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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823TRUG1.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>NFL Asks Supreme Court to Bar Clarett</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>The NFL urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to keep Maurice Clarett out of this weekend's draft because the dispute over his eligibility is unsettled.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823TANO0.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Chargers Told Not to Draft Eli Manning</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Archie Manning apparently doesn't want his son to be stuck with a bad NFL team the way he was. San Diego general manager A.J. Smith said Wednesday night that Eli Manning's agent, Tom Condon, called to say Archie wished the Chargers would not select the top quarterback prospect with the first pick in Saturday's draft.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823QQ9G1.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Fitzgerald Looks Like Arizona Draft Pick</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Unless they have put up one of the thickest smoke screens in NFL draft history, the Arizona Cardinals want Larry Fitzgerald with the third overall pick Saturday.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823MSG80.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Ben Roethlisberger Anxious for NFL Draft</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>The workouts are finished. The meetings with NFL teams are done. There's nothing left for Ben Roethlisberger to do but wait. The quarterback from Miami of Ohio is antsy to find out where he'll wind up in the first round of the draft Saturday. He's had a few days to relax with his family in Findlay, Ohio, and follow the draft speculation on television.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823GBBG0.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Browns Focus on 3 Players in NFL Draft</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Butch Davis estimates there are at least 15 players in this year's NFL draft who could have an immediate impact for the Cleveland Browns.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823FRQ00.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Ukraine Footballer May Be Draft Sleeper</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Igor Olshansky was just 15 but already a behemoth at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823F2G01.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Martz: Warner Could Still Stay With Team</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz said Wednesday that Kurt Warner's agent overreacted to a conversation he had with the quarterback, and emphasized there's still a chance the two-time MVP could stay with the team.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823ENVG0.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Pat Summerall Released After Transplant</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Broadcaster Pat Summerall was released Wednesday from St. Luke's Hospital, where he received a liver transplant earlier this month.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823ED280.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>NFL Kick Returner Cleared in Bar Fight</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>NFL kick returner Charlie Rogers has been cleared of all charges stemming from a bar brawl.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823D19G0.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Steelers' Success Shatters Draft Notions</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>There was no TV talking head to dissect it for hours, no chat rooms to debate it, no week-after minicamp to instantly critique it.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823CNO00.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Bears May Upgrade Defense at NFL Draft</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>The Chicago Bears spruced up their offense during free agency, so it could be the defense's turn for an upgrade during this weekend's NFL draft.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823CL780.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Ravens' Fuller Charged With Gambling</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Baltimore Ravens cornerback Corey Fuller was charged with hosting high-stakes card games at his house, the site of a shootout three months ago.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823ADD80.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Ginsburg Asks NFL to Address Clarett Case</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Wednesday asked the NFL to respond to Maurice Clarett's request for a stay of a federal appeals court's decision preventing the former Ohio State tailback from being in this weekend's draft.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D823ACOG0.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Patriots Sign Burris to 1-Year Contract</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Free agent cornerback Jeff Burris signed a one-year contract with New England amid the Patriots' salary dispute with All-Pro Ty Law.</span></font>
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<a href='/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D82395081.html'><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><b><span class='vitindexheadline'>Panthers Look to Rebuild in NFL Draft</span></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face=geneva,arial,helvetica,verdana><span class='vitindexteaser'>Carolina has lost eight contributors to the Super Bowl team, four of them starters, and hasn't quite replaced them. So the Panthers will have to rely on the NFL draft this weekend to add new talent.</span></font>
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