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NFL assistant coaches might unionize

Associated Press

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NEW YORK —NFL assistant coaches are considering unionizing because they feel team owners have stripped them of benefits.

NFL assistant coaches are considering unionizing because they feel team owners have stripped them of benefits.

NFL Coaches Association executive director Larry Kennan, a former assistant coach, said Friday that a letter was sent [...]

NFL appealing to US Supreme Court

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MINNEAPOLIS —The NFL is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn decision that allowed Minnesota Vikings defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams(notes)  to challenge their four-game suspensions for violating the league’s anti-drug policy.

NFL appealing StarCaps case to US Supreme Court

The NFL cited the National Labor Relations Act in its filing on [...]

Anheuser-Busch, NFL sponsor deal

Associated Press

Anheuser-Busch to be NFL beer sponsor in $1B deal

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NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch’s flagship brand Bud Light will be the official beer sponsor of the National Football League, edging out rival MillerCoors, which said Tuesday it wouldn’t renew its deal.

Anheuser-Busch’s six-year deal, which begins in the 2011 season, is worth more than $1 [...]

Ex-NFL star Lawrence Taylor arrested

Associated Press

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SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP)—Police say former NFL star Lawrence Taylor has been arrested in connection with a reported rape in the New York City suburbs.

Lawrence Taylor was arrested early Thursday after being accused of rape at a hotel in Montebello, N.Y., police said.

Ramapo Detective Lt. Brad Weidel says the former New York Giants [...]

NFL minicamps begin Friday

Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP)—NFL minicamps will begin Friday in 24 cities, including the AFC champion Indianapolis Colts.

NFL minicamps begin Friday

Also getting started Friday will be Arizona, Carolina, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, Kansas City, Miami, Minnesota, New England, the New York Giants and Jets, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San [...]

Vikings-Saints open up NFL season

Associated Press

The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints will get an early test when they host the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL season opener.

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NEW YORK — The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints will get an early test when they host the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL season opener, a rematch of their [...]

NFL gives $1 million to BU School of Medicine

Associated Press

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NEW YORK — The NFL is donating $1 million for the study of brain injuries to Boston University School of Medicine.

New draft schedule breeds uncertainty

The money will support the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy’s research into the long-term effects of repetitive brain trauma in athletes, particularly football players. The [...]

NFL to unveil 2010 schedule

Associated Press

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NEW YORK —The NFL says it will release the 2010 regular-season schedule Tuesday night.

NFL to release 2010 schedule on April 20

Usually, the schedule is announced in late March or early April, but several adjustments are being made this year. The league wants as many divisional games as possible in the final two [...]

NFL changes overtime for playoff games

Associated Press

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Annual Meeting News Conference Orlando, FL

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The NFL has changed its overtime rules for playoff games.

Starting next season, if a team wins the coin toss and then kicks a field goal, the other team gets the ball.

If the game is still tied after that, play [...]

Playoffs OT proposal to be considered

Associated Press

NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the OT coin toss kicks a field goal on the first series.

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NEW YORK — NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in [...]