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SEC defenders renew rivalry at combine (AP)

The LSU-Alabama rivalry didn't end in New Orleans. It moved to Indianapolis. After playing twice for the No. 1 ranking last season, repeatedly being dubbed college football's two best defenses and eventually settling the national championship between t...

Griffin runs 40 in 4.41, Luck 4.59 (AP)

Robert Griffin III proved he's the fastest quarterback at this year's NFL scouting combine. It might not be enough to supplant Andrew Luck as the No. 1 pick. The two finally got a chance to demonstrate their athleticism Sunday when workouts began. Grif...

Jenkins, Harris deal with drug questions (AP)

Only a few miles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, former Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris explained that driving 118 miles per hour somewhere other than a racetrack wasn't a good idea. Often praised for his speed on the field, his excessive speed of...

LB Hightower: Torn ACL made me stronger (AP)

Alabama's Dont'a Hightower says the NFL combine offers him an ideal opportunity to prove he's fully healed. Hightower was one of the nation's top young linebackers before he tore the anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscus i...

Top WR prospect Blackmon won’t run yet (AP)

Justin Blackmon has a tough job trying to be himself. Everyone else wants to think of him as the next Calvin Johnson, Dez Bryant or Terrell Owens. Some even want to know if the No. 1 receiver in this year's draft might be as polished as A.J. Green and ...

Crennel: Chiefs would consider Peyton (AP)

Team officials and coaches have tried to avoid any discussion about Peyton Manning during this week's annual NFL scouting combine. Good luck trying that in a town Manning put on the NFL radar and in a venue he helped build. On Saturday, Kansas City coa...

Browns GM Heckert not attending combine (AP)

Cleveland Browns general manager Tom Heckert is not attending the NFL combine in Indianapolis because of an unspecified medical issue. On Friday, WTAM, the team's flagship radio station reported that Heckert had surgery this week. Team spokesman Neal G...

Mayor: Indy wants another Super Bowl (AP)

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard says the city that just hosted its first Super Bowl wants to do it again in the near future. Ballard said Saturday at the NFL combine that within a few years, Indianapolis likely will put a bid together. "There will be p...

Umenyiora, Giants GM yet to talk deal (AP)

Giants general manager Jerry Reese says he's unsure whether Osi Umenyiora would take less money to finish his career in New York. Instead, Reese believes the recent comments to Umenyiora may have been "taken out of context." Reese says he understands t...

TCU moving ahead after drug arrests (AP)

TCU coach Gary Patterson already had a hoarse voice after only one day of spring practice. The message to this team was the same as each spring, work toward the goal of winning a conference championship -- now in the Big 12 instead of the Mountain West...