Mike Neal

NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT For one reason or another, the Packers didn't have close to a full squad on the field for their second session of this year's organized team activities Tuesday. Emerging cornerback Sam Shields is...

The demand seems simple enough. In today's NFL, teams need large, athletic defensive linemen. As the spread offense proliferates, defenses must dot the field with multiple defensive backs. And more players on the back end means fewer players up front....

GREEN BAY, Wis. _ With each passing year, National Football League teams are drafting for need because the pressure to win right now has never been more intense. That's what general manager Ted Thompson and the Green Bay Packers will be doing, at...

|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| NBA Basketball--Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks, 7 p.m. (TNT); San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers, 9:30 p.m. (TNT) NFL Football--Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles, 7 p.m. (NFL Network) High School Basketball--Teams...

|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...

|TV SPORTS| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders, 7 p.m. (NFL Network) NBA Basketball--New York Knicks at Miami Heat, 7 p.m. (TNT); Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns, 9:30 p.m. (TNT) Men’s College Basketball--Long Beach State at...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|  Northern State vs. Dickinson State, Wachs Arena, 4 p.m. |COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL| |NSIC Tournament| |at Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minn.|  Championship, 3 p.m. |SWIMMING|  Aberdeen Swim Club at...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Oklahoma at Iowa State, 11 a.m. (ABC); Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Temple at Louisville,...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Major League Baseball—Playoffs, Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 11 a.m. (MLB); Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals, 2 p.m. (TBS); New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 5 p.m. (TBS); Cincinnati Reds at San...

The New Orleans Saints tried out five wide receivers today, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation. The Saints tried out Jason Hill, Brian Robiskie, Preston Parker, Rashied Davis and Deon Butler. Hill is a former San Francisco...