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Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Chris Harris looks over during practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Costa Mesa, Calif., Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Chargers' Chris Harris learning to play safety in new scheme

By Joe Reedy 6 hrs ago

FILE - New England Patriots strong safety Patrick Chung pulls on a glove while warming up during an NFL football practice in Foxborough, Mass., in this Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, file photo. More than half of the 67 NFL players who opted out of the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic are no longer with the same team and almost two dozen aren't on anyone's roster. The Patriots had a league-high eight players opt out, including safety Patrick Chung and fullback Dan Vitale, both of whom retired this year along with two other opt outs: Cardinals O-lineman Marcus Gilbert and Panthers linebacker Jordan Mack. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Half the players who opted out last year no longer with team

By Arnie Stapleton 9 hrs ago

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, Denver Broncos tight end Jake Butt (80) runs against Seattle Seahawks linebacker Shaquem Griffin (49) during the second half of an NFL football game in Denver. Butt, the once-promising tight end whose football career was waylaid by six knee operations, announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday, July 29, 2021, saying he could no longer hide the fact that he’d lost his passion for the game he loves. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
Star-crossed tight end Jake Butt retires from NFL

By Arnie Stapleton Jul. 29, 2021 06:51 PM EDT

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) talks with offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, left, during practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Oxnard, Calif., Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)
Cowboys' Prescott leaves camp practice with shoulder strain

Jul. 28, 2021 08:28 PM EDT

Chicago Bears quarterbacks Andy Dalton (14) and Nick Foles (9) stretch with teammates during NFL football practice in Lake Forest, Ill., Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Bears see Eddie Goldman's return as defensive key

By Gene Chamberlain Jul. 28, 2021 07:45 PM EDT

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins throws during NFL football training camp Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Eagan, Minn. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
'Built to last': In 10th year, Cousins relishes durability

By Dave Campbell Jul. 28, 2021 07:21 PM EDT

FILE - Former Pittsburgh and Chicago Bears offensive lineman Jim Covert speaks at a news conference for the retirement of his number 75 college jersey before an NCAA college football game between Pittsburgh and Notre Dame in Pittsburgh, in this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, file photo. Jimbo Covert made the people he played alongside look good, and after a nearly two-decades-long wait, the tough Chicago Bears left tackle will join them in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Covert joins all those Hall of Famers he made look good

By Jim Litke Jul. 28, 2021 02:45 AM EDT

Bears' QB balancing act begins with training camp

By Gene Chamberlain Jul. 27, 2021 07:20 PM EDT
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The balancing act for Matt Nagy has begun. The Chicago Bears coach made it clear as players reported Tuesday for...

Atlanta Falcons linebacker Mykal Walker arrives for NFL football training camp in Flowery Branch, Ga., Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
RB Davis says move to hometown Falcons a 'dream come true'

By Charles Odum Jul. 27, 2021 04:08 PM EDT

All eyes on Dalton, Fields as Bears head into training camp

By The Associated Press Jul. 24, 2021 11:28 AM EDT
CHICAGO BEARS (8-9) CAMP SITE: Lake Forest, Illinois LAST YEAR: The Bears made the playoffs for a second time in coach...

Denver Broncos training camp features yet another QB clash

By The Associated Press Jul. 24, 2021 11:04 AM EDT
DENVER BRONCOS (5-11) CAMP SITE: Englewood, Colorado LAST YEAR: The Broncos extended their playoff drought to five...

Chiefs again with Super Bowl aspirations as camp approaches

By The Associated Press Jul. 24, 2021 11:03 AM EDT
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (16-3) CAMP SITE: St. Joseph, Missouri LAST YEAR: The Chiefs won a fifth straight division title and...

Giants top draft pick Toney tests postive for COVID-19

Jul. 22, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J (AP) — First-round draft pick Kadarius Toney has tested positive for COVID-19 after reporting to training camp. The...

Chicago Bears' Ed Sprinkle is shown in this 1950s photo. Sue Withers laughs at the notion of her father being dubbed the “Meanest Man in Pro Football.” She insists Hall of Fame inductee Sprinkle “was just so gentle.” Withers and other members of Sprinkle's family are working to debunk the myth that the Bears great was anything more than a hard-nosed, prototypical pass rusher. Sprinkle died in 2014 at age 90. (Chicago Tribune via AP)
NFL's meanest man? Ed Sprinkle's family tries to debunk myth

By Mark Long Jul. 22, 2021 02:52 AM EDT

FILE - Toronto Argonauts Damon Allen, left, and his brother Marcus Allen stand on the sidelines before a Canadian Football League football game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Toronto, in this Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, file photo. Three words resonate with Damon Allen when thinking of what his brother and NFL legend Marcus told him on multiple occasions during his storied career in the Canadian Football League. “Play within yourself,” Allen said. Now, Allen is hoping to share those words and his vast knowledge from a Hall of Fame career in the CFL with the Las Vegas Raiders, the organization his older brother starred for and led to a Super Bowl title in 1984. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press via AP)
Damon Allen hoping to launch coaching career with Raiders

By W.g. Ramirez Jul. 21, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

Cowboys return to California for camp coming off 6-10 season

By The Associated Press Jul. 19, 2021 02:23 PM EDT
DALLAS COWBOYS (6-10) CAMP SITE: Oxnard, California LAST YEAR: QB Dak Prescott's season-ending ankle injury in Week 5...

FBN--Ginn-Retires

Jul. 16, 2021 06:52 PM EDT
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ted Ginn Jr. returned to Glenville High School on Friday to announce his NFL retirement. The 36-year-old former Ohio State...

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020 file photo, New York Jets safety Marcus Maye (20) in action during the second half of an NFL football game Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo. he New York Jets and Marcus Maye were unable to reach an agreement on a long-term contract Thursday, July 15, 2021 so the star safety will play this season under his franchise tag tender. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Jets, Maye unable to reach long-term deal by deadline

By Dennis Waszak Jr. Jul. 15, 2021 05:41 PM EDT

Bears set to welcome back fans for training camp practices

Jul. 07, 2021 07:42 PM EDT
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears are set to welcome back fans for training camp. The team announced Wednesday that 14 practices...

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo, fans wait for an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and New York Jets at Soldier Field in Chicago. A potential move by the Bears from the lakefront stadium has been picking up steam in recent weeks, after the team announced a bid to purchase Arlington International Racecourse. The famed thoroughbred track in the village of Arlington Heights sits about 30 miles northwest of Soldier Field on a 326-acre plot of land owned by Churchill Downs Inc. that is for sale. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)
Leave the lakefront? Bears fans have mixed emotions on that

By Andrew Seligman Jul. 04, 2021 11:32 AM EDT