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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Charles Woodson has signed a contract extension with the Green Bay Packers that will keep last season’s defensive player of the year with the NFL team through the 2014 season, the Packers said on Thursday.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers signed cornerback Charles Woodson to a contract extension through the 2014 season on Thursday, a deal that will likely allow the 2009 AP Defensive Player of the Year to retire as a Packer.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers knows from experience that it isn’t easy to live life as an understudy in the NFL.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers will begin the regular season without two standouts in their secondary.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Indianapolis Colts starting running back Joseph Addai sustained a concussion midway through the third quarter of Thursday night’s exhibition game with the Green Bay Packers.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers extended his sharp start to the preseason, throwing for 195 yards and three touchdowns in the first half of the Green Bay Packers’ 59-24 rout of the Indianapolis Colts at Lambeau Field on Thursday night.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — He’s literally the last player listed in the Green Bay Packers’ media guide, behind all the veterans, draft picks and even his fellow undrafted free agents.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The idea that the Green Bay Packers’ defense isn’t itself without cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Al Harris isn’t exactly a startling revelation. Still, Saturday night’s preseason game in Seattle was tough to watch at times.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — As far as the Green Bay Packers are concerned, bland is the new blitz — at least when it comes to the preseason.

Green Bay running back Quinn Porter’s journey to the N.F.L. began at Stillman College, where he started on the sideline, as a cheerleader.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are extending the contract of wide receiver Donald Driver, the team’s longest-tenured current player.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers safety Atari Bigby will have surgery on his troublesome left ankle on Friday and hopes to heal within a month.

HOUSTON (AP) — Suspended Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly made a deal with prosecutors Tuesday to avoid trial on a felony drug charge and have the case against him dismissed if he stays out of trouble for the next year.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers had a plan in place to replace defensive lineman Johnny Jolly even before he was suspended for at least a season under the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Mark Chmura was pretty sure this day would never come.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The NFL suspended Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly without pay for the upcoming season and perhaps beyond for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.