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Jackson plans to improve Falcons' ground game 05/28/2014 05:27pm • CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Mike Smith knows his Falcons finished last in the NFL in rushing last season. The coach just has a difficult time saying the words."We were a number I don't even want to talk about in terms of where we were statistically," Smith said Wednesda Va. weekend celebrates balance with fitness, food 05/28/2014 03:55pm • WASHINGTON -- Do you head to the gym after work with dinner on your mind? Or maybe you lace up your running shoes on Saturday morning in anticipation of a bagel and a latte? If so, you're not alone. You're what Anna Bullett calls a "fit foodie." That's "someone who really believes a healthy li New York supermarket combines gym with groceries 05/28/2014 02:20pm • JOHN KEKIS Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- When Ann Lawson strolls into her neighborhood grocery store, she really gets a workout.That's because her Hannaford supermarket has a small gym located just past the pharmacy counter. It has treadmills, stationary bicycles, various other cardio machin D.C. area ranks as most fit, healthy metro area in the country 05/28/2014 08:52am • WASHINGTON -- The D.C. area claimed the title of the nation's most fit and healthy metropolitan area, according to new research released Wednesday. D.C. ranked No. 1 on the 2014 Annual Fit City Index, which compared the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas and measured their preventatives heal From Vegas to Cleveland: Back to work for Manziel 05/28/2014 08:38am • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- Johnny Manziel is back at work after a holiday weekend in Las Vegas. And when you're Johnny Football, what happens in Vegas doesn't necessarily stay in Vegas.The Browns' celebrated rookie quarterback reported for organized team activities Tuesday follow 7 strategies for balancing work and life 05/28/2014 08:36am • If you feel like you’re overbooked from the moment you step in the shower until the moment you collapse into bed, you’re not alone among business owners. For many, work and life are one and the same. Business and personal finances are mixed, work decisions come with high emotional stakes Clowney, Watt on field for Texans 05/28/2014 02:42am • DARRELL LOVELL Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- It's almost enough to make a defensive coordinator drool.Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, the Houston Texans' No. 1 pick in the draft, was on the field Tuesday for the first time with former NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt.As both players get Soria's miscue costs Rangers in 4-3 loss to Twins 05/28/2014 12:47am • JESS MYERS Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- With Rangers starter Yu Darvish unavailable, Scott Baker took his spot and held the Twins at bay. Unfortunately, Texas' normally rock-solid closer couldn't do the same.Joakim Soria bobbled a slow-bouncing ball hit by Minnesota's Danny Santana to the le Healthy Pouncey happy to be back after lost 2013 05/27/2014 09:02pm • DALE GRDNIC Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- At first glance, it didn't look like much, center Maurkice Pouncey taking his spot in the middle of the offensive line and snapping the ball to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.But for Pouncey, more than eight months removed from tearing both the ACL and Arizona's Minter groomed to replace ILB Dansby 05/27/2014 07:50pm • BOB BAUM AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Throughout his rookie year, Kevin Minter toiled on Arizona's special teams and watched the standout performances of Karlos Dansby at inside linebacker.Now Dansby is gone, lured by a big contract to Cleveland, and Minter moves into his spot, a critical o Saints' workers comp bill scrapped this session 05/27/2014 07:10pm • MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana lawmakers are getting out of a dispute between New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson and his players about how to handle workers compensation claims for professional athletes.Rep. Chris Broadwater, R-Hammond, said Tuesday he's shelvi Jaguars open OTAs with Bortles as backup 05/27/2014 06:58pm • JEFF ELLIOTT Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The Jacksonville Jaguars' current and future quarterbacks took the field together for the first time Tuesday for the team's first of 10 offseason practice sessions.Incumbent Chad Henne and rookie Blake Bortles took the majority of snaps in Tue Chargers WR Floyd cleared for contact 05/27/2014 06:14pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Chargers wide receiver Malcom Floyd says he's been cleared for contact after missing most of last season following a scary neck injury.Floyd participated in the first day of the Chargers' organized team activities Tuesday.In his words, "It's good to be back out there. I'm cleaned f Allen adjusts to new surroundings with Bears 05/27/2014 05:24pm • ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) -- It didn't take long for Jared Allen to get comfortable in his new surroundings.The five-time Pro Bowl defensive end said after the Bears' first offseason workout Tuesday that he felt energized."Change is good if you allow it to be good," he Cowboys LB Lee leaves practice with knee injury 05/27/2014 05:16pm • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Oft-injured Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee didn't even make it through the first offseason practice without another setback in a career filled with them.Lee went down with a left knee injury during the team portion of what was supposed to be