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Brandon Marshall is free to play the entire 2009 season, providing his surgically repaired hip allows it. Marshall learned Tuesday he won’t face disciplinary action from the NFL over his latest arrest in a domestic dispute. League spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press that the Denver Broncos’ Pro Bowl receiver has been notified that [...]

Former New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress can toss four traffic tickets he received in suburban Fort Lauderdale. A magistrate has dismissed them. Burress was ticketed March 1 on accusations of speeding and illegal lane change, improperly displaying a car tag and having tinted windows. His attorney Bradford Cohen said the tickets were dismissed [...]

Here’s a sample, compliments of Patriots linebacker Pierre Woods, of what television viewers can expect when Rodney Harrison goes on the air: “When you hit someone, you want their mommas to feel it.” Or this: “If you can’t hit the quarterback, what are you doing out there?” “I miss Rodney. I wish he was here,” [...]

San Francisco cornerback Nate Clements will miss the 49ers’ minicamp this weekend with a case of pneumonia. The 49ers’ $80 million cornerback missed organized team activities on Monday and Tuesday with the illness, and he won’t be re-evaluated until next week. San Francisco lost fellow starting cornerback Walt Harris to a knee injury last month, [...]

The Dallas Cowboys have released Greg Ellis, ending the linebacker’s career after 11 seasons and the eighth-most sacks in club history. Tuesday’s announcement was no surprise. A week before, team owner Jerry Jones said the club was planning to cut Ellis if he couldn’t be traded. The Cowboys bypassed Randy Moss to take Ellis with [...]

St. Louis Blues principal owner Dave Checketts is heading a group that wants to buy the Rams and keep the team in St. Louis. A spokesman for Checketts confirmed Tuesday that Checketts leads a group of St. Louisans and outside investors interested in purchasing the NFL team. That news came a day after the Rams [...]

A judge said Tuesday he’ll move quickly and carefully to resolve a lawsuit by Minnesota Vikings Kevin Williams and Pat Williams, who are fighting their four-game suspensions for their use of a banned substance. With the legal fight moving from federal court to state court, Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson asked for and got [...]

Disgruntled Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown didn’t attend the voluntary team workout on Tuesday. Brown went public in April with his wish for a new contract or a trade after team president Joe Banner, in a radio interview, denied Brown had any dissatisfaction with his current deal, which runs through 2012.
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There’s much less to see when you look at the Carolina Panthers’ sideline these days. More than 500 pounds less. In their own competitive, high-stakes version of “The Biggest Loser,” coach John Fox, his assistants and the football operations staff have combined to shed over a quarter ton of weight since the end of last [...]

New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison is expected to announce this week whether he is retiring from the NFL. The two-time Pro Bowl selection missed the last 10 games last season with a muscle in his right thigh. It was his fourth serious injury in the last four years of his 15-season career. Harrison’s contract [...]