NFL SUSPENDS SEATTLE LINEBACKER KENDRICKS

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Mychal Kendricks indefinitely Tuesday after he pleaded guilty last month to federal insider trading charges.

Kendricks was suspended under the personalconduct policy, said league spokesman Brian McCarthy.

A suspension had been anticipated since his guilty plea in early September.

Seattle signed Kendricks prior to Week 2 because of a need at linebacker with K.J. Wright out following knee surgery. It was a controversial signing since Kendricks had pleaded guilty in federal court only days earlier.

Kendricks has started two of the three games he’s played with Seattle and played a significant amount of snaps at weakside linebacker for the Seahawks. He had six total tackles and a sack in each of the past two games.

Dolphins release DT Phillips.

» The Miami Dolphins released

FL A. defensive tackle Jordan Phillips in the wake of his angry sideline outburst after he came out of a lopsided loss at New England.

“Free at last free at last,” Phillips wrote on Instagram. “Good luck to my brothers on the team. I’ll miss ya’ll, but I couldn’t be happier to be out of there . ... Sometimes you got to put your future in your own hands and live with it.”

Phillips and the rest of Miami’s front four were dominated in Sunday’s 387 loss to the New England Patriots, who rushed for 175 yards.

Phillips said his flareup during the game didn’t play a role in his release.

Browns corner Mitchell goes on IR.

The Browns placed starting cornerback Terrance Mitchell on injured reserve with a broken right wrist.

Mitchell got hurt in the second quarter of Sunday’s 4542 loss at Oakland. He underwent surgery on Monday, when coach Hue Jackson said he didn’t think Mitchell’s injury was seasonending. The team can designate two players to return from injured reserve after six weeks.

Mitchell broke his wrist while breaking up a pass intended for Jordy Nelson. After the play, Mitchell grabbed his arm and immediately went to the sideline.

To replace Mitchell, the Browns signed Jeremiah McKinnon from their practice squad.

Chargers change punters.

» The Los Angeles CharMESA, CALIF . gers signed punter Donnie Jones and waived Drew Kaser, who had been the team’s punter and holder the past three seasons.

Kaser is eighth in the league in gross punting average (48.4 yards) but has been inconsistent as a holder on field goals and extra points. Caleb Sturgis is 7of9 on field goals and 6of9 on extra points. Car olina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said injured goalie Scott Darling will miss a few weeks, resulting in Curtis McElhinney being claimed off waivers from Toronto.

General manager Don Waddell announced the waiver claim for McElhinney. Darling hurt his hamstring in the preseason finale against Nashville.

» A lawyer for a Nevada woman alleging that soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo raped her in Las Vegas in 2009 said her client was “emotionally fragile” and agreed to an outofcourt financial settlement nine years ago because she never wanted her name made public.

Kathryn Mayorga is out of the U.S. and is not speaking with media about the lawsuit she filed last week seeking monetary damages from Ronaldo, attorney Larissa Drohobyczer told The Associated Press. Drohobyczer didn’t say where Mayorga was. She lives in the Las Vegasarea city of Henderson. — The Associated Press