PACKERS
Reworked Packers' offensive line getting work
GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers are using their spring practices as a chance to get their reconfigured offensive line accustomed to their new roles.
Packers adjusting their offensive line
GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers’ decision to shuffle their offensive line was based on the need to protect the team’s most important asset in quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Packers have needs; is Alabama RB Lacy the pick?
Here’s latest proof that the NFL has become a pass-first league: Running back prospects are on the verge of falling entirely out of the first round of this year’s draft.
Packers sign Matthews to long-term extension
GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers locked up star linebacker Clay Matthews with a long-term extension Wednesday, and also is negotiating with quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Packers WR Donald Driver calls it a career
GREEN BAY -- Donald Driver found a way to retire in style. On Wednesday, the popular Green Bay Packers wide receiver celebrated his 14-year career during an event at Lambeau Field.
McCarthy defends Capers, approach
GREEN BAY -- Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers is not going to lose his job over one ugly game. Even if it did end Green Bay’s season.
Offseason could bring big decisions and big changes for Packers
GREEN BAY -- Still numb from the rout in San Francisco that ended their trying season, the Green Bay Packers headed into an offseason sure to bring change—some of it big.
Kaepernick delivers, 49ers beat Packers 45-31
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. -- Colin Kaepernick did a little bit of everything in a record-setting, sensational playoff debut — and Aaron Rodgers just couldn't keep up.
Packers' defense better prepared for playoffs
GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers could have filled an entire highlight reel with their interceptions last year. Good thing, because the rest of their defense wasn't worth watching.
Green Bay's new and improved OL gets biggest test
GREEN BAY -- Green Bay’s offensive line has had its hands full this season as it has tried, often unsuccessfully, to keep Aaron Rodgers from looking like a tackling dummy, and it doesn’t figure to get any easier in Saturday night’s NFC divisional game in San Francisco.
FOOTBALL
AP Source: Jets RB Goodson to practice Tuesday
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Jets running back Mike Goodson is expected to return to practice Tuesday despite his legal troubles....
Judge orders more monitoring for Cowboys DT
DALLAS (AP) -- Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent will remain free while he awaits trial for intoxication manslaughter, as a judge on Friday denied a request by prosecutors to revoke his bond due to problems with alcohol monitoring....
Coded goal: RG3 still aiming for Redskins' opener
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Robert Griffin III's rehab started with a "cry festival." Then came a special new passcode for his cellphone and a chance to hash things out with coach Mike Shanahan....
Committee hits stretch run for NY-NJ Super Bowl
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The NFL draft is history. Organized team activities are under way. Minicamps will follow next month, and training camps will open a month after that....
WR Crabtree tears right Achilles tendon
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- The San Francisco 49ers suddenly have a huge void in their receiving corps as they chase another Super Bowl berth: Michael Crabtree is sidelined after surgery on his right Achilles tendon....
Bears LB Urlacher announces his retirement
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....
Bears LB Urlacher announces retirement
CHICAGO (AP) -- Star linebacker Brian Urlacher says he's retiring after spending 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears....
Column: Play ball with Goodell and NFL _ or else
The NFL is free to twist arms, just like anybody else. So maybe it's just coincidence that all five of the new stadiums that will come on line during Roger Goodell's brief tenure as NFL commissioner have now been awarded Super Bowls....
Bay Bowl: San Francisco to host 50th Super Bowl
BOSTON (AP) -- Build a new stadium, host the Super Bowl to show it off....
Veteran DB Charles Woodson returns to Raiders
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- Charles Woodson is coming back home to Oakland....
