Tom Brady practised with the New England Patriots for the first time Tuesday since suffering a season-ending knee injury in last year’s opening game. Brady and nearly the entire team participated in the first of four days of this week’s organized team activities, Patriots...

Notre Dame is interested in celebrating its football history by playing games that will recall some great games of the past, including playing at the new Yankee Stadium. “I’d be interested as we look forward to scheduling to think about how to sort of echo the history...

Veteran cornerback Dre’ Bly signed a one-year deal Thursday with the San Francisco 49ers, who moved quickly to fill the spot created by Walt Harris’ knee injury. The Denver Broncos released Bly in a salary dump in February after he spent two of his 10 NFL seasons with...

Most football players despise thinking ahead to training camp and the twice daily workouts in full pads under a blistering summer sun that await. Not Dylan Barker. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats sophomore safety is actually looking forward to it, and with good reason. The first player taken...

If Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo doesn’t want to refer to Terrell Owens by name these days, that’s fine with T.O. “Dude, I could care less,” Owens said with a laugh following the Buffalo Bills voluntary minicamp practice Wednesday. “I mean, he...

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the four players they selected in the 2009 CFL Canadian college draft under contract. Offensive linemen Mike Morris and Adam Bestard, running back Peter Quinney and linebacker Thaine Carter all signed deals with the CFL club. Winnipeg made the six-foot-four,...

The Denver Broncos value D.J. Williams’s versatility at linebacker even if at times it’s vexing for him. This season, he’ll be asked to relocate to another new linebacking spot, his fourth change in six seasons. But he’s not grumbling because Williams feels...

The Toronto Argonauts have a lot to changes to make on the field this season, coming off a year in which they didn’t win a game after Labour Day. And their precipitous 2008 downslide appears to have raised the challenge at the box office as well, where the CFL team is entering...

The doors are open, and the price tag is in on the Cowboys’ new stadium. Billed as a ribbon-cutting, Wednesday’s official opening was a bit more elaborate. Hundreds showed up to celebrate, including politicians and a bundle of former Cowboys. Arlington Mayor Bob Cluck...

Supersized pro football players are prone to high blood pressure but fare better on some other health measures than more average-sized men, new NFL-sponsored research shows. The mixed results suggest that intense physical conditioning can help reduce but not wipe out ill effects excess...