Patriots sign 1st-round pick, DE Chandler Jones
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots have signed defensive end Chandler Jones, the first of two first-round picks the team selected in this year's draft.

UNDATED -- The lockout was easier than all this.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots have signed defensive end Chandler Jones, the first of two first-round picks the team selected in this year's draft.
ATLANTA -- The NFL made thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season, something the players' union was not pleased with.
BOSTON -- Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson says the death of Junior Seau was "the tip of the tipping point" that convinced him to speak out for concussion victims.
SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego restaurant opened by Junior Seau in 1996 has closed its doors two weeks after the NFL star's suicide.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker said Tuesday he has signed the $9.5 million tender offer that came along with being designated the team's franchise player.
OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Junior Seau has been buried in his hometown after a private funeral.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England's Chandler Jones took the field with no idea what to expect from his first day of rookie minicamp Friday.
NEW ORLEANS -- An email from an imprisoned friend of the Saints coaching staff with a postscript saying, "put me down for $5,000" on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has become another sore point between players being punished for New Orleans' bounty system and the NFL.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The NFL is looking for potential replacement officials while it negotiates with the officials' association on a new contract.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots have hired Bill Belichick's son as a coaching assistant, making him the third generation of the family to try his hand as a football coach.
NEW YORK -- The NFL is telling retirees about a medical study that says former players live longer than men in the general population.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady tried to persuade Matt Light to return for another season by offering him a year's supply of his favorite candy bar. Offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia reminded Light that he's still in the prime of his career.
OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Several hundred people have taken part in a paddle-out in front of Junior Seau's Southern California home to pay tribute to the former NFL linebacker.
SAN DIEGO -- A 911 call from the home of Junior Seau released Friday captures the voice of a woman who is horrified to find the former NFL linebacker in a spare bedroom with a gunshot wound to the chest.
OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Junior Seau's family says they will allow researchers to study his brain.
SAN DIEGO -- Those who knew and loved Junior Seau say they didn't see this coming.
SAN DIEGO -- Junior Seau's death has been ruled a suicide by the San Diego County medical examiner's office.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Receiver Tiquan Underwood, best known for a high-top fade haircut and for being released on the night before the Super Bowl, has been cut again by the New England Patriots.