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Auburn matchup serious test for RB Vick Ballard and Mississippi State.

Veteran NFL running back Laurence Maroney has been acquitted of a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge, a move that his attorney says frees him up to try and catch on with a new team.

After four years in retirement, former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber is looking to get back into the NFL.

It won't be with the Giants, though. The Giants acknowledged on Tuesday that the 35-year-old Barber has asked to be taken off the reserve-retirement list and that they will release him once the league allows it.

Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson could lose his driver's license after police clocked him driving at 109 mph - nearly twice the posted speed limit - on a suburban Minneapolis highway last weekend.

Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner has gone to the locker room after spraining his right ankle against Carolina.

The Kansas City Chiefs have released troubled running back Larry Johnson. A two-paragraph statement from the team Monday simply listed Johnson's statistics and announced his release.

Johnson was due to come off a two-week suspension Monday. Johnson apparently caused the Chiefs to run out of patience after his latest brush with controversy.

Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson is unlikely to play again this season after a falling weight bar crushed his neck and larynx.

The senior who scored the No. 7 Trojans' go-ahead touchdown against Ohio State two weeks ago was bench-pressing when the bar slipped from his right hand and fell onto his throat.

CHELTENHAM, Pa. (AP) -- A San Diego Chargers running back from Philadelphia is hospitalized after being shot in his car at a suburban intersection.

Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray will have surgery to repair a hamstring injury and miss the BCS national championship game against Florida.

The issues off the field just seem to keep getting worse for Chiefs RB Larry Johnson.