■ Redskins: Washington said the team's new linebackers coach will be Lou Spanos, who spent the past 15 seasons as a defensive assistant with Pittsburgh.
The Redskins also said yesterday that Kirk Olivadotti will move from that position to become the team's defensive assistant. Olivadotti has been with the team since 2000, serving in several coaching capacities.
Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan said Spanos has been a "vital part" of the Steelers' successful defense. Spanos has been with the team for its appearances in three Super Bowls.
The Steelers' defense ranked among the league's top 10 for 13 years with Spanos on the staff.
■ Browns: Cleveland has fired Mike Keenan, the team's president before Mike Holmgren was hired earlier this month.
Team spokesman Neal Gulkis confirmed Keenan's dismissal yesterday. Keenan had joined the Browns in 2006 after serving on the NFL management council. He was promoted to president in 2008.
Keenan was demoted to chief financial officer when Holmgren joined the team Jan. 5.
One of Keenan's primary roles was to represent owner Randy Lerner at league meetings. He also worked on contract negotiations and salary-cap matters.
Keenan's future with the Browns became clouded with the arrival of Bryan Wiedmeier, who was hired away by Holmgren from the Miami Dolphins. Wiedmeier became Cleveland's president of business administration Monday.
■ Cowboys: Paul Pasqualoni will replace Todd Grantham, the departing defensive-line coach, in Dallas, returning to the Cowboys only days after being fired as Miami's defensive coordinator.
Before joining the Dolphins on Tony Sparano's first staff two years ago, Pasqualoni was a Cowboys assistant from 2005-07, coaching tight ends one season and linebackers the other two. He was Syracuse's head coach for 14 seasons before that.
Pasqualoni's return to Dallas was announced Friday, soon after Grantham was hired as the new defensive coordinator at Georgia.
The Cowboys say Grantham will remain through the end of the playoffs. Pasqualoni arrived in time for Friday's practice and will be on the sideline for Dallas' playoff game at Minnesota today.
■ Raiders: Tom Cable apparently will remain the coach in Oakland at least until next week.
Cable had not had a second straight day of meetings with owner Al Davis as of early Friday afternoon. A resolution to Cable's situation is not expected until at least next week.
Cable's job is in question after he went 5-11 in his first full season as coach and failed to develop JaMarcus Russell into a legitimate NFL quarterback. Cable is 9-19 since replacing Lane Kiffin early in the 2008 season, leading the Raiders to their NFL-worst seventh straight season with at least 11 losses.
Cable has pointed to the team's improvement after Russell's midseason benching as proof that he deserves another year.
■ Broncos: The trial of the man accused of killing cornerback Darrent Williams is on track to begin next month with at least one former teammate scheduled to testify.
The judge in the case said during a hearing Friday that Javon Walker, now with the Oakland Raiders, has been subpoenaed to testify against Willie D. Clark.
Clark is charged with first-degree murder in the New Year's Day 2007 drive-by shooting death of Williams, who was riding in a rented limousine after leaving a Denver nightclub. An indictment says Williams and Clark had been at the club with separate groups that exchanged taunts.
Williams died inside the limousine in Walker's arms. During an interview months later on HBO's "Real Sports," Walker said then-teammate Brandon Marshall and his cousin exchanged angry words with two men who confronted Williams and his group after taking offense when Marshall sprayed them with champagne. It was unclear whether Marshall would be called to testify.
Clark has said he wasn't involved in the shooting.
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