Tag: Football
Saints cut 12-year punter Thomas Morstead
<p>NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints have cut punter Thomas Morstead, who was a rookie when the franchise won its only Super Bowl...
Washington replacing cheerleading team with coed dance team
Washington will not have cheerleaders for the first time since the NFL’s longest-running cheerleading team was founded in 1962, with a coed dance team...
Weah has career high, North Dakota beats South Dakota 21-10
<p>GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Otis Weah ran for 132 of his career-high 163 yards after halftime and had both of his TD runs in...
Jets’ Douglas praises Darnold, but open to trading QB
NEW YORK — Sam Darnold's time as the face of the New York Jets franchise might be nearing a disappointing end.
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Mayfield stops Browns’ QB carousel, team pleased with growth
CLEVELAND — The Browns won't be chasing a quarterback in free agency. They aren't stressing over which one to take in the NFL draft...
Judge: Utah schools don’t need to offer girls’ football
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create...
Raiders GM Mike Mayock: ‘Jury is still out’ on Trent Brown
Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock says the “jury is still out” on whether highly paid right tackle Trent Brown will be back...
‘Emotional wreck’: Star departures hit Houston sports fans
<p>HOUSTON — Five-year-old Sawyer Brown was inconsolable. Her father, Chris Brown, had told her James Harden wouldn’t be with the Houston Rockets anymore after...
Vikings GM: ‘Kirk Cousins is our quarterback’
MINNEAPOLIS — The quarterback carousel has begun to spin around the NFL for the second straight offseason, with even the slight potential of further...
Cardinals all-out recruiting pitch brings Watt to the desert
<p>TEMPE, Ariz. — J.J. Watt didn't lack for suitors when deciding where to continue his spectacular football career. The three-time NFL Defensive Player of...