COWBOYS

COWBOYS

Arbitrator to hear Elliott’s appeal

NEW YORK

Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott’s appeal of a six-game suspension over a domestic violence case will be heard by arbitrator Harold Henderson, who reduced Greg Hardy’s ban when the defensive end was with the Cowboys two years ago.

Henderson is one of the people approved by Commissioner Roger Goodell to hear appeals under the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

The league concluded after a yearlong investigation that Elliott, the 2016 NFL rushing leader as a rookie, had several physical confrontations that left his girlfriend with bruises last summer in Ohio.

Prosecutors didn’t pursue the case, citing conflicting and inconsistent information.

Elliott hasn’t spoken to reporters since training camp started, but wrote on Twitter after last week’s ruling that he “strongly” disagreed with the NFL’s findings.

lIONS

Team condemns use of logo in Va.

ALLEN PARK, MICH.

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The Detroit Lions say they “detest and disavow” any use of their logo associated with the event last Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

A photo attributed to Getty Images showed someone with a logo similar to the one the Lions use , although it was blue and red and had stars on it.

“We detest and disavow any use or implied use of the Detroit Lions logo or any of our marks in association with the event this past Saturday in Charlottesville,” the team said in a statement Tuesday night.

Violence broke out Saturday in Charlottesville after a loosely connected mix of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists assembled to protest the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

SAINTS

Team to change doctors, physicians

Saints coach Sean Payton says cornerback Delvin Breaux needs lower-leg surgery that will sideline him about six weeks and that the initial misdiagnosis of Breaux’s injury has sparked a shake-up in the team’s medical staff.

Payton says Breaux has a fibula fracture that was initially diagnosed as a contusion.

Breaux has missed more than a week of practice and Payton says he had been getting frustrated with the pace of Breaux’s recovery, based on the initial diagnosis.

The coach says the Saints will replace two orthopedic surgeons and in the meantime receive help from Chargers physicians during joint practices in California leading up to their game Sunday in Los Angeles.

SEAHAWKS

Team signs ex-49er Trumaine Brock

RENTON, WASH.

The Seattle Seahawks have added depth to their secondary by signing former San Francisco starting cornerback Tramaine Brock.

Seattle added Brock to its roster Wednesday, a day after meeting with him.

Brock started 31 of 32 games over the past two seasons for the 49ers, but was released during the offseason after he was arrested and accused of hitting a woman he was dating.

Brock was charged with felony domestic violence in June, but those charges were dismissed last week by the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office after the office said there was insufficient evidence to proceed with the case because the accuser declined to cooperate.

Associated Press