WNCT-On Your Side
CWENC
|
 
Football ProfessionalFootball Professional
  • Set to erase 2011, eager Eagles get back to work

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) Vince Young, Ronnie Brown and Steve Smith are gone. Indeed, the Dream Team is now simply the 2012 Philadelphia Eagles. Coming off a disappointing 8-8 season, the Eagles reconvened as a full team Tuesday for the first time

Advertisement

  • Schiano: Winslow trade not about sending message

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) New Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano insists he wasn't sending a message by trading tight end Kellen Winslow, just improving the football team. Tampa Bay dealt Winslow to Seattle for a draft pick on Monday night and signed

  • Goodell speaks briefly about Vilma lawsuit

    ATLANTA (AP) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has briefly addressed the defamation lawsuit filed against him by New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma after he suspended Vilma for the 2012 season. Goodell also has spoken Tuesday about the league's relationship with

  • Colts sign 5th-round draft pick Josh Chapman

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indianapolis Colts have signed fifth-round draft pick Josh Chapman, giving them six draft choices under contract. Chapman is a 6-foot, 316-pound defensive tackle who anchored the middle of Alabama's defensive line last season. He tore the ACL

  • Dolphins like what they see from Tannehill

    MIAMI (AP) Forgive rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill if he looks lost. Since joining the Miami Dolphins, he has been trying to get around town without using a GPS. Driving home one day from the team complex, Tannehill was determined to

  • Raiders' McClain apologizes for bad publicity

    ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain has apologized for bringing bad publicity to the team following his recent conviction. McClain was convicted last week by a judge in Decatur, Ala., for threatening to kill a man and firing

  • Jaguars CB Mathis nearing return from knee injury

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis is seemingly way ahead of schedule. Mathis is running, cutting, jumping and lifting all less than six months after reconstructive surgery on his left knee. He's not wearing a brace and is

  • Browns McCoy ready to battle for starting job

    BEREA, Ohio (AP) Browns quarterback Colt McCoy plans to fight for his starting job. Although rookie Brandon Weeden, who was drafted by Cleveland in the first round, is expected to start this season, McCoy said the Browns have told him

  • Steelers open OTAs without WR Mike Wallace

    PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers returned to work Tuesday with a new offensive playbook but without Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Wallace, who is working out on his own in Louisiana as he tries to finalize a new deal with

  • Browns' Fujita says bounty charges "not true"

    BEREA, Ohio (AP) Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita says he is innocent in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal. Fujita, who spent four seasons with New Orleans, was suspended for three games by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for his alleged

  • NFL passes new pad rules for players

    ATLANTA (AP) The NFL has made thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season, something the players' union could oppose because the move was not collectively bargained. Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay, chairman of the competition committee, says

  • NFL wins salary cap fight with Redskins, Cowboys

    ATLANTA (AP) An NFL official says that an arbitrator has decided to let the league's salary cap reductions against the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins stand. NFL executive vice president Jeffrey Pash said Tuesday at owners' meetings in Atlanta that

  • Browns expect rookie QB Weeden "to be the guy"

    AKRON, Ohio (AP) Browns general manager Tom Heckert says the team expects rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden to be Cleveland's starter this season. Heckert, speaking Monday night before a banquet for Browns fans, said Weeden will compete with Colt McCoy for

  • Mistrial declared in DJ Williams' DUI case

    DENVER (AP) Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams' trial on driving under the influence and traffic charges ended in a mistrial just hours after it began Monday after his lawyer objected to how jurors were selected. Williams' lawyer, Harvey Steinberg, asked

  • Bucs TE Winslow says he's not in team's plans

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Buccaneers tight end Kellen Winslow says he been told that he no longer fits in Tampa Bay's plans for next season. The ninth-year pro told SiriusXM radio on Monday that first-year coach Greg Schiano was "kind of

  • Eagles sign third-round pick, QB Nick Foles

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Eagles on Monday agreed to terms with quarterback Nick Foles on a four-year contract. Foles, a third-round selection in last month's draft out of Arizona, finished his collegiate career as the Wildcats' all-time leading passer in terms

  • Skins QB Griffin says he 'can help this team win'

    ASHBURN, Va. (AP) The question put to Washington Redskins receiver Santana Moss by a reporter after Monday's first full-squad workout made no reference to Robert Griffin III by name: "What were your impressions of the kid?" Without missing a beat,

  • Jets DT Ellis pleads guilty to assault in Virginia

    HAMPTON, Va. (AP) New York Jets defensive lineman Kenrick Ellis pleaded guilty Monday to assault and battery stemming from a 2010 fight while attending college in Virginia. In a brief hearing in Hampton, Ellis entered an Alford plea, meaning he

  • Jury seated in DJ Williams' DUI trial

    DENVER (AP) A jury has been seated in the trial of Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams on misdemeanor DUI and traffic charges. The three men and three women were selected Monday after questioning in Denver County Court. They range in

  • Player safety on owners' agenda

    With a dispute under way over the player suspensions handed out in the Saints' bounty case, NFL owners will meet in Atlanta on Tuesday. The New Orleans situation is certain to get some attention at the meetings, where Commissioner Roger

  • Redskins' Mike Shanahan knocked down at workout

    ASHBURN, Va. (AP) Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan was knocked to the turf when defensive back Brandyn Thompson slammed into him on a play during the team's first full-squad workout in its new indoor practice field. Shanahan remained on his

  • Titans agree to terms with rookie LB Zach Brown

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with linebacker Zach Brown, their second-round draft pick out of North Carolina. Brown played in 47 games with 230 tackles, seven interceptions and 5.5 sacks at North Carolina. He started

  • DJ Williams set to stand trial on DUI charges

    DENVER (AP) Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams is scheduled to go on trial for a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence and not having headlights on his car. Williams and his attorney, Harvey A. Steinberg, were in Denver County

  • Seau's death hit home for ex-Patriot Ted Johnson

    BOSTON (AP) Junior Seau's death got former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson thinking again about his own career in the NFL and his struggles with post-concussion syndrome after he retired in 2005. "It's corrode or explode," Johnson told a

  • Bengals sign top draft pick CB Kirkpatrick

    CINCINNATI (AP) The Bengals signed cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick of Alabama to a four-year contract on Friday, the first time in nine years that they've reached a deal so quickly with their top pick. Kirkpatrick was the first of Cincinnati's two

Deal of the Day

Advertisement

Interactive Radar

Advertisement

Caught On Camera

Daring waterfall rescue caught on tape
Daring waterfall rescue caught on tape

A daring rescue as a teen clings to a ledge feet from a dangerous waterfall, a puppy-napping caught on camera, and NASA's latest experiment....The video that will have you talking is next in Take a Look at This!

 

Most Popular

ViewedNews

Advertisement

Media General
KewlBoxBoxerJam: Games & Puzzles
Games, Puzzles & Trivia
Blockdot: Advergaming and Branded Media
Advergaming and Branded Media

MyYahoo!