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 The Bears said Marshall was still in a Chicago hospital Friday.
Marshall was kneed in the back by defensive back Barry Church while
making a catch and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where
doctors reportedly treated him for a collapsed lung.
NFL.com and ESPN.com both reported he will miss the rest of the
season.
Marshall, 30, has 61 catches for 721 yards and eight touchdowns this
season.
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The NFL reportedly is investigating whether the Dallas Cowboys
concealed an injury to quarterback Tony Romo.
After Thursday’s game, Romo said he has been playing with a broken
rib since early in the season. But the team had not listed the
injury on the weekly injury report.
 If the Cowboys failed to list an injury they knew about, they could
be subject to a fine. The New York Jets were fined $125,000 in 2009
for failing to list quarterback Brett Favre's torn biceps tendon for
the final month of the 2008 season.
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The St. Louis Rams signed punter Johnny Hekker to a six-year
contract extension that goes through 2020.
The deal is worth a reported $18 million and includes $9 million
guaranteed, $750,000 of that in the form of a signing bonus.
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Arizona Cardinals running back Andre Ellington and safety Tyrann
Mathieu will miss Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald will be a game-time decision for the
Cardinals, who are 9-3 and trying to snap a two-game losing streak.
Fitzgerald has missed the last two games with a knee injury.
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Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis will not play against
the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, coach Chuck Pagano said Friday.
Davis missed his third straight practice with the concussion he
suffered last week against the Washington Redskins.
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was fined $11,025 for
making an obscene gesture Sunday night in the Chiefs' 29-16 loss to
the Denver Broncos.
Kelce was caught on TV making the gesture while the referee
announced a penalty on Denver pass rusher Von Miller for hitting
Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith late.
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Two fans of the Chicago Bears were stabbed during an altercation
after the Thursday game between the Bears and Dallas Cowboys.
According to police, four Cowboys fans began taunting the two Bears
fans in the parking lot after the Cowboys' victory at Soldier Field.
The Bears fans yelled back, and the Cowboys fans subsequently
stabbed one of them nine times and the other once before fleeing the
scene, police said.
(Editing by Andrew Both)
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