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Cleveland Browns fans take a photo of the Otto Graham statue before an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in Cleveland. The team unveiled a bronze statue on Saturday outside FirstEnergy Stadium of the late Hall of Fame quarterback, who led Cleveland to 10 championship games in 10 seasons. Graham, who died in 2003, has long been considered one of the best QBs in professional history. However, he isn't always mentioned among the game's elite players like Joe Montana, Tom Brady, Brett Favre or Johnny Unitas. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns 9/8/2019

Sep. 08, 2019 11:01 AM EDT

AP Sportlight

Compiled By Paul Montella Sep. 06, 2019 07:50 PM EDT
Sept. 8 1946 — Jack Kramer wins his first U.S. men's singles titles with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-0 win over Tom Brown. 1957 — Althea Gibson becomes...

Green Bay Packers players pose for a picture after an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. The Packers won 10-3. (AP Photo/David Banks)
Packers' new-look defense carries offense in opening win

By Keith Jenkins Sep. 06, 2019 07:31 PM EDT

Green Bay Packers players pose for a picture after an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. The Packers won 10-3. (AP Photo/David Banks)
Packers-Bears game most viewed NFL opener since 2016

Sep. 06, 2019 05:56 PM EDT

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy reacts during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
QB Trubisky, Bears look for improvements after loss

By Gene Chamberlain Sep. 06, 2019 05:09 PM EDT

Mike Shanahan still teaching QBs, this time with youngsters

By The Associated Press Sep. 06, 2019 12:12 PM EDT
Mike Shanahan always has been known as a quarterbacks guru. Now, he's working on developing QBs on the youth level. USA Football and QB Collective, a...

FILE - This Jan. 17, 2012, file photo shows New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton speaks at a season-ending news conference in Metairie, La. In March 2012, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Saints coach Sean Payton for one season, general manager Mickey Loomis for eight games and assistant head coach Joe Vitt for six games because players were paid bonuses for injuring opposing team players. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
NFL At 100: A look at the biggest scandals in NFL history

By Rob Maaddi Sep. 06, 2019 12:10 PM EDT

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers high fives fans as he leaves the field after an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. The Packers won 10-3. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Big-time D, a bit of A-Rod enough for Packers vs. Bears

By Barry Wilner Sep. 06, 2019 02:43 AM EDT

Chicago Bears' Mitchell Trubisky is sacked by Green Bay Packers' Blake Martinez and Adrian Amos during the first half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Bears' offense struggles in opening loss to Packers

By Jay Cohen Sep. 05, 2019 11:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) leads the team onto the field for the AFC championship NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo. The Patriots have been playing down the fact they weren’t chosen for the opener of the NFL’s 100th season despite their latest Lombardi Trophy. But their coaching staff finds little items to push the players’ buttons, and Brady is as strong a motivator to teammates as anyone in the league. The Patriots play the Pittsburgh Steelers in Foxborough this week. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
NFL 2019: Browns outmatch Raiders for NFL drama crown

By Barry Wilner Sep. 05, 2019 11:37 PM EDT

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers is sacked by Chicago Bears' Aaron Lynch during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Packers' D, Aaron Rodgers beat Bears 10-3 in opener

By Barry Wilner Sep. 05, 2019 11:33 PM EDT

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) throws a pass during a work out at the team's NFL football practice facility in Frisco, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Prescott focuses on goals for Cowboys amid contract chatter

By Schuyler Dixon Sep. 05, 2019 08:29 PM EDT

Chicago Bears' Trey Burton warms up before an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Bears TE Burton to miss NFL season opener

Sep. 05, 2019 07:11 PM EDT

A large bobblehead of Mike Ditka is seen at Soldier Field before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears 9/5/2019

Sep. 05, 2019 06:08 PM EDT

Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky warms up before an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
NFL begins 100th season with Packers-Bears

By Jay Cohen Sep. 05, 2019 12:26 PM EDT

Dillon, Packers' career leader in interceptions, dies at 89

By The Associated Press Sep. 04, 2019 07:45 PM EDT
Bobby Dillon, the Green Bay Packers' career leader in interceptions who lost his left eye following two childhood accidents, died Aug. 22 in Temple, Texas. ...

NFL's latest Huddle for 100 cleans up Douglas Park

Sep. 04, 2019 06:31 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — The NFL staged its third national NFL Huddle for 100 event Wednesday at Douglas Park, with beautifying areas of the park the main goal. ...

In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, Andy Lanni of Oceanview, N.J. checks the odds at the sports book in the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J. As the second NFL season begins following a U.S. Supreme Court decision clearing the way for legal sports betting, the industry is growing larger and ever-more mobile in the U.S. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Larger US sports betting market races for (online) end zone

By Wayne Parry Sep. 04, 2019 02:50 PM EDT

Graphic shows NFL team matchups and predicts the winners in Week 1 action; 3c x 4 3/8 inches; 146 mm x 111 mm;
99th season was big for Pro Picks. What about No. 100?

By Barry Wilner Sep. 04, 2019 01:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks on from the sideline during the first half of a NFL football preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens, in Baltimore. The Packers and Aaron Rodgers take on the Bears and Khalil Mack on Thursday, Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
Packers and Bears reverse roles in NFL's 100th season opener

By Gene Chamberlain Sep. 04, 2019 10:37 AM EDT