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FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, file photo, Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel watches from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville, Tenn. Vrabel’s debut as an NFL head coach came in the league’s longest game because of lightning delays, and now he’s guiding the Tennessee Titans through the league’s first COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
NFL looking at "several" protocol incidents with Titans

By Teresa M. Walker Oct. 07, 2020 08:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2020, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles strong safety Malcolm Jenkins speaks with members of the media at the NFL football team's practice facility in Philadelphia. The three-time Pro Bowl safety and two-time Super Bowl champion has been on the front lines fighting for social justice and racial equality for years. The latest plans are for the Malcolm Jenkins Foundation to expand its free digital curriculum, Power Pathway Academy. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Malcolm Jenkins doesn't stop working to create change

By Rob Maaddi Jul. 29, 2020 07:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media during the NFL football owners meeting in Key Biscayne, Fla. Goodell won’t be sharing hugs with Joe Burrow or Chase Young or any of the other 32 first-rounders in the 2020 NFL Draft. He will offer congratulations remotely but otherwise this will be the barest of drafts. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
NFL awards 2 new grants in social justice initiative

By Barry Wilner May. 12, 2020 01:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dc. 18, 2017 file photo, former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant talks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Bryant and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. They all got into the Hall in their first year of eligibility, as did WNBA great Tamika Catchings. Two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich, longtime Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey, 1,000-game winner Barbara Stevens of Bentley and three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton were selected. So was former FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
The Latest: Lakers GM Pelinka draws inspiration from Bryant

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2020 03:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 file photo, Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Billy Turner sits on the bench during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in Chicago. Green Bay Packers right guard William "Billy" Turner's perspective on life was bleak and negative after he was cut by the Dolphins in October 2016. But more than three years later, Turner's outlook has changed, and the 6-foot-5, 310-pound guard's conscious mission to spread positive energy has become a driving force behind the Packers' success this season.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Billy Turner's positivity has been contagious for Packers

By Keith Jenkins Jan. 02, 2020 06:13 PM EST

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton looks up, during the first half at an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
NFL Notes: Meaty questions, deep cuts with Saints' Payton

By The Associated Press Dec. 13, 2019 03:17 PM EST

NFL Player Akiem Hicks of the Chicago Bears coaches a young team during the final tournament for the UK's NFL Flag Championship, featuring qualifying teams from around the country, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. The new stadium will host its first two NFL London Games later this year when the Chicago Bears face the Oakland Raiders and the Carolina Panthers take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
NFL opens football academy in London

Jul. 14, 2019 03:01 AM EDT

In this photo taken May 23, 2019, Ryan Smith, a test engineer at VICIS, a Seattle-based company that makes football helmets, runs a head-to-helmet impact test in a testing lab in Seattle. The company's latest offering is the ULTIM cap, which is intended for use with youth flag football and competitive 7-on-7 football played during the offseason for youth and high school programs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Helmet maker rounds out football portfolio with new headgear

By Tim Booth Jul. 01, 2019 03:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2015, file photo, Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations, speaks at the NFL's spring meetings in San Francisco. The NFL is launching a social justice platform, with an emphasis on education, economic development and community and police relations. Vincent emphasizes how much work has been done and continues to be done by the players. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
NFL launches social justice initiative, stressing education

By Barry Wilner Jan. 11, 2019 03:54 PM EST