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The New Orleans Saints have cut kicker John Carney, a 21-year NFL veteran who signed with the Saints in August for his second stint with team. Tuesday's move came after Carney, who played in 11 games, had been inactive for the last two while Garrett Hartley took over as placekicker. The Saints also resigned fullback [...]

Eric Mangini's banking on Mike Holmgren's coaching background to buy him another year with the Browns. With Holmgren set to assume control of Cleveland's fractured football operations sometime next week, Mangini's future will be in the hands of the 61-year-old former coach of Seattle and Green Bay, who agreed Monday to become the team's new [...]

Chris Henry's fiancee wept as she spoke about the Cincinnati Bengals receiver at his funeral Tuesday, and she said while she may have helped steer him out of trouble, he changed her life. Henry, 26, was killed after he fell out of a pickup truck bed being driven by his fiance Loleini Tonga during what [...]

The NFL Players Association has challenged the league’s right to eliminate a supplemental revenue-sharing program among the 32 teams. NFLPA assistant executive director George Atallah confirmed Tuesday that the union sent a letter to an arbitrator disputing the league’s right to unilaterally drop the revenue-sharing under the current collective bargaining agreement.
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The NFL Players Association has challenged the league's right to eliminate a supplemental revenue-sharing program among the 32 teams. NFLPA assistant executive director George Atallah confirmed Tuesday that the union sent a letter to an arbitrator disputing the league's right to unilaterally drop the revenue-sharing under the current collective bargaining agreement.
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The Cincinnati Bengals and hundreds of others mourned Tuesday the sudden loss of receiver Chris Henry, who was killed when he fell out of a pickup truck bed during what police described as a domestic dispute. The Bengals players and personnel wore round lapels with Henry's No. 15. Many other people wore red ribbons with [...]

Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly appeared briefly in a Houston courtroom Tuesday to answer refiled charges he illegally possessed at least 200 grams of codeine. Jolly, 26, whose hometown is Houston, was indicted by a Harris County grand jury for a second time last week, five months after prosecutors dismissed a similar charge [...]

Wide receiver Joey Galloway has been added to the Pittsburgh Steelers' roster as the replacement for Limas Sweed. Sweed was placed on injured reserve Monday with a non-football related illness. Coach Mike Tomlin would not reveal any details of Sweed's problem Tuesday. Galloway was cut by New England earlier this season.
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Browns quarterback Brady Quinn will miss Cleveland's final two games with a foot injury. Coach Eric Mangini said Quinn hurt his foot at the end of a 24-yard bootleg run during the fourth quarter of Sunday's 41-34 win at Kansas City. The Browns have placed Quinn on injured reserve, ending an uneven third season for [...]

This was how the New York Giants played when they were starting 5-0, back when they looked like a solid Super Bowl contender. The dominant version of the Giants showed itself again Monday night, only this time as a desperate team clinging to its playoff hopes. The Giants controlled every facet of the game in [...]