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Brooks to Moss pays off as Raiders roll
Aug 25 2006 11:56PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Randy Moss and Aaron Brooks look as if they're already in midseason form. Moss caught two touchdown passes from Brooks and the Oakland Raiders opened the preseason with four straight wins for the first time since 1975, beating the Detroit Lions 21-3 Friday night.
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Leinart impresses as Cards down Bears
Aug 25 2006 11:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Matt Leinart had one request for his head coach. "Call anything," he told Dennis Green. The rookie clearly was confident.
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Steelers don't score with Roethlisberger
Aug 25 2006 11:16PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - David Akers' transition to a new holder is going well. Akers kicked field goals of 40, 49 and 52 yards to help make Donovan McNabb's brief appearance a productive one, and Jeff Garcia connected with Greg Lewis on a 61-yard touchdown pass to lead the Philadelphia Eagles over the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-7 on Friday night.
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Vikings defense rattles McNair, Ravens
Aug 25 2006 11:15PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Fred Smoot turned a fast move on Steve McNair's pass into six points. The Baltimore Ravens weren't nearly that sharp.
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Titans' Pacman Jones is arrested at bar
Aug 25 2006 10:37PM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was arrested outside a bar early Friday and charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.
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Lewis unsure how much Palmer will play
Aug 25 2006 4:55PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Coach Marvin Lewis doesn't have a firm plan for how much Carson Palmer will play on Monday night in the quarterback's first game back from reconstructive knee surgery.
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Patriots give Branch week to seek trade
Aug 25 2006 4:21PM (CT)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots gave star receiver Deion Branch a week to seek a trade Friday as his holdout entered its 29th day.
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Fake Roethlisberger also posed as Tuman
Aug 25 2006 2:47PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man charged with impersonating Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to get dates was accused of stealing $3,200 from a different woman by telling her he was another player on the team, tight end Jerame Tuman.
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Rice says goodbye to football as a Niner
Aug 25 2006 6:34AM (CT)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Jerry Rice spent some of his favorite days on the green practice fields next to the railroad tracks that run behind the San Francisco 49ers' training complex. That's where Rice honed his game over countless hours as he became the NFL's most prolific receiver _ and that's why he felt those fields were an appropriate place to say his latest goodbye to the sport he revolutionized.
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Gostkowski named Vinatieri's successor
Aug 25 2006 6:32AM (CT)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Out of habit, Patriots holder Josh Miller occasionally sets the ball down the way Adam Vinatieri liked. Miller figures rookie Stephen Gostkowski, the man he's holding for now, can't say much. After all, the technique worked so well for one of football's top clutch kickers.
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Culpepper returns to seen of the crime
Aug 25 2006 12:30AM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - In his first trip back to the stadium where he tore three knee ligaments a year ago, Daunte Culpepper immediately sought out the man who leveled the hit that changed his career.
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