John Metchie III smiles during an NFL football rookie minicamp practice on May 13, 2022, in Houston. The rookie wide receiver announced Sunday, July 24, 2022, that he has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Texans rookie John Metchie III diagnosed with leukemia

Jul. 24, 2022 02:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2018, file photo, Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (88) runs against the Oakland Raiders during the second half of an NFL football game, in Denver. Former NFL star Demaryius Thomas, who died last December at age 33, had CTE, his family said Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
Former NFL receiver Demaryius Thomas' family says he had CTE

Jul. 05, 2022 01:05 PM EDT

Tennessee Titans running back Dontrell Hilliard (40) takes part in drills at the NFL football team's rookie minicamp Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Titans using yellow jerseys to protect rehabbing players

By Teresa M. Walker Jun. 07, 2022 05:43 PM EDT

FILE - Dr. Allen Sills, Chief Medical Officer for the NFL, speaks to reporters during the NFL football owners meeting in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. Students from four Historically Black College and University medical schools will be selected for clinical rotations with NFL team medical staffs this year. “On the whole, a day would consist of a mixture of time with the athletic training staff, observing treatments and assessments and rehabilitation care,” said Sills. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
4 HBCU medical schools join NFL diversity initiative

By Barry Wilner May. 24, 2022 11:00 AM EDT

Cobain guitar on block to help Colts' mental health cause

May. 09, 2022 05:32 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay spent years putting together his expansive guitar collection. Now he’s trying to add a Fender Mustang electric...