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The San Diego Chargers has signed first-round pick Larry English to a five-year contract. The deal was announced Friday night by the club. English was the 16th overall pick in April. He is expected to join the team in time for Saturday's training-camp practice at Chargers Park. The 6-foot-2, 255-pound linebacker is from northern Illinois.

Two-time Pro Bowl guard Mike Wahle has retired after being released by the Seattle Seahawks for failing a physical before their first practice of training camp. Seahawks coach Jim Mora said Friday the 32-year-old Wahle told him he had "decided to hang it up for the time being" and spend more time with his family.

The Detroit Lions have signed first-round pick tight end Brandon Pettigrew to a five-year contract. The team did not disclose terms of the deal on Friday. The Lions have all of their rookies signed heading into the first practice on Saturday. Pettigrew was selected 20th overall by Detroit with its second selection of the first round.

Tom Moore and Howard Mudd decided not to follow Brett Favre's playbook. They're coming back from retirement — just in time for training camp. The only offensive coordinator and offensive line coach three-time MVP Peyton Manning has worked with in his NFL career are expected to be on the field Monday when the Colts start practicing at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind.

This may be as close as Dan Rooney comes to retiring from pro football. Rooney, named the U.S. ambassador to Ireland earlier this year by President Barack Obama, is now listed as the Pittsburgh Steelers' chairman emeritus — a title commonly given to an executive who has retired from professional life.

Brian Orakpo was enjoying a late-night, day-early birthday dinner in Austin when he got the word: A five-year, $20 million deal with the Washington Redskins was ready for his signature. "I was actually celebrating it with my fiance in a sushi joint," Orakpo said. "It's one of my favorite foods.

New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce finished two days of testimony Friday before a grand jury investigating a gun charge against former teammate Plaxico Burress. Pierce emerged from a Manhattan courthouse after about two hours of testimony and did not speak to reporters. His attorney Michael Bachner said the grand jury asked Pierce a lot of questions and that his statements were "clear,…

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick won't rule out the chance that the team will sign quarterback Michael Vick. But he won't rule it in, either, at least not publicly. Asked again about Vick on Friday, Belichick repeated his Thursday comment. He said he's concerned about the players the Patriots have in camp, not ones they might acquire.

Tom Brady won't say whether he's expecting a child with supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen — even though the secret's been out for a while. Bundchen did a photo shoot for London Fog recently, and a company spokesman announced that the pictures were airbrushed to remove her baby bump. Brady played it coy on Friday, falling back on the non-denial issued by Red Sox slugger David Ortiz this…

Miami Dolphins first-round pick Vontae Davis has agreed to terms, leaving the team still negotiating with two draft choices. Agent Todd France confirmed the deal Friday for Davis, the cornerback who played at Illinois and was the 25th pick in the first round. Davis is expected to compete with second-round choice Sean Smith and veteran Eric Green for the starting job that became available when Miami…

A day late and a year older, first-round draft pick Brian Orakpo went to work for the Washington Redskins. The No. 13 overall selection from Texas was expected at practice Friday after agreeing to terms on a five-year deal Thursday night. The deal ends a one-day holdout — Orakpo was the only player absent when training camp opened on Thursday — and puts the 6-foot-4, 260-pound linebacker on the…

Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy was cheered when he brought up the dreaded F-word — Favre — at Thursday's annual meeting with the team's shareholders. The warm reception could be a sign many fans are backing the way the Pack has handled its indecisive ex-quarterback. Speaking to about 7,500 fans who hold shares in the NFL's only publicly owned franchise, Murphy praised…

For their first training camp under Coach Rex Ryan, the Jets arrived in Cortland, N.Y., on Thursday with only one of their two disgruntled running backs. Thomas Jones, the leading rusher in the American Football Conference last season, reported, but Leon Washington, who is closing in on a new contract, did not. Both players skipped some voluntary practices this off-season to express displeasure with their contracts. Jones, who made $13.1 million the past two seasons but is scheduled to make $90…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers has signed first-round pick Larry English to a five-year contract.

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Exactly one year ago Friday, Javon Walker went in to see Al Davis and told the Oakland Raiders owner he wanted to retire just months after signing a $55 million contract.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings first-round draft choice Percy Harvin was a no-show at the team’s first day of training camp.