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The Bengals expect to sign former Cowboys safety Roy Williams, reuniting him with former defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. Williams will be in Cincinnati on Thursday to meet with the team and have a physical. He broke his right forearm twice last season, and the Cowboys released him in March. Zimmer was the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator [...]

The Tennessee Titans keep insisting that Vince Young will be their starting quarterback again some day. He said Wednesday he’s maturing, working hard and learning the business of the NFL. Well, he better because time is running out for Young to convince the Titans the 2006 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year is worth keeping [...]

For most of his career, he was celebrated as a tough guy playing a man’s game with the joy of a little boy. Now Brett Favre stands on the verge of plunging the sports world into yet another offseason’s worth of waffling on his retirement. Does Favre really want to play for the Minnesota Vikings [...]

It’s reality: Not everyone can get Super Bowl tickets. A more accessible Pro Bowl may provide fans some consolation. With the game still nearly nine months away, the NFL and the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee unveiled plans Wednesday to make the Pro Bowl — which will be played in the continental United States [...]

Court records show the company that built the Dallas Cowboys’ collapsed training facility also manufactured at least three other buildings that have fallen in heavy weather since 2002. The other tentlike facilities manufactured by Allentown, Pa.-based Summit Structures LLC or its related company, Cover-All Building Systems, were warehouse-type buildings in Philadelphia and upstate New York [...]

Court records show the company that built the Dallas Cowboys’ collapsed training facility also manufactured at least three other buildings that have fallen in heavy weather since 2002. The other tentlike facilities manufactured by Allentown, Pa.-based Summit Structures LLC or its related company, Cover-All Building Systems, were warehouse-type buildings in Philadelphia and upstate New York [...]

Dallas Cowboys kicker Nick Folk is recovering from surgery to repair a torn cartilage in his hip. The Cowboys said Wednesday that Folk, a Pro Bowl selection as a rookie in 2007, should resume light kicking work in about eight weeks. They’re hopeful he can handle full kicking work in 12 weeks, around the start [...]

Efforts to bring back what would be the first Super Bowl in 12 years to New Orleans reached an important step on Wednesday as multimedia previews of the bid proposal by the New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation were packed up for shipping to each NFL owner. Encased in wooden boxes [...]

The Cincinnati Bengals have parted ways with Levi Jones, terminating the contract of their starting offensive tackle and former first-round pick. The move Wednesday was expected. He has been bothered by knee and leg problems in recent years. Cincinnati took tackle Andre Smith of Alabama with the sixth overall pick in last month’s draft.
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Linebacker Larry Foote has signed a one-year deal with his hometown Detroit Lions, two days after being released by the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The Lions, winless last season, announced Foote’s signing Wednesday afternoon. The Steelers released Foote on Monday, a move expected because he asked to be traded or cut.
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