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Falcons' Julio Jones back at practice, might play Monday
Julio Jones joined practice for the first time this week, increasing his chances to play in the Atlanta Falcons' game at New Orleans on Monday night.
After being held out on Thursday and Friday with a calf injury from last week's win at Oakland, Jones was limited in Saturday's practice. Coach Dan Quinn says the All-Pro receiver is no longer bothered by the ankle injury that slowed him before the calf injury.
Rookie strong safety Keanu Neal is expected to make his debut against the Saints. Neal, the first-round pick from Florida, had preseason arthroscopic knee surgery and missed the first two...
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Falcons' Julio Jones back at practice, might play Monday
Julio Jones joined practice for the first time this week, increasing his chances to play in the Atlanta Falcons' game at New Orleans on Monday night.
After being held out on Thursday and Friday with a calf injury from last week's win at...
NFL draft needs: North divisions
The NFL draft will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Chicago. Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines team needs by division and in order of when they’ll select.
The North divisions:
AFC North
RAVENS - Baltimore has the sixth pick, and that could...
Mock draft: Packers select Ohio State LB Darron Lee with the 27th overall pick
NFL beat writer mock draft 2.0: Rams take Wentz, Eagles go with Goff
April 24 2016, 11:11 PM
Following The Times' annual beat writer mock draft last week, the...
Mock draft: Packers select Ohio State LB Darron Lee with the 27th overall pick
NFL beat writer mock draft | Quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Jared Goff go first
April 18 2016, 7:07 PM
Take a look at our annual beat writer mock draft below. The first round of the 2016 NFL Draft will begin at 5 p.m. PDT on April...
Doctor backs Peyton Manning's denial of PED use, and source of Al Jazeera report recants story
The founder of an Indianapolis medical facility said Monday that a former unpaid student intern who claimed Peyton Manning used a banned substance in 2011 didn't even work at the clinic until two years later — long after the NFL star was undergoing...
Published in Los Angeles Times on December 29, 2015 — Print headline: "Clinic founder backs Manning's denial - AROUND THE NFL"
Mark Sanchez will start for Eagles against Tampa Bay
Mark Sanchez will start at quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in place of injured Sam Bradford.
Bradford was ruled out Friday with a concussion and a left shoulder injury.
Eagles Coach Chip Kelly...
Published in Los Angeles Times on November 21, 2015 — Print headline: "Sanchez will start for Philadelphia - Around the nfl"
Denver Broncos rattle Aaron Rodgers to beat Green Bay Packers, 29-10
Denver found some offense to go with a defense that rattled Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers into one of his worst games as the host Broncos powered their way to a 29-10 victory over the Packers on Sunday night.
In only the fourth meeting of teams 6-0 or...
Green Bay Packers still the team to beat and other NFC notes
Arizona: The Cardinals’ plus-100 point differential is the biggest through five games since the 2007 Patriots. Arizona leads the NFL with 4.96 yards per carry.
Atlanta: Running back Devonta Freeman has had at least one touch- down in five...
Six teams are still strolling down the NFL's unbeaten path
One quarter of the way into the NFL season, and six teams still have unblemished records.
Cincinnati, Green Bay, Atlanta, Denver and Carolina are 4-0. New England, which had last weekend off, is 3-0.
Compare that to last season, when nobody reached 4-0....
New York attorney general launches probe into DraftKings and FanDuel
New York's attorney general is looking into possible unfair advantages employees of DraftKings and FanDuel may have when competing in daily fantasy sports competitions on websites other than those of their employers.
Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman...
Clay Matthews mocks Colin Kaepernick: 'You ain't Russell Wilson, bro'
Colin Kaepernick was an easy target for the Green Bay defense on Sunday, and I'm not just talking about the six times the San Francisco 49ers quarterback got sacked during the 17-3 loss to the Packers.
After one of those sacks, Green Bay linebacker...
USC's JuJu Smith-Schuster prepares for double-teams
Curtis Conway, a former USC receiver who played 12 years in the NFL, watched JuJu Smith-Schuster during training camp as the sophomore prepared for the season.
"He has to understand now that when defenses play USC, JuJu's going to be...
NFL preview: How the NFC teams match up
A preview of each NFC team. Listed by division in order of predicted finish.
WEST DIVISION
1. SEATTLE
2014 | 12-4, 1st in West
Last year in playoffs | 2014
Going all the way: Considering the devastating choke in the Super Bowl, Seattle needed an...
NFL, CFL partner for concussion testing
The NFL and CFL are partnering on concussion testing during Canadian league games and practices this season.
The leagues announced the agreement Thursday.
During CFL training camp and regular-season games that began in June, team medical staffs have...
Effort to build new St. Louis stadium gets boost from court ruling
The effort to build a new riverfront football stadium in St. Louis got a big boost from a judge's ruling.
The effort to build a new riverfront football stadium in St. Louis got a big boost Monday when a judge ruled that approval from city voters is not...
As NFL teams head into training camp, questions abound
NFL training camps open this week, and questions abound.
Who will start the season as New England's quarterback? Have aging stars who have switched teams improved their odds of winning a Super Bowl? Which franchises are on the rise, and which are on...
NFL players ready for their close-ups in 'Sunday Night Football' open
Even the spotlight of back-to-back Super Bowl appearances didn't prepare Kam Chancellor for this.
Hollywood lights and cameras. A sea of stagehands. And — appropriately, for the Seattle Seahawks safety — a legion of boom mics.
"I never expected...
'Pitch Perfect 2' is rather flat, despite singing football players
This new movie featuring the Green Bay Packers is a heaping mess, one of the worst a cappella movies I've ever seen. It's also the only a cappella movie I've ever seen.
Yep, "Pitch Perfect 2" features a small chorus of Packers singing a...
A word-of-mouth hit? The perfect pitch for 'Pitch Perfect 2'
"I'm gonna really embarrass myself here," Howard Stern cautioned his satellite radio listeners. "But I watched 'Pitch Perfect,' and I liked it."
That 2012 comedy about a female a cappella group beloved by teenage girls? It was the...
Super Bowl movie ads: Grading 'Tomorrowland,' 'Furious 7' and more
Sunday's Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks had the hype and the crazy plot twists of a Hollywood blockbuster.
And that was just on the field. During the commercial downtime, studios waged their traditional battle...