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Los Angeles Rams fan Raymond Mousaian wears his team's helmet before the second round of the NFL football draft Friday, April 29, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Champion LA Rams restock secondary with Hill, 4 DBs in draft

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AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 24 1950 — Cleveland’s Otto Graham throws four touchdown passes, despite icy footing in Municipal Stadium, and Lou Groza kicks a 16-yard field goal...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 24 1950 — Cleveland’s Otto Graham throws four touchdown passes, despite icy footing in Municipal Stadium, and Lou Groza kicks a 16-yard field goal...

FILE - Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock, center, jokes with backup quarterbacks Jeff Driskel, left, and Brett Rypien during an NFL football practice in Englewood, Colo., in this Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, file photo. The Broncos activated three quarterbacks—starter Lock and backups Rypien and Blake Bortles—from the COVID-19 list Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, to insure that the team will not be without quarterbacks on the roster for the game against the Chiefs in Kansas City on Sunday as the Broncos were last Sunday when hosting the New Orleans Saints. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
The virus's toll: How 32 NFL teams have been hit by COVID-19

By The Associated Press Dec. 04, 2020 04:32 PM EST

FILE - In this April 29, 2016, file photo, former Walter Payton Man of the Year Chester Pitts poses for photos upon arriving for the third round of the 2016 NFL football draft in Chicago. In the Austin, Texas area Pitts, who played nine pro seasons as a guard and tackle, has been directly involved in getting out the vote for years. Often, he has chartered a bus and helped the elderly get to their polling places. He has similar plans for this fall during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Former NFL players getting out the vote in communities

By Barry Wilner Sep. 23, 2020 02:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2016, file photo, New England Patriots running back Steven Jackson speaks with reporters in the team's locker room at Gillette Stadium before an NFL football practice in Foxborough, Mass. Jackson is involved in “boots on the ground” programs that stress the need to provide all sorts of services to help people vote. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Patriots Practice

Sep. 23, 2020 12:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2013, file photo, Oakland Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson (24) talks with Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) after an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif. Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson are among 14 first-year eligible candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson 2021 Hall of Fame candidates

By Barry Wilner Sep. 16, 2020 01:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, left, talks with NFL Legend Mark Brunell, right, at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. Mark Brunell knows his 19-year NFL career is one to make today's NFL quarterback prospects envious. What he wanted them to avoid was starting out like he did. The former Jacksonville Jaguars star just wrapped up his fifth season serving as a mentor at the NFL scouting combine, where he and fellow alum Chad Pennington guided the soon-to-be rookies through the week as they're poked and prodded, tested and interrogated. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
NFL mentors give back to game but also get a lot out of it

Arnie Stapleton Mar. 03, 2020 04:29 PM EST

FILE- In this Feb. 3, 2002, file photo, St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner looks to pass to Marshall Faulk, right, in the first quarter of NFL football's Super Bowl XXXVI against the New England Patriots at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. The Rams moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles, had seven head coaches and used 20 starting quarterbacks since losing to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl 17 years ago. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
Rams have had a revolving door since loss to Patriots

By Rob Maaddi Feb. 01, 2019 02:20 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2016, file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. There's an exhibit at the High Museum in Atlanta, not far from the Super Bowl stadium, dedicated to Tommie Smith and his courageous stand for social justice at the 1968 Olympics. Talk about symmetry. Smith raised a fist, Colin Kaepernick took a knee, and both paid an enormous price for doing the right thing. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Boldin says it's a 'travesty' Kaepernick isn't in NFL

By The Associated Press Jan. 31, 2019 02:59 PM EST