RUNNING BACK

The Washington Redskins opted to use the option year in running back Adrian Peterson’s contract for another year Wednesday, keeping Peterson on the team for the 2020 season.

A star Philadelphia high school football player was shot and killed when a gun his twin brother was handling somehow went off, authorities said. The brother, also a star football player, is charged with murder.

The Washington Redskins on Monday named Haskins their starting quarterback for the rest of the season. The 15th overall draft pick takes over with Washington 1-8 and the New York Jets up next Sunday.

A hard-fought Texas high school football game took a backseat to the realities of life when opponents Gage Smith and Ty Jordan came together for an emotional prayer after the final whistle last week. Smith asked Jordan if the two friends could say a prayer together for Jordan’s mother, Tiffany Jordan, 42, who has stage 4 lung and bone cancer....

The NFL Players Association defended Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams by accusing the NFL Network of using misinformation in an attempt to tarnish the player’s reputation.

Rookie Devin Singletary had 95 yards rushing, including a 2-yard touchdown, and the Buffalo Bills are off to their best start since 1993 following a 24-9 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday.

Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams revealed a cancer diagnosis that played a part in his lengthy holdout and distrust of the team’s medical staff and the organization.

Trent Williams is back with the Redskins after not being traded, a source told the Associated Press.

Quarterback Case Keenum’s foot injury puts his availability in doubt for the Washington Redskins on Sunday at the New York Giants.

Washington Redskins running back Derrius Guice had right knee surgery that coach Jay Gruden called a “minor procedure.”

Washington Redskins running back Derrius Guice underwent an MRI on his right knee the morning after making his NFL debut, coach Jay Gruden confirmed in a press conference Monday.

The Dallas Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott have agreed on a $90 million, six-year contract extension that will make him the NFL’s highest-paid running back and end a holdout that lasted the entire preseason, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday.

Cedric Benson, former Bears running back, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Saturday night, according to KXAN, an NBC sister station in Austin, Texas.

Washington first-round pick Dwayne Haskins made strong throws and his share of mistakes, and fellow rookie Ryan Finley continued to make his case to be Cincinnati’s backup quarterback in the Bengals’ 23-13 victory over the Redskins on Thursday night in each team’s second preseason game.

Former NFL star Matt Lawrence got a concussion in 2012 that ended his career. But it has not stopped him from helping his community through his organization, Lawrence International. “We really want kids to understand who they are,” he told News4’s Pat Lawson Muse.

Hollywood police say New York Jets running back Le’Veon Bell returned from the gym May 25 and found the women gone and his jewelry missing.

A homeless high school football player whose heartbreaking story captured a lot of sympathy and support last year has been charged with killing his girlfriend. Detectives say he tried to make it look like she took her own life. Leon Harris reports.

If you haven’t done it already, and you’re on social media, mute LeSean McCoy’s account

Virginia has clinched a win advancing to the NCAA Championship final, after beating Auburn 63-62.

The NFL has suspended Browns running back Kareem Hunt for eight games after a video showed him kicking a woman and he was later involved in a fight at a resort.