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Study: football coaches can cut injuries, study says

INDIANAPOLIS – A new study shows young football players are less likely to get hurt or sustain head injuries when playing for coaches who have been trained in teaching proper tackling fundam...

Trouble hasn’t slowed down for NFL in 2015

Commissioner Roger Goodell declared at the Super Bowl that the NFL made “enormous progress” on social issues after last year’s incessant barrage of disturbing developments, led by the Ray Ri...

Vikings great Alan Page plans life after state Supreme Court

MINNEAPOLIS When Alan Page’s Hall of Fame football career ended, he charged into his new legal career with the tenacity that made him a feared member of the Minnesota Vikings’ Pur...

If healthy, Dungy sees Manning returning in 2015

ENGLEWOOD – Count Tony Dungy among those who believe Peyton Manning will play in 2015. “I was with him last week and he didn’t give me any indication one way or another, but he ce...

Familiar names finish atop team recruiting rankings

On a day when the new faces of college football made their school choices official, some familiar names finished atop the team recruiting standings. Here’s a look at some of the ...

Bettis, Brown, Haley, Seau and Shields voted into Hall

PHOENIX – Junior Seau, Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown, Charles Haley and Will Shields were elected Saturday to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The class of 2015, announced a day before ...

Rodgers is NFL MVP

PHOENIX Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers won his second MVP award and J.J. Watt swept away the voters the way he sweeps quarterbacks off their feet to take top defensive honors. ...

Special teams could determine Super Bowl champion

PHOENIX While Russell Wilson was throwing interceptions in the NFC championship game, punter Jon Ryan kick-started Seattle’s rally with his arm. Could the Seahawks try ...

Seahawks vs. Patriots: The matchups

Matchups for the Super Bowl on Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium: When the Seahawks (14-4) have the ball: If...

Seahawks repeat a scary prospect for NFL

PHOENIX Here are some scary thoughts for the rest of the NFL: A win Sunday will stamp the Seahawks as one of the best teams of the Super Bowl era. And, given Seattle’s ...

Record defense bodes well for Seahawks

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) – The sideshow is over, which means Marshawn Lynch can go back to not talking and this realization can become obvious again: ...

Peyton: ‘Can I physically do it to help the team?’

PHOENIX – Peyton Manning is still thinking over his future, making no commitment to returning to the Broncos for his 18th NFL season. “I’m taking some time to assess some things ...