Browns lose leading tackler

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Steelers' Ward has light workout

Hines Ward didn't appear at the Pittsburgh Steelers' afternoon practice until he started running sprints with Willie Parker midway through the two-hour workout.

Four days into camp, Ward has practiced once. He said Tuesday he's not injured, although he had offseason shoulder surgery.

Ward said he's taking CTO -- coach's time off.

Investigators sift tent's remains

Government investigators began sorting through the Dallas Cowboys' flattened practice facility Monday, trying to figure out why fierce winds sent the tentlike structure crashing down during a rookie workout session.

Twelve people were hurt, including Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who underwent surgery to stabilize a fractured vertebrae in his neck Monday. The most seriously injured was Rich Behm, the team's 33-year-old scouting assistant who was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed. Greg Gaither, 35, had surgery on his fractured right leg and was expected to get out of the hospital this week.

Elizabeth Todd, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said the agency, which investigates workplace accidents, has six months to make a report.

Panthers make personnel cuts

As the Carolina Panthers negotiate a lucrative contract with impending free agent Jordan Gross, they're making cuts elsewhere in the organization because of the economic downturn.

Team spokesman Charlie Dayton said Tuesday that the Panthers have laid off approximately 20 employees. That number does not include longtime director of player development Donnie Shell, who announced his retirement.

Dayton declined to identify the employees who lost their jobs or the areas of operations most affected.

Owens to make Bills debut

When Terrell Owens makes his debut in a Bills uniform today, little does he realize how much influence a certain newly inducted member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame had in getting him to Buffalo.

That person would be team owner Ralph Wilson.

Frustrated with missing the playoffs for nine straight years and unhappy with how his franchise had been relegated to secondary status, Wilson decided to stir things up in early March, a day after Owens was released by Dallas.

Polamalu's status remains uncertain

With the Pittsburgh Steelers fast running out of games and his left knee still not healed, star safety Troy Polamalu isn't certain if he will be back this season.

Polamalu is hopeful of playing again, but he said Tuesday there is no definitive date for his return.

Polamalu's latest injury, to his posterior cruciate ligament, was initially expected to be less severe than the anterior cruciate ligament injury that kept him out of the Steelers' second through fifth games. But he won't play Thursday night in Cleveland, the fourth consecutive game he's missed with his latest injury.