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Ronaldo wears knee brace in Portugal team practice 06/20/2014 01:26pm • ARON HELLER Associated Press CAMPINAS, Brazil (AP) -- Cristiano Ronaldo again wore a brace on his troublesome left knee Friday, triggering a new wave of questions over his health as his Portugal team held its final World Cup training session before departing for a crucial game against the United Sta Quick rise for McCarthy, new House majority leader 06/20/2014 07:24am • ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not so long ago Kevin McCarthy was working as an aide to his local congressman in hot, dusty Bakersfield, California. Now the genial 49-year-old is a new face of the GOP, selected by House Republicans as their majority leader after a whirlwind round o Vasyl Lomachenko gets 2nd title shot vs Russell 06/19/2014 09:04pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vasyl Lomachenko had the audacity to believe he could win a world title in his second professional fight after a glittering amateur career.Instead, Ukraine's two-time Olympic gold medalist discovered just how much he still didn't know about boxing.Lo Rams QB Bradford not worried about knee 06/19/2014 08:40pm • R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Sam Bradford knows how well he's feeling. The St. Louis Rams quarterback doesn't care what anybody else thinks about his surgically repaired left knee -- or a career that's yet to take off.The team concluded workouts Thursday and Bradford headed for 49ers quarterback heeds coach's warning 06/19/2014 08:13pm • MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh delivered a simple but emphatic message to his players as they gathered in a circle at the end of the team's three-day minicamp.Following an offseason in which three key players were either arrested o E Michigan to play football on concrete-gray turf 06/19/2014 07:52pm • LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Eastern Michigan football coach Chris Creighton wants his team to have the attitude that it will play anyone, anywhere."We'll play in a parking lot on glass," the first-year coach said.Creighton's attempts to change the culture within the Eagles' Steelers LB Jones looking to up sack total in 2014 06/19/2014 06:54pm • DALE GRDNIC Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Despite leaving his graduate assistant coaching position at Colorado State this year, Joey Porter is still teaching football.Porter, in his first season as a Steelers defensive assistant, has been charged with tutoring second-year linebacker Jarvis Jon Saints rookie WR Cooks back on the field 06/19/2014 06:21pm • GUERRY SMITH Associated Press METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Saints' rookie Brandin Cooks is trying to make up for lost time on fresh legs.After missing the first two weeks of OTAs and minicamp, Cooks caught a short pass Thursday at New Orleans' last offseason practice and sprinted 50 yards to the end zone - Redskins wrap mini-camp with reward 06/19/2014 05:01pm • WASHINGTON -- Redskins coach Jay Gruden rewarded his players by canceling the final day of mini-camp on Thursday. The team had been going pretty hard for four weeks, with three weeks of Organized Team Activities (OTA's) followed by a veterans mandatory mini-camp this week. The temperatures were Coach happy with progress, Titans wrap offseason 06/19/2014 04:47pm • TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- New Tennessee coach Ken Whisenhunt has seen the Titans work hard this offseason. Now he'll find out how they manage themselves during the five weeks before training camp.The Titans, who got a two-week jump because of a new coach, wrapped up Ware, Miller have company in their 2014 returns 06/19/2014 04:14pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Showing his surgically repaired ACL was no longer an issue, the Broncos' pass-rusher flashed through the line and sent the backup quarterback's pass fluttering to the ground.Von Miller admired this from the adjacent field.On the next sn Fitness Wisdom: 5 Common Cardio Mistakes 06/19/2014 03:25pm • Editor’s Note: This column is sponsored by FitnessWise (4801-B Montgomery Lane). Visit their Facebook page for more. 1. Going too long: We have this misconception in America that more is better. This is not necessarily so when it comes to cardiovascular training. Unle Chiefs wrap up offseason work with final minicamp 06/19/2014 02:57pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Chiefs will head into training camp next month with plenty of questions.Who will replace Brandon Flowers at cornerback? When will Pro Bowl linebacker Justin Houston show up? Will quarterback Alex Smith land a long-term contract? Who will ear Young CB Hayward's return could get Packers INTs 06/19/2014 03:39am • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Casey Hayward extended for a one-handed interception at the Packers' minicamp Tuesday, looking nothing like a player who had missed nearly a season to injury.Green Bay would like to see their young cornerback making those big plays again this Newcomers Ayers, Thurmond getting used to Giants 06/18/2014 09:24pm • JIM HAGUE Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Last February, Walter Thurmond and Robert Ayers finished their season as Super Bowl opponents.Five months later, they are on the same defensive unit and will play their home games at MetLife Stadium, where Thurmond's Seattle Seahawks trounced