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Strahan, Sapp, Ogden among Hall of Fame finalists
Single-season sacks leader Michael Strahan and two players who tried to block him are among 15 modern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Defense: Move Ohio football players' rape trial
The attorney for one of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl says he's seeking to get the trial moved and ...
Could janitors be one school's line of defense?
A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non-teaching employees with handguns this year — perhaps ...
Chudzinski thrilled to get Browns' job
Rob Chudzinski's roots run 44 years deep with the Browns. As a kid, he buckled on his orange helmet and ran around his backyard in Toledo, Ohio, ...
Browns hire Rob Chudzinski as new coach
Rob Chudzinski's first head coaching job will be with the team he loved as a kid. Chudzinski, who spent the past two seasons as Carolina's offensive ...
AP Sources: Browns meet 2nd time with Whisenhunt
The Browns are taking a second look at former Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt, who could rejoin Cleveland following a stint as an assistant 14 years ago.
Witness cooperation urged in football rape case
Students withholding information about an alleged rape in eastern Ohio last summer are thwarting investigators, school officials said Thursday, as the ...
AP source: Eagles interview Notre Dame's Kelly
The Philadelphia Eagles interviewed Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly for their coaching vacancy, a person familiar with the meeting told The Associated ...
Ohio theme parks CEO: Staycations are fun
The chief executive of one of the country's largest amusement park companies said since the economic downturn has people staying closer to home, ...
AP Source: Browns interviewing CFL's Trestman
A person familiar with the interview says the Browns are meeting with Montreal Alouettes coach Marc Trestman. Trestman interviewed with the Chicago ...
Portraits mark political history, change of guard
Artists often put oil to canvas at this time of year to render the official portrait of a governor or legislative leader who's coming or going from ...
Browns moving on from Oregon's Kelly
Chip Kelly wouldn't jump. So the Browns bailed. Oregon's visor-wearing coach isn't coming to Cleveland — or the NFL. A person familiar with ...
Browns, Eagles vying for Oregon's Kelly
The Browns figured they could close a deal with Chip Kelly over dinner. That was before the Eagles took Oregon's coach to a lengthy lunch.
Houston beats Bengals 19-13 in wild-card playoff
J.J. Watt swatted away passes, Arian Foster ran away from tacklers and the Houston Texans did just enough to knock Cincinnati out of the playoffs for ...
Texans lead Bengals 16-10 after third quarter
Arian Foster ran for a long-awaited touchdown and set a little postseason history on Saturday, leading the Houston Texans to a 16-10 lead over the ...
AP Source: Browns close to deal with Kelly
Chip Kelly is closer to taking his fast-paced offense to the NFL. A person familiar with the negotiations said the Cleveland Browns are nearing a deal ...
Group wants man's eye blinks barred as testimony
The national Innocence Project is backing a murder suspect's efforts to exclude from his trial a videotape of a dying man's eye blinks, which ...
Twin mothers in Ohio give birth the same day
Aiden and Donavyn didn't wait until New Year's Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: ...
Column: Badgers make best of a bad situation
Loyalty being what it is these days in college football, you didn't know whether to be happy or sad to see Barry Alvarez back on the Wisconsin ...
Browns fire coach Pat Shurmur, GM Tom Heckert
Before the ball dropped on a new year, the Browns said goodbye to another coach. The same thing happened after seasons in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2010.
Chiefs fire Crennel, restructure organization
The Kansas City Chiefs are doing more than looking for a new coach after firing Romeo Crennel on Monday. They're changing the entire structure of the ...
Week's 2nd snowstorm hits Northeast, parts of Ohio
A widespread winter storm dumped snow over the Northeast and parts of Ohio on Saturday, just days after the regions were hit by another storm moving ...
Ohio whips ULM 45-14 at Independence Bowl
Things were going so well for Ohio that quarterback Tyler Tettleton was cracking jokes in the huddle by the end of the game. It was that kind of ...
Ohio whips ULM 45-14 to win Independence Bowl
The final pass of Tyler Tettleton's dizzying early-game onslaught was beautiful — a 68-yard touchdown heave to Chase Cochran over two defenders.