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San Francisco police are investigating whether team rivalry was to blame for three violent incidents at a preseason game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders.

The Arizona Cardinals and Larry Fitzgerald have agreed to an eight-year deal that could pay the star receiver as much as $120 million, making it one of the richest deals in the NFL.

Terrelle Pryor will have an opportunity to pursue his NFL dreams, with one significant caveat: The former Ohio State star must still pay for breaking NCAA rules while he was in college....

During and immediately after the lockout, NFL fans and pundits debated this question: Would the lack of OTAs, minicamps and team conditioning sessions lead to more injuries in the preseason? In a world where no one agrees with anyone about anything, nearly everyone seemed to feel that the answer was yes. So it’s not surprising that we’ve seen a lot of injuries in the two weeks since camps opened.

This was a night for the inner showman to shine. Seven new members of Pro Football's Hall of Fame were enshrined Saturday night before 13,300 at Fawcett Stadium, and to cap it off Deion Sanders, aka 'Prime Time', tied a bandana atop his bronze bust.

Players ratified a new, 10-year CBA on Thursday, hours after it was finalized, and two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press the contract allows the NFL to eventually become the first major U.S. professional sports league to use blood testing for human growth hormone.

Former NFL defensive star Bubba Smith, who found a successful second career as an actor, has died in Los Angeles at age 66.

Eagles defensive tackle Mike Patterson was alert, stable and joking at a hospital after suffering a seizure at training camp at Lehigh University, trainer Rick Burkholder said Wednesday....

Randy Moss is calling it a career after 13 seasons in the NFL as one of the most dynamic and polarizing players the league has ever seen. Moss's agent, Joel Segal, said Monday that the receiver was considering offers from several teams, but made the decision to retire. Segal declined to comment specifically on the offers, instead saying his client felt the time was right to step away.

Plaxico Burress will continue his N.F.L. career in New York after all — with the Jets. Burress, the talented but controversial receiver who has not played since shooting himself in the leg in November 2008, agreed in principle to a one-year contract, the team announced Sunday morning. The Jets outfoxed the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Giants — both of his former teams — to sign him.