Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7-year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former NFL star Junior Seau committed suicide.

Andy Lee has made every punt and held every field goal and extra-point attempt - minus a few in the preseason - for the San Francisco 49ers since 2004.

Mark Sanchez smiled for a split-second when a reporter labeled him as the most scrutinized guy in the New York Jets' locker room.

Current and former Dolphins players raised nearly $750,000 for charity during their fishing tournament.

The heart sobs, and the head can’t soothe. So many questions, no good answers. Did football do this to Junior Seau? How much pain must you be in for the <span class="italic">cure</span> to be shooting yourself in the chest? A mother wails with the worst ache a human can feel, and three confused children are left to wonder why Daddy didn’t want to live, and two decades worth of NFL teammates ask how their fun-loving friend could choose a coffin.

Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of Ryan Tannehill starting as a rookie, but said, “We’ve got to let this process play itself out.”

It feels different now. That dread of knowing that everything the Dolphins tried or were planning was headed toward unmitigated failure has recently faded into the background, hasn’t it? The full-throated assertions that South Florida’s most established professional team was becoming its least relevant team seem kind of silly now, don’t they?

Saying he had faith in the negotiating process, Cameron Wake got a contract extension from the Dolphins with about $20 million guaranteed.

On the first day of Dolphins’ rookie minicamp, a day on which everybody’s a New Guy, there were subtle signs that the one the Dolphins hope will be The Guy is eager to don that jacket.

With high hopes and a model wife at his side, new Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill is ready for S. Florida living.

The NFL mourns loss of legendary linebacker — and ex-Dolphin — Junior Seau, whose death is being investigated as a suicide.

It was early on the evening of Halloween 2009, when I last saw the man. This was at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, of all places, in the main media/interview room after the Gators had beaten Georgia in their annual neutral-site football game. He was taping a segment for his short-lived Versus network show, <span class="italic">Sports Jobs With Junior Seau</span>, playing a reporter, waiting to ask then-Florida coach Urban Meyer a question.

Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of Ryan Tannehill starting as a rookie, but said, “We’ve got to let this process play itself out.”

Ex-UM quarterback Jacory Harris will be among the rookies to get a tryout at Dolphins minicamp, but their chances are slim.

Florida State’s Nigel Bradham and Zebrie Sanders were chosen by the Buffalo Bills.

Chris Rainey and Maurkice Pouncey know each other well.

UM’s Lamar Miller went to the Dolphins, and Travis Benjamin, Tommy Streeter and Brandon Washington also were selected on Saturday.

Take quarterback prodigy Andrew Luck, give him speedy receiver T.Y. Hilton and put them on the fast track of Lucas Oil Stadium, and the Indianapolis Colts have the makings of a passing offense that figures to grow together for years.

After an FSU-free first round, Zebrie Sanders and Nigel Bradham might hear their names called in round two.

UF had no players taken in the NFL Draft’s first round, something coach Will Muschamp anticipated.

For the fourth year in a row, UM had no first-rounders in the NFL Draft, but things are likely to change in the second round.

Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7-year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former NFL star Junior Seau committed suicide.

Andy Lee has made every punt and held every field goal and extra-point attempt - minus a few in the preseason - for the San Francisco 49ers since 2004.

Mark Sanchez smiled for a split-second when a reporter labeled him as the most scrutinized guy in the New York Jets' locker room.

The lockout was easier than all this.

Peyton Manning's two biggest targets are a pair of promising young receivers who have already made their mark in the NFL despite spending lots of time on the sideline.

The players union claimed Wednesday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 billion.