PHOENIX (AP) — NFL owners passed a player safety rule Wednesday barring ball carriers from using the crown of their helmets to make forcible contact with a defender in the open field. Several coaches and team ... Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL has agreed to pay $42 million as part of a settlement with a group of retired players who challenged the league over using their names and images without their consent. The league will ... Read more
The tuck rule could disappear from NFL games if owners approve a proposal from the competition committee to dump it. The owners, who meet next week in Phoenix, also will consider a change to instant replay rules ... Read more
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the NFL on Tuesday to investigate whether possible draft picks were improperly asked about their sexual orientation during the league's ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has told its teams to adhere to rules against tampering as a new three-day window for negotiating with free agents opened Saturday. Teams could contact representatives of free agents from ... Read more
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Managers of events ranging from music concerts to NFL games say weather events like the sudden gust that toppled an Indiana concert stage and killed seven people in 2011 have pushed them to ... Read more
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will continue to do "everything we can" to make football safer. Goodell has talked a lot recently about player safety and he discussed it ... Read more
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Frustrated and maybe a bit embarrassed, Lauren Silberman fought back tears after kicking her way into NFL history. She became the first woman to try out at a regional combine Sunday, ... Read more
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Lauren Silberman's NFL tryout lasted all of two kicks, neither of which traveled 20 yards. Silberman became the first woman to compete at an NFL regional scouting combine on Sunday, but ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens will have to pay at least $14.896 million for Joe Flacco to be their quarterback in 2013. The NFL set the franchise tag at that figure Friday, and if the Ravens can't reach ... Read more