Tag: Bowl

  • Redskins LT Samuels done for season (AP)

    Washington Redskins left tackle Chris Samuels is out for the season, and linebacker H.B. Blades and cornerback Byron Westbrook are recovering from knee surgery. The Redskins made the expected move of placing six-time Pro Bowl lineman Samuels on injured reserve Saturday. Samuels has a chronic spinal condition and will decide in a few months whether to return next season or retire.

  • Vikings CB Winfield to miss Packers game (AP)

    The Minnesota Vikings will be without Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield when they face the Green Bay Packers in a pivotal NFC North game on Sunday. Winfield was listed as out in Friday's injury report. He also missed last week's game against Pittsburgh because of the injured right foot. Coach Brad Childress said he saw Winfield make progress throughout the week, but obviously not enough…

  • Cowboys give LB Ware $78M over 6 years (AP)

    FILE -- In this Sept. 28, 2009 file photo, Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware(notes) (94) stands on the sidelines  before the start of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers  in Arlington, Texas.   Ware finally has his big contract with the Dallas Cowboys. He just won't be getting paid as much as some of the elite quarterbacks he will be trying to sack. After months of talks that intensified over the past two weeks, Ware agreed Monday, Oct. 26, 2009,  to a $78 million, six-year deal through the 2015 season that guarantees him $40 million.

    Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware finally has his big contract with the Dallas Cowboys. He just won't be getting paid as much as some of the elite quarterbacks he will be trying to sack. After months of talks that intensified over the past two weeks, Ware agreed Monday to a $78 million, six-year deal through the 2015 season that guarantees him $40 million.

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  • Steelers’ Polamalu not expected to play (AP)

    Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu practiced only lightly for the third day in a row and is not expected to play Sunday in Detroit. Polamalu, a five-time Pro Bowl player, has not played since tearing the medial collateral ligament in his left knee Sept. 10 against Tennessee. He was on the field Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but did not take part in a full practice.

  • Hasselbeck practices, should play Sunday (AP)

    Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck(notes) throws a pass during NFL football practice on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in Renton, Wash. The practice was the first for Hasselbeck since breaking a rib in a  Sept. 20 game in San Francisco.

    All signs are pointing toward Matt Hasselbeck returning to quarterback the reeling Seahawks on Sunday against Jacksonville. The three-time Pro Bowl passer looked sharp while completing a second consecutive practice Thursday. It's his first work since he broke a rib Sept. 20 on a dive for the goal line at San Francisco.

  • Anderson to start at QB for Browns (AP)

    FILE -- This photo from Aug. 26, 2009, shows Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson(notes) at the Cleveland Browns NFL football training camp in Berea, Ohio. Anderson will replace Brady Quinn(notes) and start at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, against Cincinnati.

    Two years ago, the Cleveland Browns turned their woeful offense over to Derek Anderson and won 10 games. Eric Mangini can only hope it happens again. With his first season in Cleveland already unraveling, Mangini benched Brady Quinn in favor of Anderson, who rode a similar opportunity in 2007 to an appearance in the Pro Bowl.

  • Burress begins 2-year prison term (AP)

    Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress(notes) reacts as he appears before judge Michael Melkonian for his sentencing at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in New York. Burress was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

    Former Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress apologized to his family and tearfully kissed his pregnant wife and young son goodbye Tuesday before he was led away to prison to begin serving a two-year sentence on a weapons charge. Burress, at the time a star receiver with the New York Giants, was at the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan last November when a gun tucked into his waistband slipped down…

  • Super Bowl hero Tyree released by Giants (AP)

    David Tyree has gone from Super Bowl hero to out of a job. Tyree was released by the New York Giants on Saturday in the final cutdown that also featured a late trade with backup tight end Michael Matthews, another Super Bowl veteran, being shipped to the New England Patriots for a conditional draft pick.

  • Patriots LB Bruschi announces retirement (AP)

    New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo(notes), left, speaks with the media about the retirement of Tedy Bruschi(notes), not pictured, in the locker room at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Aug. 31, 2009.

    Tedy Bruschi retired Monday after a 13-year NFL career in which he won three Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots and made a gallant return from a stroke. The inside linebacker played for no other team and leaves football with only one unachieved goal — a fourth championship. "I'm 36 years old," Bruschi said at a news conference.

  • Broncos suspend WR Marshall for conduct (AP)

    FILE - in this Aug. 18, 2009 file photo, Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall(notes) heads to the practice field during NFL football training camp in Englewood, Colo. Marshall, openly unhappy with the Broncos, was suspended by the team on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009,  for unspecified "detrimental" conduct. The club did not say in its 15-word statement how long the suspension would last.

    Pro Bowl receiver Brandon Marshall, openly unhappy with the Denver Broncos, was suspended by the team for the rest of the preseason for what coach Josh McDaniels called "detrimental" conduct. Marshall, who has brooded since demanding a trade and asking for a new contract, was informed of the suspension by McDaniels on Friday.