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No. 9 South Carolina turns to youth in secondary 08/20/2014 09:50pm • PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Steve Spurrier has said several times that No. 9 South Carolina has plenty of good players, just no one knows it yet.The Gamecocks coach better hope that's especially true in the secondary where the club enters the season without last year's loc Cowboys shuffle LBs with McClain skipping workouts 08/20/2014 07:50pm • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) -- One day Rolando McClain is getting first-team work with the Dallas defense after owner Jerry Jones offers yet another hopeful plug that the former top 10 pick can fill a big void at linebacker.The next, McClain is sitting out practice again, rais Charles, Bowe remain out of Chiefs practice 08/20/2014 04:30pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Add rookie running back De'Anthony Thomas to a lengthy list of Chiefs players who are missing practice as the team prepares for its preseason game Saturday night against Minnesota.The electrifying Thomas missed Wednesday's workout with spasms in his hamstring.Pro Bowl runnin Chiefs' Fisher still trying to get up to speed 08/20/2014 03:36pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Eric Fisher refuses to use offseason shoulder surgery as an excuse.When the left tackle was beaten by a defensive end in a preseason game in Carolina on Sunday, the former No. 1 overall draft pick punched the ground in frustration. When Fisher w Alabama WR Amari Cooper hopes for big rebound 08/20/2014 03:10pm • JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Amari Cooper isn't ready to declare his Alabama career a success just yet.The second-ranked Crimson Tide star is one of the nation's top wide receivers and a highly regarded NFL prospect, but he's also coming off a season when nagging injuries, fr Peyton Manning: 'Our offense stunk today' 08/19/2014 08:00pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Peyton Manning was disgusted with the Denver Broncos offense after the first of three practices with the Houston Texans."I thought our offense stunk today," Manning said after Tuesday's two-hour practice in shells and shorts. "I thought Raiders still waiting for Hayden to get healthy 08/19/2014 08:00pm • JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen said Tuesday the team will decide by next week whether cornerback DJ Hayden is healthy enough to start the season on the active roster or if he will go on the physically unable to perform list.Hayden is recovering Falcons' Peters relieved to be back in practice 08/19/2014 06:13pm • CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Corey Peters battled doubts about his future in the NFL after he tore his Achilles tendon late last season.Eight months later, the Falcons' defensive tackle is back on the practice fields and the doubts are gone.Peters said Tuesday he's expec Ball practices for first time since appendectomy 08/19/2014 04:02pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Broncos running back Montee Ball returned to practice Tuesday, participating in individual drills in his first on-field workout since undergoing an appendectomy Aug. 4.Ball sat out the team drills when the Broncos squared off against the Houston Texans.Weakside linebacker Da Report: Ohio State QB Miller reinjures shoulder 08/19/2014 10:40am • RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller, among the top contenders for the Heisman Trophy, reportedly reinjured his throwing shoulder during practice.The school declined to confirm he was hurt let alone address the severity of the injury, first repor AP source: Bills WR Watkins day to day 08/18/2014 09:34pm • JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Bills receiver Sammy Watkins is day to day after tests confirmed a diagnosis of bruised ribs. And Cordy Glenn returned to his familiar spot at left tackle during Monday's team drills after missing the first three weeks of training camp with an und Titans RB Greene practices after knee scare 08/18/2014 07:11pm • TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Titans running back Shonn Greene says his right knee didn't hurt during practice Monday, his first workout since it was briefly bent the wrong way in a preseason game.Greene has had two arthroscopic surgeries on that knee within the pa Towles chosen to be Kentucky's starting QB 08/18/2014 01:45pm • GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has named redshirt sophomore Patrick Towles as the Wildcats' starting quarterback, addressing the team's biggest question since last spring.Stoops first tweeted out his decision before Monday morning's practice, then Review: 'Smokey & Friends' duets nice, not vital 08/18/2014 01:00pm • JEFF KAROUB Associated Press Smokey Robinson, "Smokey & Friends" (Verve Music Group)Smokey Robinson doesn't want to be a relic and that's understandable. He deserves for people to know his role as a chief architect of the Motown Sound and bard of the American romantic songbook, while remaining a vit Saints' Drew Brees returns to practice 08/17/2014 10:26pm • BRADLEY HANDWERGER Associated Press METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Drew Brees walked up to the line of scrimmage early Sunday, taking a snap during the New Orleans Saints' pre-practice walk-through.Though the play was only at quarter-speed, the quarterback received a resounding applause from those in attenda