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FILE - Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan (77) is carted off the field during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Orchard Park, N.Y. A three-time Pro Bowl left tackle released by the Tennessee Titans in February over a failed physical issue is suing renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews for medical malpractice after the October 2020 surgery repairing his torn right ACL left him with “severe and permanent” damage. Attorneys for Taylor Lewan filed the lawsuit Tuesday night, May 2, 2023, in circuit court in Ecambia County, Florida. (AP Photo/Adrian Krau, File)
Pro Bowl tackle Taylor Lewan sues doctor over ACL repair

By Teresa M. Walker May. 04, 2023 02:58 PM EDT

FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins warms up before an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Dec. 5, 2021, in Pittsburgh. The family of deceased Haskins filed a lawsuit March 23, 2023, against several people, businesses and the state of Florida, claiming he was drugged, robbed and extorted before he was fatally struck while standing drunk on a highway after running out of gas. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Family: QB Haskins was drugged before he was fatally struck

By Terry Spencer Apr. 10, 2023 05:28 PM EDT

FILE - Fans watch as the Washington Commanders face the Jacksonville Jaguars in an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in Landover, Md. The Washington Commanders have settled a suit with the District of Columbia’s attorney general’s office over fans’ season-ticket deposit money. Attorney general Brian L. Schwalb on Monday, April 10, 2023, announced the agreement that returns $200,000 to fans and pay $425,000 to the District to resolve allegations related to the deposits. Predecessor Karl A. Racine filed the consumer protection suit late last year. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
Commanders settle with Washington, D.C., on ticket deposits

By Stephen Whyno Apr. 10, 2023 12:01 PM EDT

Bengals' Joe Mixon recharged with pointing gun at woman

Apr. 07, 2023 01:10 PM EDT
CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals running back Joe Mixon is again facing a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing over allegations that he threatened and pointed a gun at...

FILE - Then-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores stands on the sideline during the second half of the team's NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Jan. 9, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. NFL lawyers are urging a New York judge to change her mind and agree to let racial discrimination claims against the league and its teams go to arbitration rather than trial. In written arguments late Wednesday, March 16, 2023, the lawyers said Judge Valerie E. Caproni should reverse her recent decision finding that some claims by Flores can go to trial. Flores, the new defense coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, sued the league and three teams last year, saying the NFL was “rife with racism." (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
NFL wants judge to send discrimination claims to arbitrator

By Larry Neumeister Mar. 16, 2023 06:34 PM EDT

FILE - Sean Murphy, alleged mastermind behind a $2 million jewelry heist from the E.A. Dion jewelry manufacturing company in 2008, listens to a list of charges brought against him during arraignment on Jan. 29, 2009, in Attleboro District Court in Attleboro, Mass. The self-described “master thief" and New England Patriots fan convicted of stealing New York Giants Super Bowl rings in 2008 is back behind bars March 2023, after a judge determined he had violated the terms of his probation, prosecutors said. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, File)
'Master thief' convicted of Giants ring theft back in prison

Mar. 08, 2023 02:49 PM EST

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara waits for an arraignment at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Kamara and three other men pleaded not guilty Thursday in Nevada to charges they beat a man unconscious at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub before the NFL’s 2022 Pro Bowl. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
NFL's Kamara, Lammons plead not guilty in Vegas assault case

By Ken Ritter Mar. 02, 2023 03:44 PM EST

FILE - Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores stands on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Jan. 9, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Flores can pursue some of his discrimination claims against the league and its teams in court rather than through arbitration, a judge ruled Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
NFL coach Brian Flores' discrimination case going to court

By Larry Neumeister Mar. 01, 2023 02:22 PM EST

FILE - This combo of file photos, shows former 9 of the 10 retired NFL football players, who have  accused the league of lies, bad faith and flagrant violations of federal law in denying disability benefits in a potential class action lawsuit filed Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Baltimore. The men say they left the game with lingering physical or cognitive injuries that make their daily lives difficult if not excruciating. They are, top row from left, Jay Alford, Daniel Loper, Willis McGahee, Mike McKenzie, Jamize, Olawale, bottom row from left, Alex Parsons, Eric Smith, Charles Sims and Joey Thomas. Lanze Zeno is not shown.  (AP Photo/File)
Suit: NFL runs 'sham' disability program for injured players

By Maryclaire Dale Feb. 09, 2023 03:27 PM EST

FILE - Nebraska coach Matt Rhule speaks during an introductory during an NCAA college football press conference on Nov. 28, 2022, in Lincoln, Neb.  The new Nebraska coach has completed his staff with the announcement he hired Bob Wager as tight ends coach, Rob Dvoracek as linebackers coach and Garret McGuire as wide receivers coach. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)
AP source: Rhule files $5M arbitration suit vs. Panthers

By Steve Reed Feb. 01, 2023 12:25 PM EST

New Orleans Saints Defensive End Cameron Jordan discusses team performance after an NFL football game against Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Jan.8, 2022, in New Orleans. (Hunter Dawkins/The Gazebo Gazette via AP)
Saints' Jordan wins appeal, critical of NFL's process

By Brett Martel Jan. 19, 2023 06:59 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Larry Nassar sentenced to 60-years

By The Associated Press Dec. 06, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 7 1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers’ 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics. 1985 —...

This Sept. 16, 2022 file photo shows the Wellness Center at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss. In a court filing on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, the Mississippi Department of Human Services demanded that retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and the University of Southern Mississippi repay millions of dollars of welfare money that went toward building the volleyball facility. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi revises demands on Favre in welfare lawsuit

By Emily Wagster Pettus Dec. 05, 2022 01:31 PM EST

FILE - Construction personnel work on the Carolina Panthers' practice facility Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C. A sheriff in South Carolina has announced his deputies started a criminal investigation into whether Panthers owner David Tepper or his company misused public money meant for a failed practice facility. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Panthers owner David Tepper scrutinized in criminal probe

By Jeffrey Collins Dec. 02, 2022 11:36 AM EST

FILE - Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson stands on the field before an NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears, on Aug. 27, 2022, in Cleveland. Watson can begin practicing on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022,  as part of his agreement with the NFL on an 11-game suspension after being accused of sexual misconduct by two dozen women when he played for Houston. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
Watson has better shot winning with Browns than fixing image

By Rob Maaddi Dec. 02, 2022 09:15 AM EST

FILE - Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke is shown before an NFL football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. Representatives of St. Louis, St. Louis County and the authority that owns The Dome at America’s Center have reached a tentative agreement dividing up the $519 million remaining in settlement money from the lawsuit over the NFL Rams’ relocation.(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Deal finalized to divide Rams settlement money in St. Louis

Nov. 30, 2022 03:41 PM EST

FILE - Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson leaves the field at the end of the first half against the Chicago Bears in an NFL preseason football game, Aug. 27, 2022, in Cleveland. An attorney for the women who settled their lawsuits against Deshaun Watson says most of his clients have no interest in his return to Houston on Sunday. But Tony Buzbee, their attorney, says about 10 of the women who accused Watson of sexual harassment and assault during massages planned to attend Sunday’s game at Houston’s NRG Stadium when the Browns take on the Texans and watch him play in his return from an 11-game suspension. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
Attorney: As QB Watson returns, accusers say 'we matter'

By Juan A. Lozano Nov. 29, 2022 01:51 PM EST

FILE - Former NFL football quarterback Brett Favre speaks with reporters prior to his induction to the Mississippi Hall of Fame in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 1, 2015. Favre is asking to be removed from a civil lawsuit in Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Favre asks to be dismissed from Mississippi welfare lawsuit

By Emily Wagster Pettus Nov. 28, 2022 07:09 PM EST

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson stands on the field during an NFL football practice at the team's training facility Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Texans brace for Deshaun Watson's return with Browns

By Kristie Rieken Nov. 28, 2022 06:19 PM EST

Liability finding in Conley rape allegation to be appealed

Nov. 26, 2022 11:56 AM EST
CLEVELAND (AP) — An attorney is vowing an appeal for a woman found liable by a civil jury for malicious prosecution in a rape allegation she made against a former...

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