HOUSTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Texas defensive end Brian Orakpo won the Lombardi Award Wednesday, an honor that goes to the nation's top college lineman or linebacker.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis faces drug and other charges after he was stopped last weekend in Hanover, N.J., en route to the Jets training facility.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The San Diego Chargers announced Tuesday that the team has relieved defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell of his duties.
CHICAGO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Former Chicago Bears lineman William "Refrigerator" Perry says he hopes to get back on his feet soon despite an illness that has him confined to a wheelchair.
CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Wide receiver Bob Hayes and defensive lineman Claude Humphrey have been selected 2009 senior nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers have brought back defensive end Orpheus Roye, who played for them in the 1990s before going to the Cleveland Browns.
HOUSTON, July 13 (UPI) -- Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Ray Jolly Jr. is facing felony drug possession charges after being arrested in Houston, records show.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 27 (UPI) -- The Minnesota Vikings traded defensive end Erasmus James to the Washington Redskins Tuesday for a seventh-round pick in the 2009 NFL draft.
NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Boston's Kevin Garnett, the NBA's defensive player of the year, was selected to the all-defensive first team, the league said Monday.
TORONTO, April 30 (UPI) -- Safety Dylan Barker of the University of Saskatchewan Wednesday was the first selection in the Canadian College Draft by the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
DAVIE, Fla., April 22 (UPI) -- The Miami Dolphins agreed with Jake Long on a multi-year contract, effectively making the Michigan offensive tackle the first pick of this year's NFL draft.
PALM BEACH, Fla., April 1 (UPI) -- National Football League owners Tuesday approved helmet headsets for defensive players.
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass., March 12 (UPI) -- Verizon announced Wednesday it has donated "The Lineman," a 1948 painting by Norman Rockwell, to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass.
LUMBERTON, Texas, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Former defensive tackle Ernie Holmes, who played for two Pittsburgh Super Bowl winners, was killed in car crash near Lumberton, Texas, authorities said Friday.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The Cincinnati Bengals named Mike Zimmer their new defensive coordinator Tuesday.
