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Brian Banks will get a crack at the NFL, even if it's simply a tryout.
The Seattle Seahawks confirmed Wednesday they will hold a tryout for Banks, a former high school football star who was exonerated last week in a California rape case in which he was falsely accused.Seattle coach Pete Carroll did not speak following the Seahawks' offseason workout on Wednesday, but the team confirmed that Banks will work out for the team on June 7."This is what I have dreamed about my entire life," Banks said in a statement from the California Western School of Law, home of the California Innocence Project. "I am ready to show the NFL what I am capable of doing. I want as many opportunities with as many NFL teams who are willing to give me a shot."Seattle may not be the only team. The statement says a half-dozen NFL teams have gotten in contact withBanks, and ESPN.com reported some of those include the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins.Banks' attorney, Justin Brooks, head of t...The NFL's move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism from the guys who will have to wear them.Not long afte...
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The Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys will be forced to work with salary-cap reductions over the next two years.A grievance filed by the two teams was dismissed...
The Washington Redskins have re-signed unrestricted free agent running back Tim Hightower.Hightower started five games in 2011 before a torn ACL in Week 7 forced him...
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The Washington Redskins have released quarterback John Beck, who became expendable when the club elected to select Kirk Cousins in the fourth round of the NFL Draft....
Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer of BYU and national championship coaches Jimmy Johnson and Phillip Fulmer highlight the 2012 class for induction into the College Foo...
Ever since the NFL Scouting Combine concluded, many top prospects have climbed up and plummeted down draft boards.Plenty of rumors have made the rounds, and it's bee...
The Houston Texans signed quarterback John Beck on Friday.Beck, a second-round draft selection out of Brigham Young in 2007, spent the last three seasons with the Wa...
Robert Griffin III looks to the draft
The Indianapolis Colts bookended the NFL Draft by picking two quarterbacks.But while No. 1 overall pick Andrew Luck is said to be a sure-fire franchise quarterback, ...
Mike Shanahan is at it again with his quarterback carousel. In year No. 2 under the Washington Redskins head coach's regime, the team has two players battling it out...
Jerry Jones says the Dallas Cowboys have no intention of trading cornerback Mike Jenkins or any interest in going to federal court to further fight the NFL about a $...
An arbitrator upheld the NFL's salary cap reductions on the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins for this season and next.Stephen Burbank ruled Tuesday in favor of...
The National Football League Players Association has filed a lawsuit in Minnesota, claiming the league instituted a secret salary cap for the 2010 season.The NFLPA s...
The New York Jets have signed offensive tackles Stephon Heyer and Ray Willis.Heyer played in 12 games (two starts) for the Oakland Raiders in 2011. He entered the NF...
Brian Banks will get a crack at the NFL, even if it's simply a tryout.The Seattle Seahawks confirmed Wednesday they will hold a tryout for Banks, a former high schoo...
The players union claimed Wednesday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 billion.The complaint ...
Junior Seau's suicide is troubling NFL players.No one knows precisely why the 43-year-old Seau shot himself in the chest at his oceanfront home May 2, less than 2½ y...
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