After Michael Vick’s frenzied first couple of hours at home — two probation officers stopped by 90 minutes after he arrived, and one of his attorneys briefly addressed the media horde that was camped out in the cul-de-sac — things seemed to settle down outside the house.
The media ranks thinned out, and the curious onlookers [...]

 Government investigators began sorting through the Dallas Cowboys’ flattened practice facility Monday, trying to figure out why fierce winds sent the tentlike structure crashing down during a rookie workout session.
Twelve people were hurt, including Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who underwent surgery Monday to stabilize a fractured vertebrae in his neck. The most seriously [...]

Maurice Jones-Drew agreed Wednesday to an extension that will make him one of the three highest-paid running backs in football.
Jones-Drew signed a five-year, $31 million contract Wednesday with Jacksonville that includes $17.5 million guaranteed.
“It really was a matter of wanting more Maurice,” Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. “We want Maurice on the field more [...]

The New York Giants maintained their smashmouth image on Wednesday.
Running back Brandon Jacobs, their 264-pound workhorse, signed a four-year, $25 million extension.

“I was confident all along that this was going to get done I didn’t panic one bit,” Jacobs said in a statement released by the team. “I know the reason we did it the [...]

Imprisoned NFL star Michael Vick will be allowed to serve the last two months of his sentence under home confinement because there is no room at a halfway house for him, a government official told The Associated Press Thursday.

Vick is serving a 23-month sentence at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., after pleading guilty to [...]