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Bills Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Coach Dick Jauron told his players to enjoy the remainder of their summer and that he'd see them back for training camp on July 24.

And oh yea, please, please, stay out of trouble.

This was a trying offseason for the low-keyed Jauron, who - like the rest of the Bills organization talks all the time about "character" - yet found himself facing repeated questions regarding off-field incidents involving his players.

Rookie wide receiver James Hardy made headlines for allegedly brandishing a gun during an argument with his father.

Second-year running back Marshawn Lynch remains embroiled in a hit-and-run case involving his SUV that has brought great embarrassment to the club.

A grand jury has convened to force teammates and high-ranking Bills...

Bills sign DT Williams to extension (PA SportsTicker)

The Buffalo Bills on Thursday agreed to a multi-year contract extension with defensive tackle Kyle Williams.

DT Kyle Williams agrees to contract extension (AP)

Defensive tackle Kyle Williams signed a three-year contract extension with the Buffalo Bills on Thursday potentially worth $14.4 million. The two-year starter is now signed through 2012 and is guaranteed $5.2 million over the next two seasons. "We're very flattered," Williams' agent Albert Elias told The Associated Press.

Bills sign OL Bell; release rookie Army FB Viti (AP)

Offensive lineman Demetrius Bell, the first of the Bills' three seventh-round picks and estranged son of former NBA star Karl Malone, signed with Buffalo on Tuesday. Selected 219th overall out of Louisiana's Northwestern State in the draft in April, Bell started 22 consecutive games over his final two college seasons.

Goodell confident Bills aren't leaving town (AP)

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell dismissed fears the Buffalo Bills will relocate to Toronto, adding he believes the franchise's future is more secure with the additional revenue it generates from playing an annual game north of the border. "The Buffalo Bills are doing terrific," he said Friday. "I think their step to Toronto has helped strengthen that.

Buffalo Bills' Lynch loses license over hit-run (AP)

Bills running back Marshawn Lynch had his driver's license revoked in traffic court on Friday after saying he didn't know he hit someone while driving on a Buffalo street last month. Administrative Law Judge Thomas Gagola found Lynch's behavior on May 31 "constituted a reckless disregard of human life or property." He also imposed the maximum $100 fine and $50 surcharge after Lynch pleaded guilty...

Bills RB Lynch apologizes for accident (PA SportsTicker)

Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch on Friday apologized to the woman he struck in an automobile accident.

Bills sign OL Butler to contract extension (AP)

Offensive lineman Brad Butler signed a contract extension with the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday, following a season in which he took over the starting right guard spot. Terms of the extension were not immediately available, but Butler's new deal is expected to provide a significant raise over the $445,000 base salary he was scheduled to make this season.

Bills' Lynch expected to plead guilty to charges (Yahoo! Sports)

Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark today said his office has reached an agreement with Buffalo Bills...

New developments in Lynch hit-and-run case expected soon (Yahoo! Sports)

There could be significant developments soon ... as early as today or Tuesday ... in the case of Marshawn Lynch,...

Coroner: ex-Bills lineman died of thick heart muscle (AP)

A coroner says former Buffalo Bills lineman Mitch Frerotte died of a thickening of the heart muscle, a condition that can cause sudden death. The coroner said Friday that Frerotte's family has a history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The American Heart Association calls it the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes.

Canadian senator wants borders closed to NFL (Yahoo! Sports)

A senator from British Columbia has introduced a bill hoping to prevent the National Football League from...

Bills waive TE Johnson, QB Drone (AP)

Tight end Teyo Johnson and quarterback Luke Drone were waived by the Buffalo Bills after the team's final minicamp practice Thursday. Johnson, the Oakland Raiders' second-round pick in the 2003 NFL draft, was attempting a comeback after not playing since his release by Arizona during the 2005 season.

Former Bills lineman Frerotte dies (PA SportsTicker)

KITTANNING, Pennsylvania (Ticker) -- Mitch Frerotte, a backup offensive lineman on three Super Bowl teams for the Buffalo Bills in 1990s, has died. He was 43.

Rauch, former Raiders Super Bowl II coach, dies at 80 (AP)

John Rauch, the former Georgia quarterback who coached the Oakland Raiders to a berth in the second Super Bowl, died Tuesday at his home in Oldsmar, Fla. He was 80. Rauch's wife, Jane, said Rauch died in his sleep, possibly due to a heart problem. Rauch was 33-8-1 in three season as the Raiders coach from 1966-68.

Bills to fine LT Peters for missing practice (AP)

Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters will be fined by the Buffalo Bills for missing the start of the team's three-day mandatory minicamp Wednesday, and teammates said his absence might be due to a contract dispute. "It's a decision he's made and he'll be fined," coach Dick Jauron said. Jauron declined to say whether he or anyone in the Bills' front office had spoken with Peters, who also was the only...

Bills LT Peters skips practice (PA SportsTicker)

Buffalo Bills left tackle Jason Peters skipped Wednesday's minicamp practice, the first of three mandatory workouts.

Wyche Wins: Ex-NFL coach captures primary win (AP)

Former NFL coach Sam Wyche is undefeated in his newest venture. Wyche, who coached Cincinnati to a Super Bowl after the 1988 season, won his first election, defeating the local incumbent in the Pickens County council race Tuesday night. "I'm very happy," Wyche said. "I've been hearing from the many people who put me here." Wyche, 63, decided at the March deadline to file for the race in his adopted...

Former OU star, Seahawks coach Tom Catlin dies (AP)

Tom Catlin, a longtime NFL assistant coach and a two-way star in the 1950s at the University of Oklahoma, has died. He was 76. Catlin died Saturday at a hospice in Seattle of complications stemming from recent surgery, said his brother, Charles Catlin, who added that his brother recently had Parkinson's disease.

So much for Buffalo not supporting the Bills (Yahoo! Sports)

Nearly three months remaining before the season opener, Buffalo Bills fans are certainly showing their passion...

Distractions beginning to derail Bills' focus (AP)

Not a word has been heard from Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters, who has yet to show up three weeks into the Buffalo Bills' voluntary minicamps. Backup quarterback J.P. Losman isn't speaking to reporters after his trade request wasn't granted this offseason. And then, of course, there's running back Marshawn Lynch, the principal suspect in a hit-and-run accident, who has yet to talk to...

Sources place Bills RB Lynch behind wheel at accident (Yahoo! Sports)

Two sources involved in the investigation tell 2 On Your Side that a witness has placed Bills Running Back...