NEW YORK, Sept.

What drove Priest Holmes out of the NFL is something most football players try to drive out of their thoughts. They know it's a dangerous, violent endeavor that can leave them unable to walk.

By Elizabeth Merrill, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Nov. 30--One week after he entered a Dallas hospital, Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt is still battling complications from a partially collapsed lung. Hunt was still stuck in the hospital Wednesday and isn't expected to attend Sunday's game at Cleveland.

By ROB MAADDI PHILADELPHIA - Terrell Owens is free to play for any team willing to have him. The Philadelphia Eagles released the exiled Owens on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous, two-year relationship with the wide receiver.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Herman Edwards was hired as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, taking over from Dick Vermeil who retired after his team failed to make the NFL playoffs.