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Jason Elam returned to the team that drafted him into the NFL on Wednesday to say goodbye for good. Elam signed a one-day contract with the Denver Broncos before announcing he was ending his 17-year NFL career. The Pro Bowl kicker spent his first 15 years with the Broncos and the last two with the Atlanta Falcons, who waived him nearly four months ago.

The first football game in the new Meadowlands Stadium will be between the owners of the $1.6 billion facility. The NFL announced Wednesday that the Giants and Jets will play the first game Aug. 16 when they meet Monday night in the preseason opener for both teams. The Dallas Cowboys will play the Cincinnati Bengals in the Pro Football Hall of Fame game to open the NFL’s preseason schedule in…

Restricted free agent linebacker Omar Gaither has signed a one-year contract to return to the Philadelphia Eagles. Team officials announced that Gaither signed his tender offer on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Gaither started the first three games of last season at middle linebacker, but was benched in favor of Jeremiah Trotter in Week 5.

The Buffalo Bills have signed free agent receiver Chad Jackson and re-signed cornerback Ashton Youboty. Jackson missed last season after being waived by Denver in September. He’s played parts of three NFL seasons, and broke into the league in 2006 after being drafted in the second round by New England.

The first football game in the new Meadowlands stadium will be between the owners of the $1.6 billion building.

DENVER (Reuters) - Veteran kicker Jason Elam signed a one day contract with the Denver Broncos on Wednesday and then announced his retirement from the NFL as a member of the team where he began his 17-year career.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys will begin the NFL pre-season on August 8 in the Pro Football Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio, the league said on Wednesday.

Star middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans is staying in Houston. A team official told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that Ryans has agreed to a six-year contract with the Texans. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has yet to make an official announcement. Ryans was the 2006 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year and is the leader of a young Houston team that went 9-7 last season…

The Minnesota Vikings have signed defensive end Mike Montgomery to a one-year deal. Montgomery spent the past five seasons with NFC North rival Green Bay. The Packers drafted him out of Texas A&M in the sixth round in 2005. Montgomery’s best season came in 2008 when he started eight games with 71 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks.

Eric Wood laughs as he recalls being laid up in a Jacksonville hospital in November, when he and his surgeon repeatedly watched a video posted on YouTube showing how the Buffalo Bills guard broke two bones in his left leg. “Yeah, I’ve seen it a few times,” Wood said Tuesday, explaining how his leg was so swollen that his doctor reviewed the video to ensure Wood also didn’t hurt…

The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with cornerback Tye Hill, a former first-round draft choice. Hill has started 24 games with five interceptions during a four-year career. Last year he started three games for the Atlanta Falcons. Hill played three seasons in St. Louis before being traded to Atlanta before the start of the 2009 season.

Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes denies hurting a woman who says he threw a glass at her in an Orlando nightclub and claims another woman hit her with the cup, according to a police report released Tuesday. Holmes told an Orlando Police Department officer that the alleged victim, Anshonae Mills, grabbed his wrist, got in his face and called him a racial name after he asked for his seat…

The San Diego Chargers have signed cornerback Nathan Vasher to a two-year contract. Vasher played the past six seasons with the Chicago Bears. He played for three seasons under Ron Rivera, now the Chargers’ defensive coordinator. He played in 15 games last season, with 15 tackles and one interception.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Minnesota Vikings have signed free-agent defensive end Mike Montgomery from NFC North rival the Green Bay Packers, the Vikings said on Tuesday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Star middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans is staying in Houston.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Vikings great Carl Eller has lost an appeal of his conviction stemming from a 2008 arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.