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Time for a look at the Sunday morning headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Brian Banks opened rookie minicamp working at middle linebacker. Banks was signed by the Falcons in April. He spent more than five years in prison before...

Time for a quick look at the day's top headlines from around the NFC South: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS In the latest twist of the saga of a possible trade with the New York Jets for cornerback Darrelle Revis, Mark Cook reports that the Bucs might not...

Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith might be one of the straightest shooters in the NFL. That's why he just might be the perfect coach for Brian Banks. If you don't know Banks' story already, he's the linebacker who had it all -- once upon a time -- ...

At age 27, Brian Banks will get his first real chance to make an NFL roster. Although he's been given a few tryouts in the past, Banks never has been through an NFL offseason program. He'll get that chance this year. The linebacker, who spent m...

Brian Banks said signing with the Atlanta Falcons is his second-biggest accomplishment.

Brian Banks, the exonerated linebacker we followed through minicamps, has found a home with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the UFL. Banks had tryouts with the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers after serving five-plus years in prison on a wron...

Brian Banks, a one-time high school football star who was recently exonerated in a California rape case in which he was falsely accused, is finally getting a chance to play professional football.

Bears special teams coach Dave Toub is "very concerned" about punter Adam Podlesh's left hip flexor injury he suffered while trying to chase down Washington Redskins return man Brian Banks on a 91-yard punt return touchdown Saturday at Soldier Field.

Reviewing Saturday's action at Soldier Field: Chicago Bears 33, Washington Redskins 31 Preseason record: 1-1 Of interest: On an overall positive night for the Bears, three players encountered injuries worth monitoring. Punter Adam Podlesh su...

A U-T San Diego columnist opines that San Diego general manager A.J. Smith is safe in his job through 2014, which is the length of his contract even if the Chargers fail to make the playoffs this year. Columnist Kevin Acee argues that if the Charg...

Brian Banks' NFC West tour has apparently run its course for now. The free-agent linebacker, exonerated following his wrongful imprisonment on a rape charge, did not sign with San Francisco after completing a three-day tryout with the 49ers. The s...

Linebacker Brian Banks will take part in a three-day rookie minicamp with the San Francisco 49ers, beginning Monday.

Brian Banks will have the West Coast nearly covered when his NFL tryout tour takes him to the San Francisco 49ers next week. The free-agent linebacker already worked out for the Seattle Seahawks and San Diego Chargers, in addition to the Kansas Ci...

RENTON, Wash. -- Thoughts and observations after watching the Seattle Seahawks complete their three-day mandatory camp Thursday: It was rookie quarterback Russell Wilson's turn to get extensive reps with the starting offense. He appeared in comm...

Even with a full offseason of OTAs, individual workouts and minicamps, the Seattle Seahawks will still head into training camp next month with a three-way competition at quarterback.

St. Louis Rams defensive end Robert Quinn finished his rookie season with five sacks. Two other NFC West teams had a rookie with more (Aldon Smith 14, Sam Acho seven). It's not that Quinn disappointed as a first-round choice, but the Rams expec...