La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — After the best regular season in franchise history, the Washington Capitals almost lost two assistant coaches to other NHL teams.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went down with an injury in practice on Tuesday, causing the team to cut short its session after 25 minutes.

In what could be horrendous news for the Vikings, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has sustained what's reported to be a non-contact injury during practice Tuesday to his left knee.

The Giants need Will Beatty, after all.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have placed Justin Houston on the physically unable to perform list and put fellow linebacker Josh Mauga on injured reserve as they trimmed down to the NFL's roster limit.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have placed quarterback Connor Shaw and center Hroniss Grasu on season-ending injured reserve.

Southern Mississippi has a long, proud tradition of being a mid-major program that can be trouble for foes from bigger conferences.

Former Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, now a prominent NBC football commentator, didn't hold back his thoughts on what Colin Kaepernick should do, or what his race is, when commenting about the 49ers quarterback's National Anthem boycott.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have settled on a starting offensive line, with Kelvin Beachum at left tackle and former first-round draft pick Luke Joeckel moving to left guard.

It's not Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen's style to reveal much about his depth chart before the first game, so it came as quick a surprise when he announced a starting quarterback during this week's press conference.

The Cowboys' undermanned defense can't afford any more losses, much less to arguably its best player, WLB Sean Lee.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Of the four main players from Mississippi's talented 2013 recruiting class, three of them are now millionaires.

Tony Romo is hurt again, the defending champs get no respect and the rookie quarterback who wasn't drafted No. 2 overall got a starting job first.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have cut nine players from their roster, including offensive lineman Austin Shepherd and former University of Minnesota defensive end Theiren Cockran.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have waived/injured safety Dion Bailey, running back Romar Morris and Jake Ceresna to cut their roster to the NFL's mandatory maximum of 75 players.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons still expect Kemal Ishmael will open the season as the fill-in starter at strong safety even though he'll miss his third straight preseason game this week.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Former Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone has been named a special advisor to Furman's baseball program.

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have cut four-year starting linebacker Perry Riley and defensive lineman Stephen Paea.

Tom Brady's four-game ban for 'Deflategate' will soon begin. Meantime, he's seemingly opted to have a bit of fun at the NFL's expense over the ordeal.

For the past few seasons, the Philadelphia Eagles defense has — to put it mildly — underperformed.