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Seahawks trying to join rare group to repeat 08/26/2014 07:32pm • TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- It started on the first day back during offseason workouts.There was no acknowledgment of the case being constructed in the lobby where the Seattle Seahawks' first Lombardi Trophy would reside. Or of the giant banner hanging in the indoor practice fac Expectations high again for Rivers, Chargers 08/26/2014 07:20pm • BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The San Diego Chargers' bandwagon is ready to roll.With baseball's Padres heading toward their eighth straight year of missing the playoffs, the Chargers are set to own San Diego, at least until having to share the spotlight with Steve Fisher's San Di Raiders CB DJ Hayden to start season on PUP list 08/26/2014 07:20pm • JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland Raiders cornerback DJ Hayden will miss at least the first six weeks of the season after being placed on the physically unable to perform list Tuesday with a stress fracture in his right foot.The move is the latest setback to Hayden since be Bills shuffle backup QBs; Palmer in, Lewis out 08/26/2014 06:24pm • JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Thad Lewis is out and Jordan Palmer is in following the Buffalo Bills' late preseason shuffle of backup quarterbacks.Palmer was signed Tuesday, two days after being cut by the Chicago Bears, where he lost the backup competition to Jimmy Clausen OSU's Meyer: Surgery on Braxton Miller successful 08/26/2014 05:10pm • RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Braxton Miller came through surgery just fine.The Ohio State quarterback will still miss the rest of the 2014 season after having successful surgery on Tuesday to repair the torn labrum in his right (throwing) shoulder."Braxton and I talked this m Holliday's hit lifts Cardinals over Pirates 3-2 08/26/2014 01:14pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jon Jay already had a bat in hand before St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny even called his name.A minute later the veteran outfielder was standing on second base after his pinch hit tied the game. Jay didn't stay there long, racing home with the Md. college gridder died from heatstroke 08/26/2014 07:50am • BALTIMORE (AP) -- Autopsy results show that a freshman football player at Morgan State University in Baltimore died from accidental heatstroke.The state medical examiner's office announced the findings Monday, two days after 18-year-old Marquese (MAR'-kees) Meadow died.He had been hospitalized since Hughes falters, Pirates lose to Cardinals 3-2 08/25/2014 11:38pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jared Hughes was a strike away from putting the St. Louis Cardinals in serious trouble.That's when his problems began.The normally reliable Pittsburgh Pirates reliever unraveled during the seventh inning of a 3-2 loss Monday night when his typically ef Saints focused on lingering position questions 08/25/2014 10:10pm • GUERRY SMITH Associated Press METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- With Drew Brees back healthy, the New Orleans Saints are free to work on the little things that can make the difference between a Super Bowl run and something less.Rolling through the preseason at 3-0, the Saints still have to choose a placekicker, Virginia's Lambert set for 1st start vs No. 7 UCLA 08/25/2014 09:00pm • HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's Greyson Lambert has been in this position before. He hopes the ending is different this time.The redshirt sophomore quarterback is preparing for the first start of his college career on Saturday against No. 7 UCLA, and said the d RB Steven Jackson returns to Falcons' practice 08/25/2014 06:20pm • CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Steven Jackson practiced on Monday for the first time in almost a month, and Falcons coach Mike Smith said the running back is on schedule to be play in Atlanta's season opener against New Orleans.Jackson had not practiced since July 28, when Patriots rookie QB gets 1st start vs Giants 08/25/2014 04:20pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will get his first NFL start when the New England Patriots visit the New York Giants for Thursday night's preseason finale."It's a good opportunity to get out there and get some quality reps, so it's going to be fun," Garoppolo said Monday Arlington Agenda (Aug. 25-31) 08/25/2014 05:00am • Arlington Agenda is a listing of interesting events for the week ahead in Arlington County. If you’d like to see your event featured, fill out the event submission form. Also, be sure to check out our event calendar. Monday Warrior Boot Camp* Pentagon Mixed Martian Arts (1041 S. Edge Joint practices changing the NFL's preseason 08/24/2014 10:18pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) -- The sight of J.J. Watt donning a baseball cap even before the Houston Texans' first defensive series was over said it all: teams are changing the way they treat the preseason.Starters have traditionally played into the second half of the third ex Broncos K Matt Prater faces 4-game ban 08/24/2014 10:16pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) -- Matt Prater's lawyer said the NFL initially threatened a yearlong suspension before agreeing to ban the Denver Broncos kicker four games for violating the league's substance abuse policy.Harvey Steinberg said Prater's suspension was alcohol-relat