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Getty Images The Raiders may need to find a punter in the next 24 hours. The team added punter A.J. Cole to its injury report late Friday. They list him as questionable to play Sunday because of an injury to his right foot. He was not on their injury report all week. Cole, an undrafted...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced plans for an expanded class of inductees in 2020 by approving a proposal to put together a group of 15 candidates for selection in addition to the annual group of modern era nominees. That new group will be made up of 10 seniors candidates...

Getty Images When Raiders cornerback Gareon Conley was strapped to a gurney and carted off the field during last Monday night’s win over the Broncos, the prevailing thought was about Conley’s long-term health and not his availability for Oakland’s Week Two game against the Chiefs. Positive...

Getty Images With Hunter Henry set to miss at least a month due to a tibial plateau fracture in his left knee, the Los Angeles Chargers brought in a trio of tight ends for workouts. Ben Koyack, Will Tye and Luke Willson were among six players the Chargers hosted for workouts this week. All...

Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is practicing Wednesday, a good sign after his ankle injury Sunday. “Right now, he feels pretty good,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, via Nate Taylor of TheAthletic.com. Mahomes’ ankle got turned on a sack by Yannick Ngakoue in the second quarter...

Getty Images All updates from the Raiders have been positive since cornerback Gareon Conley was strapped to a gurney and carted off the field during Monday’s win over the Broncos and Conley provided one of his own on Twitter Tuesday. The good news continued on Wednesday. Multiple reporters at...

Getty Images The Raiders had three first-round draft picks this year. One of them has been lost for the season in the first game. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden confirmed today that safety Johnathan Abram will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn labrum in his shoulder on Monday...

Getty Images Quarterback Tom Brady had someone new move into the locker a couple of spots away from his in the Patriots locker room this week, but he had little interest in discussing new teammate Antonio Brown on Wednesday. Brady’s disinterest extended to both on- and off-field matters. When...

Getty Images Receiver Jordy Nelson’s decision to retire as a Packer but without signing a one-day contract invited speculation that he’s leaving the door open to a return during the season, without the complication of exiting Green Bay’s reserve/retired list. In reality, Nelson has no...

Getty Images The NFL’s 100th season continues to be co-opted by Antonio Brown. The story, however, has now taken a far more serious turn. According to Ben Shpigel of the New York Times, Brown has been sued for sexual assault and rape. Britney Taylor, who allegedly attended college with Brown...

Getty Images On the same day he became a member of the Patriots, receiver Antonio Brown has been sued for sexual assault and rape. Brown’s lawyer, Darren Heitner, has issued a detailed statement that admits to the existence of a sexual relationship between Brown and the plaintiff, Britney...

Getty Images Safety Johnathan Abram – one of three first-round picks by the Oakland Raiders this spring – is set to have surgery to address a torn rotator cuff and labrum sustained in Monday night’s win over the Denver Broncos, per multiple reports. Abram is seeking a second opinion on the...

Getty Images The Patriots have issued a statement regarding the sexual assault and rape lawsuit filed against receiver Antonio Brown. And the statement says plenty about the NFL’s response to the situation. “We are aware of the civil lawsuit that was filed earlier today against Antonio Brown...

Getty Images When sued in civil court, the natural human response is to say, “Let’s sue them back.” It’s rarely a good idea to give in to that impulse. The lawyer representing Patriots receiver Antonio Brown has yet to give that advice to his client; instead, attorney Darren Heitner seems to...

Getty Images Patriots head coach Bill Belichick wasn’t willing to answer questions about wide receiver Antonio Brown on Sunday night or Monday morning because Brown was not yet officially a member of the team. Brown’s signing became official on Monday afternoon and that meant Belichick had to...

Getty Images Antonio Brown is officially on the roster in New England. He doesn’t yet have a number. And he quite possibly won’t have No. 84. That number belongs to tight end Benjamin Watson. And even if Watson were inclined to give the number to Brown, NFL rules generally prohibit in-season...

Getty Images Week One finished up with a pair of Monday night games and a lot of people tuned in to see the two matchups. ESPN says that the doubleheader drew an 8.6 overnight rating, which is up 19 percent over the Week One doubleheader last year. It’s the highest-rated opening Monday night...

Getty Images Former Raiders linebacker Neiron Ball has died at the age of 27. Ball’s sister Natalie Myricks announced his death on Facebook. Ball was diagnosed with an arterviouvenous malformation in his brain while attending the University of Florida in 2011. The condition causes blood...

Getty Images It was a scary scene in Oakland when Raiders cornerback Gareon Conley got injured on Monday night, but the news about his condition continues to be positive. Head coach Jon Gruden said after the game that Conley would be OK and that all reports from medical personnel were “very...

Getty Images Derek Carr and the Oakland Raiders didn’t need Antonio Brown to earn an impressive 24-16 victory over the Denver Broncos on Monday night. Just two days after the team rid themselves of a talented, but problematic, wide receiver in Brown, Carr made good use of Tyrell Williams and...