GRANBY, Colo. The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett has been fined $7,500.

NEW ORLEANS New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has been held out of practice for the third straight day, and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game in Tampa Bay.

The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion.

The Chicago Bears placed running back Garrett Wolfe on injured reserve Friday, and elevated running back Kahlil Bell to the active roster.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. Baltimore Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards plans to appeal the $5,000 fine he received for a hit delivered to Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs on Monday night.

NEW YORK The NFL Players Association wants the league to remove the co-chairman of the league's committee on concussions because the union believes he is biased.

PITTSBURGH Federal attorneys want a judge to declare that Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount owes more than $631,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties.

BEREA, Ohio Eric Mangini expects Josh Cribbs to play when the Cleveland Browns go against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

Ricky Williams rushed for a pair of scores and caught a touchdown pass, and Miami held off the Carolina Panthers, 24-17, at Bank of America Stadium.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Ricky Williams is 32 and far from done. And even without Ronnie Brown, the once written-off Miami Dolphins are back in the playoff picture.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Ricky Williams had a 14-yard touchdown catch and ran for a short score in the final 4 minutes of the second quarter to give the Miami Dolphins a 14-3 lead against the Carolina Panthers after the third quarter on Thursday night.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The man who brought Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings will be sticking around for a while.

MINNEAPOLIS One day after being told by the Minnesota Vikings that extending the lease at the Metrodome was not an option, the team's landlord made the offer anyway and infuriated the only major tenant left in the stadium.

COLUMBUS, Ohio Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42.

The Minnesota Vikings extended the contract of head coach Brad Childress on Thursday.

Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton sat out practice again on Thursday with his severely sprained left ankle and looks increasingly doubtful for Denver's Week 11 showdown with San Diego.

The following is a list of inactive players for tonight's NFL game.

New Orleans Saints cornerback Jabari Greer sat out practice for a second straight day Thursday due to a groin injury, highlighting a thin secondary heading into Sunday's divisional matchup with Tampa Bay.

The Jacksonville Jaguars continue to be without three starters on defense leading up to Sunday's game against the Bills.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith will play against the Miami Dolphins after being involved in a car accident on the way to the game.

New York Giants cornerback Aaron Ross was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday and Thursday and could make his season debut Sunday against the Falcons.

The Arizona Cardinals have a chance to accomplish a feat the franchise hasn't achieved in 61 years when the NFC West front-runners visit the Edward Jones Dome this Sunday to take on a St. Louis Rams team that hasn't won a game on its home turf in 13 months.

Both the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins experienced a reversal of recent fortunes in their previous games. Only one of those NFC East members will be hoping for a repeat of that last result, however, when the teams renew their long and bitter rivalry this Sunday at the new Cowboys Stadium.

GREEN BAY, Wis. Aaron Kampman says the Green Bay training staff won't need to keep a sharp eye on him when he returns to the field for Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

The Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles find themselves in strikingly similar predicaments for this Sunday's key clash between the two slumping teams from historic Soldier Field.

As the old adage goes, "If it's not broke, don't fix it."

It just might be possible that the New Orleans Saints are the most unhappy undefeated team in football right now. Thirteen turnovers in four games will do that to a club.

The Atlanta Falcons will most likely be without the services of running back Michael Turner for Sunday's game against the New York Giants, but could see the return of fellow back Jerious Norwood.

Winning on the road has been a quandary the last year for the playoff-hopeful San Francisco 49ers. That's exactly where they'll be in three of the next five weeks, however, starting with Sunday's tough bout against the Green Bay Packers at legendary Lambeau Field.

Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis will miss his second straight game Sunday against the Cowboys, the team announced Thursday.

After a tough divisional game last weekend and another on the horizon, the Pittsburgh Steelers just might be looking past this Sunday's meeting with the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

While the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons aren't likely viewing their upcoming matchup as a virtual elimination game, the loser of this Sunday's showdown at the Meadowlands figures to have an uphill climb in its quest to advance to the postseason.

Stop us if you've heard this one before.

BOSTON A Massachusetts panel has given approval to use $9 million in federal stimulus funds for a pedestrian bridge sought by the owner of the New England Patriots.

Don't fret, New York Jets fans...it probably doesn't mean too much to them.

Clearly, there is little time for the Houston Texans to dip their collective toe back in the water following the team's Week 10 bye. At 5-4, the Texans' margin for error is slim if they wish to keep their playoff hopes intact, and the resurgent Tennessee Titans don't figure to make things easy on Houston at Reliant Stadium Monday night.

Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson missed his second straight practice Thursday with a hip injury.

BEREA, Ohio Representatives from the NFL players union met with Cleveland players, but it was not prompted by complaints about coach Eric Mangini's practices.

A losing season is now out of the equation for the 2009 Minnesota Vikings, not that such a notion had ever really entered this talented team's scope.

DETROIT The Detroit Lions' home game against the Cleveland Browns will be blacked out on local TV.

Other than the Indianapolis Colts themselves, the group of people happiest about the Colts' near-miracle comeback against the New England Patriots last Sunday night had to be the Baltimore Ravens.

Arriving this week at Ford Field? An opportunity for a measured degree of progress for the Detroit Lions.

The Buffalo Bills were hoping to make some history in the state of Florida this season. They just weren't hoping that the site would be Jacksonville, or that the date would be November 22nd.

The Buffalo Bills made more moves at the quarterback position on Thursday, signing Brian Brohm from the practice squad of the Green Bay Packers and waiving Gibran Hamdan.

NEW YORK Tony Dungy is taking a lead role in improving communication between the NFL and its players.

NEW YORK Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware has played in dozens of important games and hung out with some of the biggest stars in sports.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Firing coach Dick Jauron was merely the start of a major overhaul Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson is prepared to conduct this offseason in order to make his team a contender again.

The Detroit Lions placed safety Marquand Manuel on injured reserve due to a shoulder problem, meaning he will miss the remainder of the season.

Eagles running back Brian Westbrook visited with two concussion specialists Wednesday in Pittsburgh to assess the status of his playing career going forward.