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Former NFL player LeRoy Butler speaks during his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Richard)
LeRoy Butler leaps into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

By Rob Maaddi Aug. 06, 2022 01:58 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin works with a blocking dummy during an NFL football training camp practice Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Injured WR Godwin back on practice field for Buccaneers

By Fred Goodall Aug. 05, 2022 04:42 PM EDT

FILE - Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross gestures at the end of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, on Oct. 24, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The NFL has suspended Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and fined him $1.5 million for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton following a six-month investigation stemming from Brian Flores' racial discrimination lawsuit against the league. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, FIle)
Column: NFL lets bad boy owners get off with slap on wrist

By Paul Newberry Aug. 05, 2022 04:20 PM EDT

New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu (32) catches the ball during training camp at their NFL football training facility in Metairie, La., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Mathieu thanks Saints for support during absence from camp

By Brett Martel Aug. 04, 2022 07:35 PM EDT

FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers senior defensive assistant Brian Flores, right, watches as the team goes through drills during an NFL football practice on May 31, 2022, in Pittsburgh. A judge on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, quickened the time it will take to rule whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gets to decide the merits of racial discrimination claims made by Black coaches against the league and its teams, saying that it appears an effort to gather more evidence is a try at “an impermissible fishing expedition.” Flores, who was fired in January as head coach of the Miami Dolphins and is now with the Steelers, filed the lawsuit in February. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Judge shortens road to decide NFL racial discrimination suit

By Larry Neumeister Aug. 04, 2022 12:30 PM EDT

Saints safety Mathieu rejoins team after 1-week absence

Aug. 03, 2022 11:20 AM EDT
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu reported for training camp and was practicing Wednesday after initially being excused to attend to what...

FILE - New England Patriots defensive lineman Richard Seymour smiles during an NFL football news conference in Foxborough, Mass., on Dec., 20, 2006. Seymour's winning start in New England is a good starting point for how the defensive lineman ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Patriots won the Super Bowl in three of Seymour's first four seasons. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)
Early titles with Patriots lead to Hall of Fame for Seymour

By Schuyler Dixon Aug. 03, 2022 01:30 AM EDT

Cleveland Browns quarterbacks Deshaun Watson (4) and Jacoby Brissett (7) jog during the NFL football team's training camp, Monday, August 1, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. Watson was suspended for six games on Monday after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, in what a disciplinary officer said was behavior “more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL.” (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)
Plan (B)rissett: Browns QB 'ready' to fill in for Watson

By Tom Withers Aug. 02, 2022 06:21 PM EDT

FILE - Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross gestures at the end of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, on Oct. 24, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The NFL has suspended Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and fined him $1.5 million for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton following a six-month investigation stemming from Brian Flores' racial discrimination lawsuit against the league. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, FIle)
NFL suspends Dolphins owner for tampering with Brady, Payton

By Rob Maaddi Aug. 02, 2022 12:28 PM EDT

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson takes part in drills during the NFL football team's training camp, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)
Analysis: No winners in Deshaun Watson's case

By Rob Maaddi Aug. 02, 2022 03:00 AM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady throws a pass during an NFL football training camp practice Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Brady: Hainsey working hard to become Jensen's replacement

By Fred Goodall Aug. 01, 2022 04:53 PM EDT

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Gabriel Davis (13) takes the field for practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Pittsford, N.Y., Monday July 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
WR Gabe Davis primed to take on bigger role in Bills offense

By John Wawrow Aug. 01, 2022 02:59 PM EDT

FILE - Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson, center, directs an NFL football practice, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. At right is quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Pederson is trying to help his players “heal” after last year's tumultuous season and hoping to build a winning culture that could lead Jacksonville out of the AFC South cellar for the first time since 2017. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Pederson's path: Veteran coach handles Jags ‘like grown men’

By Mark Long Aug. 01, 2022 02:44 PM EDT

FILE - Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson arrives at NFL football practice Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Houston. The NFL suspended Watson for six games on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022 for violating its personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas, two people familiar with the decision said. (AP Photo/Justin Rex, FIle)
Notable suspensions under NFL’s personal conduct policy

By The Associated Press Aug. 01, 2022 09:50 AM EDT

CORRECTS TO SATURDAY NOT TUESDAY - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins takes part in drills at the NFL football team's practice facility in Eagan, Minn., Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Vikings value return of rejuvenated tight end Irv Smith Jr.

By Dave Campbell Jul. 30, 2022 06:31 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers center Robert Hainsey (70) signs autographs for fans after an NFL football training camp practice Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Young Bucs centers competing to replace injured Jensen

By Fred Goodall Jul. 30, 2022 02:50 PM EDT

FILE - New England Patriots tight end Jonnu Smith (81) takes part in drills at the NFL football team's practice facility in Foxborough, Mass., Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Smith wasn’t looking for a fresh start as much as a place to burnish his reputation as one of the league’s top tight ends when he left the Tennessee Titans and signed with the New England Patriots prior to last season. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
Patriots tight end Smith poised to have bounce back season

By Kyle Hightower Jul. 29, 2022 02:28 PM EDT

FILE - New England Patriots' Logan Ryan signals a safety during the team's NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Foxborough, Mass. Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Ryan won a pair of Super Bowls in New England playing with Tom Brady, picked Brady's final pass with the Patriots for a touchdown and has reunited with him on the Buccaneers. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
Reunited with Tom Brady, Logan Ryan has clear goal in Tampa

By Rob Maaddi Jul. 29, 2022 11:29 AM EDT

Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields warms up during the NFL football team's training camp, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Failures push Fields as he tries to take next step for Bears

By Andrew Seligman Jul. 28, 2022 04:02 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers center Ryan Jensen (66) walks with fellow offensive linemen during an NFL football training camp practice Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Buccaneers C Ryan Jensen carted off field with knee injury

By Fred Goodall Jul. 28, 2022 02:29 PM EDT