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METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The Saints' young secondary is going to have to grow up even faster now.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots have removed a banner-sized photo of Tom Brady on a light tower outside of Gillette Stadium.

After studying the tape, the Bears weren’t as well prepared as they needed to be to take on the Houston Texans.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears came into the season with a different look and started it on that same old losing note.

University of Wisconsin basketball star Bronson Koenig and his brother Miles are packing an 18-foot trailer with food, water, supplies and clothes to drive Friday to North Dakota to provide relief for Sioux tribal members locked in a showdown with…

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have signed outside linebacker Victor Ochi and wide receiver Wendall Williams to the practice squad, and released running back Raheem Mostert and wide receiver Myles White.

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston linebacker Brian Cushing has a sprained right medial collateral ligament in his right knee and is out indefinitely.

Herro, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior, is a consensus four-star recruit and becomes the first verbal commit in the Badgers' 2018 recruiting class.

Two more true freshmen were added to the University of Wisconsin’s two-deep depth chart this week.

CHICAGO (AP) — Cleveland Indians right-hander Danny Salazar will be sidelined for three to four weeks with a forearm injury.

CINCINNATI (AP) — It took the Bengals a long time to get over that playoff loss to Pittsburgh. The trash talking on social media went on for many weeks, with neither side willing to give up the grudge.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton had no time to throw the ball and no running game to blunt some of the Jets' pass rush.

Week 1 of the NFL season was packed with intriguing calls: Jack Del Rio shedding his conservative label and making the Raiders both risky and relevant again.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Placekicker Josh Brown is back with the New York Giants.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall says he'll kneel again for the national anthem even though he lost a second endorsement deal for joining Colin Kaepernick's protest of social injustice.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A trio of Tennessee Titans say they raised their right fists in the air after the national anthem ended to honor the victims and heroes of 9/11, and to bring attention to the ongoing unequal treatment…

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Former NBA player Samuel Dalembert is facing battery charges after authorities say he hit his girlfriend and her cousin.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will try to keep the Green Bay Packers guessing about their starting quarterback this week.

NEW YORK (AP) — It is called football, after all. And in Week 1 of the NFL season, the kicking game has been critical, from the season opener on Thursday night through the finale of Sunday's first full day of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hard-fought exhibition games against Canada showed the United States exactly what it needs to work on before the World Cup of Hockey begins this weekend.