NFC East

The Washington Redskins made a deal with the St. Louis Rams on Saturday to obtain the second choice in next month's NFL Draft, giving them a chance to select college star quarterback Robert Griffin.

NFL star quarterback Peyton Manning is likely to make a quick decision about where to continue his career after being released by the Indianapolis Colts.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League has ordered Gregg Williams, the coach at the center of a scandal involving paying bounties for big hits on opposing players, to meet on Monday with league investigators in New York, a spokesman said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A scandal in which U.S. football players got rewarded for injuring opponents could have legal consequences, with prosecutors, players and even fans getting in on the judicial action.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A scandal in which U.S. football players got rewarded for injuring opponents could have legal consequences, with prosecutors, players and even fans getting in on the judicial action.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A scandal in which U.S. football players got rewarded for injuring opponents could have legal consequences, with prosecutors, players and even fans getting in on the judicial action.

(Reuters) - The National Football League's (NFL) "bounty" scandal spread on Saturday with media reports that Washington Redskins players also had a cash scheme to reward individuals who injured opponents and forced them to leave games.

(Reuters) - The San Francisco 49ers have kept one of the best linebacker units in the NFL intact by signing Ahmad Brooks to a six-year contract extension, the team announced on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) will kick off the 2012 season a day earlier than usual, on Wednesday September 5, to avoid a clash with President Barack Obama's planned speech to the Democratic National convention the following night.

American Sanya Richards-Ross made her 27th birthday special in more ways than one by winning the women's 400 metre title at the US Indoor Track and Field Championships.

(Reuters) - Former world champion Sanya Richards-Ross celebrated her birthday with the fastest 400 metres of the year as Americans sped to four season-leading performances at the U.S. world indoor championships trials at Albuquerque, New Mexico Sunday.

(Reuters) - Albert Haynesworth, once one of the National Football League's (NFL) most feared and best paid defensive linemen, was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team said on Wednesday.

Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth was released by the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday, saving the club $7.2 million under the league's salary cap for the upcoming season.

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - State health officials have reported 13 confirmed cases of measles in central Indiana including two people who traveled to the Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis earlier this month.

Former Penn State assistant gridiron coach Jerry Sandusky, facing 52 charges of child sex abuse involving 10 boys, was permitted to see his grandchildren in a judge's ruling on Monday.

Tiger Woods got his 2012 PGA Tour season off to a solid start, firing a four-under 68 at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am to sit five strokes back of a trio of leaders.

Tiger Woods got his 2012 PGA Tour season off to a solid start, firing a four-under 68 at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am to sit five strokes back of a trio of leaders.

The United States friendly against five-time World Cup champions Brazil on May 30 will be held at FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins NFL team, US Soccer said Thursday.

Tiger Woods opened his 2012 PGA Tour season by making back-to-back birdies in the first round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Thursday.

Tiger Woods returns to the site of two of his most stirring victories when he makes his PGA Tour season debut at the $6.4 million Pebble Beach Pro-Am which begins Thursday.