National Football League

NFL: Chargers reach deal for linebacker Freeney

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 16:31

Dwight Freeney, a top linebacker who helped the Indianapolis Colts win the 2007 Super Bowl, agreed to a two-year deal with the San Diego Chargers on Saturday, the NFL club announced. The move came five days after the Chargers lost linebacker Melvin Ingram to a torn left knee ligament during an off-season training session, an injury that could sideline him for the entire 2013 campaign.

NFL: Seahawks defender suspended for four games

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 17:15

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin will miss the first four games of the 2013 National Football League season after being suspended by on Friday for an NFL substance abuse policy violation. Irvin made 16 tackles, half of them quarterback sacks, in 16 games for the Seahawks last year in his first NFL campaign. The ban was for a performance-enhancing susbtance violation. The league does not announce details of the substance involved under medical privacy provisions of the collective bargaining agreement with players.

O.J. Simpson's ex-lawyer says did his best at Nevada trial

Thomson ReutersMay 17, 2013 16:31

Seeking retrial, OJ Simpson recounts Vegas robbery

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 14:26

O.J. Simpson gave a blow-by-blow account Wednesday of the night of a September 2007 casino hotel robbery for which he was jailed, as he seeks a retrial. Dressed in a blue prison outfit in court, the 65-year-old former American football star insisted he did not knowingly break the law on the day he reclaimed what he believed were his own stolen belongings. "It was my stuff. I followed what I thought was the law .. I didn't break into anybody's room," and didn't attack or "muscle" anyone, he told the court in Las Vegas.

Sixty years after his death, Jim Thorpe's family feuds over body

Thomson ReutersMay 15, 2013 13:57

By Joe McDonald JIM THORPE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The tiny hamlet of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, could lose its namesake, an American sports hero whose interment put the town on the map. A family squabble has turned into a federal court battle over the remains of the legendary Native American athlete and Olympic medalist, who died in 1953 and whose life was depicted in "All American," a 1951 movie starring Burt Lancaster.

O.J. Simpson resurfaces in court to seek new robbery trial

Thomson ReutersMay 13, 2013 20:45

By Timothy Pratt LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson, the ex-football star famously acquitted of murder in 1995, appeared in court on Monday seeking a new trial in a Las Vegas armed robbery case that sent him to prison as witnesses testified to what they said were blunders by his lawyer.

O.J. Simpson resurfaces in court to seek new robbery trial

Thomson ReutersMay 13, 2013 20:45

O.J. Simpson resurfaces in court to seek new robbery trial

Thomson ReutersMay 13, 2013 20:45

Chicago Bears - TeamReport

Thomson ReutersMay 11, 2013 21:01

NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT The last time the Bears drafted a linebacker who was a converted safety -- as they did with this year's fourth-round pick Khaseem Greene -- it turned out pretty well. In 2000 the Bears made New Mexico's Brian Urlacher the ninth overall pick and then watched him become the leading tackler in franchise history and an eight-time Pro Bowl pick.

San Diego Chargers - TeamReport

Thomson ReutersMay 11, 2013 21:01

NFL Team Report - San Diego Chargers - INSIDE SLANT Rookies D.J.Fluker, Steve Williams and Keenan Allen were there -- for real. But few took much notice of those highly touted rookies at San Diego Chargers rookie camp. All eyes for most of the day were glued to the rookie wearing No. 50 -- Manti Te'o.