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Open season on NFL free agents starts at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Those who stand around with hands in their pockets will miss out on the first wave. It wouldn't be surprising to see a few free agents sign before Wednesday morning, and a dozen or so could be...

A little more than a month after the Bears professed to be re-emphasizing the draft, they likely are about to make it rain in free agency. But that's good because this is an unusual year in free agency. Typically, the market mostly offers players who are...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Seattle Seahawks - INSIDE SLANT Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll understood selecting Bruce Irvin was a risk because of off-the-field issues when Seattle drafted the speedy pass rusher at No. 15 overall in the 2012...

The Sports Xchange Seahawks have problems at defensive end RENTON, Wash. -- The Seattle Seahawks' options at defensive end are drying up fast. The team's leading sacker the past three seasons, Chris Clemons, was not in attendance at Seattle's first OTA...

Bruce Irvin, Seattle's first-round pick a year ago, has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances, the team announced Friday. Irvin will not get paid for the...

SEATTLE _ Bruce Irvin, Seattle's first-round pick a year ago, has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances, the team announced Friday. Irvin will not get paid...

Seahawks defensive lineman Greg Scruggs is likely out for the year after having surgery Thursday for a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee. Scruggs, who had reconstructive arthroscopic surgery at the Seattle Surgery Center...

You know it's NFL draft time because Pete Carroll has issued his annual warning that the Seahawks might see things a little differently than, well, everyone. They're not afraid to be outliers in an NFL full of copycats. General manager John Schneider...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Manchester City at Newcastle, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. China, 6 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--East Carolina at North Carolina, 11 a....

|TV SPORTS|  |SUNDAY| Women’s College Basketball--Georgetown at Penn State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); South Dakota at Kansas State, 2 p.m. (FXSP) NFL Football--Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins, Noon (CBS); Chicago Bears at Minnesota...

Dane Sanzenbacher has been inactive for eight of the first 11 games, and the second-year receiver has just one catch for 7 yards this season. But Sanzenbacher might get some meaningful playing time Sunday. Devin Hester is out with a concussion and...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY|  Soccer -- Premiere League, Liverpool at Swansea, 7:15 a.m. (ESPN2).  National Football League -- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, noon (FOX); Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at New...