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The Miami Dolphins have agreed to be featured on the HBO documentary show “Hard Knocks,” head coach Joe Philbin announced today.

A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed to gain his release from Nevada state prison.

Researchers in Boston want to study the brain of the late Junior Seau for evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephelopathy. Seau’s family may decide to allow it.

More than 100 former professional football players, including former Atlanta Falcons Jamal Anderson, Chris Doleman, and O.J. Santiago, are adding their names a growing list of players suing the NFL.

Junior Seau, regarded as one of the N.F.L.’s best linebackers over a 20-year career with the Chargers, the Dolphins and the Patriots, died of a gunshot wound to the chest at his home.

Jonathan Vilma, the team’s defensive captain, was suspended without pay for the coming season; Cleveland’s Scott Fujita, Green Bay’s Anthony Hargrove; and New Orleans’s Will Smith received lesser penalties.

A complete breakdown of the 2012 NFL draft, including a mock draft, player bios, team needs and more.

Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez may eventually lose his starting job to Tim Tebow, but at the moment, Sanchez loves the Jets’ plan of using both quarterbacks — and loves having Tebow as a teammate.

Arkansas has fired Bobby Petrino, saying he "knowingly misled" and engaged in reckless behavior in a relationship with a female football employee half his age.

Nike and Reebok, two of the largest players in the sports gear industry, are embroiled in an unholy spat over who gets to make and sell products featuring the name of newly minted New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow.