Posts Tagged Professional football

Injured Steelers TE Miller improving but cautious

Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Heath Miller walks across the practice field with his right knee wrapped during the NFL football OTA session on  Wednesday, May 22, 2013  at the team headquarters in Pittsburgh. Miller is recovering from an injury from last season. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Heath Miller knows his football career isn’t over, just paused. When the injured Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowl tight end will be able to hit the “play” button again is anybody’s guess.

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Ravens rookie LB Brown sidelined after surgery

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh speaks at a news conference after NFL football practice at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Ravens rookie linebacker Arthur Brown will be sidelined for at least a month while he recovers from sports hernia surgery.

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Jets QB Geno Smith picks Jay-Z’s agency as new rep

New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith, center, stands in the locker room as he answers questions from the media after NFL football practice in Florham Park., N.J., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Geno Smith has joined Jay-Z for one big sports and hip-hop collaboration.

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Philadelphia’s sports brass brainstorm together

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — They all make their professional home at a shared sports complex. But the four men responsible for making Philadelphia’s four pro sports teams go rarely share a stage.

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Bears LB Urlacher announces retirement

In this Nov. 4, 2012 file photo, Chicago Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher yells while watching from the bench in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, Tenn. Urlacher says he's retiring after spending 13 seasons with the Bears. The eight-time Pro Bowler announced his retirement through social media accounts Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Joe Howell, File)

CHICAGO (AP) — Brian Urlacher wasn’t sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he’s calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.

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