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Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco is taking the NFL's fine for his latest touchdown celebration as a challenge to do more. Ochocinco was fined $30,000 for briefly donning a mock poncho and a sombrero next to the bench following his touchdown catch during a 23-13 win over Detroit on Sunday.
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Tom Brady wants his teammates to prepare harder to keep a playoff berth from slipping away. On Wednesday, Randy Moss and three key defensive players didn't even make it to practice. Coach Bill Belichick declined to elaborate on their absence from the first practice since the New England Patriots' lead in the AFC East dropped [...]

The Dallas Cowboys might have a new holder on kicks, a guy who made a costly flub the last time he tried — Tony Romo. Romo practiced as the holder for kicker Nick Folk on Wednesday and might do it Sunday against the San Diego Chargers. He would replace punter Mat McBriar, whose hold on [...]

Randy Hanson, who accused Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable of assault after a training camp scuffle, has returned to work in the team's personnel department. Hanson had been employed as an assistant defensive backs coach before the Aug. 5 incident and had not been around the Raiders' facilities since.
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Randy Hanson, who accused Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable of assault after a training camp scuffle, has returned to work in the team's personnel department. Hanson had been employed as an assistant defensive backs coach before the Aug. 5 incident and had not been around the Raiders' facilities since.
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The Detroit Lions plan to rest Matthew Stafford's banged-up, non-throwing shoulder for at least one game. They don't expect to shut him down for the rest of the season. Lions coach Jim Schwartz said Wednesday that Daunte Culpepper will start at Baltimore and Stafford likely will be the No. 3 quarterback.

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The Sanchise is taking a seat this week, and he's not happy about it. New York Jets coach Rex Ryan decided Wednesday that Mark Sanchez will not play at Tampa Bay on Sunday because of a sprained right knee, and Kellen Clemens will start in his place. "It's just a frustrating part of this game," [...]

Back at practice for the first time since sustaining two concussions in a three-week span, Brian Westbrook said he wasn't completely healed the last time he returned to the Philadelphia Eagles. "That's what the doctor said, he said that although some of the symptoms were gone, I was not healed completely," Westbrook said Wednesday.
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Their calling-card swagger has been replaced by a sudden shakiness that's unbecoming. Reputed bullies, they've grown quiet, unsteady and seemingly vulnerable. That's what happens when you lose four straight games, two against supposed pushovers Kansas City and Oakland. The Pittsburgh Steelers are a shell of themselves.

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Their calling-card swagger has been replaced by a sudden shakiness that's unbecoming. Reputed bullies, they've grown quiet, unsteady and seemingly vulnerable. That's what happens when you lose four straight games, two against supposed pushovers Kansas City and Oakland. The Pittsburgh Steelers are a shell of themselves.

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