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The Arizona Cardinals have placed starting left tackle Mike Gandy on injured reserve after he underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia. The move ends the season for Gandy, who had started 31 consecutive games, counting last season's playoffs, before the injury kept him out of the Dec. 2 victory over Minnesota.
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Oakland Raiders quarterback Charlie Frye has been cleared to play after sustaining a concussion against Denver last week and will start Sunday's game against his former team, the Cleveland Browns. Frye was injured after being hit by Denver linebacker Andra Davis in the fourth quarter of the Raiders' 20-19 win over the Broncos.
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Washington Redskins dysfunction hit a new level Wednesday when an assistant coach told reporters they should "go to the source" for a "yes or no" when reporting a story. In the same interview, he proceeded to utter an ambiguous "no" that failed to clear up anything. Secondary coach Jerry Gray was asked: "Have you interviewed [...]

New England Patriots running back Fred Taylor seems set to face his former team after missing 10 games with an ankle injury. Taylor participated fully in practice Wednesday for the first time since being sidelined. The Patriots play Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who released Taylor after 11 seasons in which he became their top [...]

Colts Pro Bowl defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis were among six injured starters who missed practice Wednesday. Freeney (abdomen) and Mathis (quad) both played last week at Jacksonville. The practice report has more significance this week because coach Jim Caldwell said he will decide who to play based, in large part, on who [...]

Three days in bed with flulike symptoms did wonders for Kyle Boller's thigh injury. Now he's just got to shake off the rust. Boller returned to practice with St. Louis Rams on Wednesday, and the team plans to ease him back into the mix. He's missed the last two games, the first due to a [...]

Steelers safety Troy Polamalu didn't practice again because of his injured left knee ligament and doesn't expect to play Sunday against Baltimore. Polamalu is "encouraged" by an MRI test on Tuesday, but he doesn't expect to practice this week. Because he has been out since mid-November, he anticipates needing a full week of practice before [...]

Bills defensive end Aaron Schobel is contemplating retirement, saying he's going to go home after the season before making a decision. "I don't know my future really, what I'm going to do," Schobel told two reporters, including The Associated Press, following practice Wednesday.
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Brett Favre is brushing aside his conflict with Minnesota coach Brad Childress. Childress said he had a "good talk" with his quarterback on both Monday and Wednesday about their disagreement during Sunday's loss to Carolina. Childress has said he suggested to Favre that he come out of the game with the Vikings clinging to a [...]

Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress says he's confident in the team's plan to manage rookie Percy Harvin's migraine headaches. The problem kept Harvin out of one game and limited him to one practice last week. He had only one catch for 10 yards and two kickoff returns for a total of 31 yards in Sunday's [...]