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Jets' Mangini NFL's youngest head coach
Jan 17 2006 10:41PM (CT)
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Eric Mangini has worked for Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick, learning from two of the greatest coaches in the NFL. The Jets are banking on that pedigree to lead them back into the playoffs.
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Saints set to hire Payton as head coach
Jan 17 2006 9:05PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Saints will hire Dallas Cowboys assistant Sean Payton to his first NFL head coaching job, a team official familiar with the decision said Tuesday.
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Carolina relying on pack of misfits
Jan 17 2006 8:21PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Al Wallace almost quit football the day he was told he'd been traded to the Carolina Panthers.
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Seahawks' Locklear charged with assault
Jan 17 2006 8:16PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Seahawks tackle Sean Locklear was charged with one count of assault on Tuesday for allegedly grabbing his girlfriend by the neck, and released without bail after a court appearance.
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Bills interview Jauron for top job
Jan 17 2006 8:11PM (CT)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Interim Detroit Lions coach Dick Jauron interviewed for the Buffalo job Tuesday, the second candidate to talk to the Bills since coach Mike Mularkey's resignation last week.
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Move over Don Coryell, it's Air Cowher
Jan 17 2006 7:49PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - They are the NFL's prototypical grind-it-out offense, a slow-motion version of the West Coast system. After all, don't the Pittsburgh Steelers usually travel by Bus and not through the air?
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49ers hire Turner as offensive coordinator
Jan 17 2006 7:10PM (CT)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Norv Turner is going back to what he does best, and his assistant-turned-boss is glad he chose the San Francisco 49ers.
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Wife of Colts player has charges reduced
Jan 17 2006 7:02PM (CT)
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) - The wife of Indianapolis Colts cornerback Nick Harper will not face a felony battery charge for cutting him with a kitchen knife, a judge ruled.
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Patriots promote Pees to coordinator
Jan 17 2006 6:58PM (CT)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots promoted linebackers coach Dean Pees to defensive coordinator Tuesday, replacing new New York Jets coach Eric Mangini.
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49ers' Singletary staying with team
Jan 17 2006 6:48PM (CT)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Assistant head coach Mike Singletary will stay with the 49ers after he was removed from the list of candidates for the Detroit Lions' head coaching job, San Francisco coach Mike Nolan said Tuesday.
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Giants let secondary coach Milus go
Jan 17 2006 6:37PM (CT)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - The New York Giants have fired secondary coach Ron Milus after the defense ranked near the bottom of the league against the pass.
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Seahawks meet their match in Carolina
Jan 17 2006 6:34PM (CT)
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - Two weeks ago, Seahawks coach and former high school history teacher Mike Holmgren gave his assistants some homework for their playoff bye week _ start studying the other NFC postseason teams and compile preliminary scouting reports on each.
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Steelers' Cowher backs NFL officials
Jan 17 2006 5:51PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Following a trying weekend filled with reversals, replays and reprimands, NFL officials got a strong show of support from an unlikely source: Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher.
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Browns fan gets Super Bowl weekend in jail
Jan 17 2006 5:18PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The fan who ran onto the field at Cleveland Browns Stadium during a Steelers-Browns game was sentenced Tuesday to spend Super Bowl weekend in jail.
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Broncos try to stay low with Bus in town
Jan 17 2006 4:28PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Every so often over the past 15 years or so, hard-hitting Broncos safety John Lynch has had to gird up for a confrontation _ a rite of passage is more like it _ that almost every defender must face at some point in his career: Tackling Jerome Bettis.
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Packers bring in three new coaches
Jan 17 2006 3:20PM (CT)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Five days after becoming the Packers' coach, Mike McCarthy on Tuesday hired three coaches and kept three others.
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