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Tom Brady's knee injury is in the past. His next contract is in the future. For now, the NFL's 2007 MVP is focusing on something more important: Correcting mistakes like the one that got him flattened by a 272-pound defensive end. 'If I make a poor play, I never have thought, 'Well, I wonder if it was because of my injury last year?'' Brady said Tuesday. 'I think, 'Well, I've got to make improvements,' just like every year where things don't really go your way.

The Williams sisters stood at the edge of the Miami Dolphins' practice field, easy to spot in elegant, color-coordinated beige dresses and high heels that dug into the turf. The team's workout had ended, and it was time for introductions. Joey Porter, meet Serena Williams. Jason Taylor, meet Venus Williams. The NFL and the best of women's tennis converged Tuesday when the Williamses paid a visit to the Dolphins' complex as the latest celebrities to buy a small stake in the franchise.

Plaxico Burress is planning to return to the NFL after serving a two-year prison sentence on a weapons charge.

By CHAREAN WILLIAMS and JEFF CAPLAN IRVING — The NFL competition committee held a conference call Tuesday to discuss the giant HD board at Cowboys Stadium. They gave Ray Anderson, the league’s executive vice president for football operations, recommendations for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.Logistical matters, such as whether to reset the clock, will be decided before Saturday’s preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers.Tennessee Titans punter A.J. Trapasso hit the video board, which is 90 feet above the playing field, in an exhibition game last week. It was the only one of 12 punts in the game that hit the video board, forcing a replay of the down.'My take on it is the ball is going to continue to strike, to hit, the structure, so what do we do about it?' Titans coach Jeff Fisher, the co-chairman of the competition committee, said Tuesday before the conference call. 'It is not a one-time occurrence.'Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reiterated Tuesday on radio stati

By JAN HUBBARD For 15 years, Joe Gibbs did his part to inflame the Cowboys-Redskins rivalry. He did it modestly, a soft-spoken man who exuded class — the anti-George Allen, if you will.'The one thing I appreciate about the Redskins-Cowboys rivalry is that no one is on the fence,' Gibbs said in a telephone interview Monday. 'You’re either all in for one or the other.'Although Gibbs irritated Cowboys fans by leading Washington to Super Bowl victories at the end of the 1982, 1987 and 1991 seasons while Dallas was winning no titles in that stretch, he had some setbacks.'I coached four years [from 2004-07] and 11 years the first time [from 1981-92], so that was 15 years and 30 games against the Cowboys,' Gibbs said. 'You know what the record was? It was 50-50 [15-15]. And in the last four years, we played eight games and five of those came down to the last seconds.'Gibbs retired after the 2007 NFL season to devote himself full-time to Joe Gibbs Racing, which features NASCAR dri

RANDY GALLOWAY When it comes to his football team, we already know you can’t embarrass Jerry Jones. Otherwise, he’d have replaced himself with a real general manager about halfway through this 12-year, and counting, drought of no playoff wins.On that same note, let it also be known that the biggest national waste of time and words in the NFL is currently being spewed in the direction of Mr. Jones.Go head, keep on telling Jerry he’s 'been humiliated,' 'he’s got egg splattered across his face,' and that 'for $1.2 billion, he could have at least bought a tape measure.'The so-called controversy over how high is high enough for the JumboJerryTron, crown jewel of Jones’ best-stadium-in-the-world, is a silly exercise in futility, at least if you think Jerry actually cares.Really, he does care. He loves it. Loves the ongoing presence of the brand new Arlington yard in the national spotlight.That’s just Jerry. Punt, or go for it. He doesn’t care. Just

Nate Washington will miss some time with a strained right hamstring. How much and whether that includes the NFL season opener for Tennessee's top receiver remains to be seen, because Titans coach Jeff Fisher isn't saying. Fisher hasn't shared specific details on any injuries and won't until the first injury report is required with the start of the regular season. He said Tuesday that all the exams have been done and Washington's injury is not serious. 'We'll be day to day, week to week here.

Michael Vick has looked sharp zipping uncontested passes to open receivers and racing past defenders who aren't allowed to touch him in practice. Now he'll see what it's like to face 11 guys going after him again. Vick will make his Eagles debut in a preseason game in Philadelphia on Thursday night. The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback hasn't played in an NFL game since Dec. 31, 2006, with the Atlanta Falcons - against the Eagles on the same field.

Michael Vick will make his preseason debut for the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night. The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback hasn't played in an NFL game since Dec. 31, 2006 with the Atlanta Falcons. Vick was released from federal custody July 20 after serving 18 months of a 23-month sentence for his role in running a dogfighting operation. It's unknown how much Vick will play against Jacksonville. Coach Andy Reid said he won't play in the fourth quarter.

Give Greg Mattison credit for realizing his job as defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens isn't so much about drawing up elaborate schemes as it is simply throwing 11 talented guys out there who can make a quarterback sweat before the opening kickoff. Two years ago, Mattison was a co-defensive coordinator at the University of Florida. Last year, he joined the NFL for the first time as Baltimore's linebacker coach.