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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.

Tom Benson, owner of the National Football League's New Orleans Saints, has bought the New Orleans Hornets from the National Basketball Association.

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.

Tim Tebow got his first New York close-up Monday. Speaking at news conference in the Jets field house, because the media crush was so great the session couldn't be held in the team's normal press room, the headline-grabbing New York backup QB went out of his way to play down any conflict between himself and starter Mark Sanchez.

The Jets traded for the popular but polarizing quarterback Tim Tebow, who became expendable when Denver signed Peyton Manning as a free agent.

There was no glitch. No last-minute curveball. No monkey wrench in the gears. The Broncos and quarterback Peyton Manning have agreed to terms on a five-year, $96 million contract, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.

Peyton Manning, a free agent quarterback, has chosen to play for Denver next season, and the two sides are negotiating a contract, a person briefed on the decision said.