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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers general manager Omar Khan says cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows the team’s feelings about him. However, the Steelers have no plans to budge from their long-held position of not negotiating during the season to get a new contract done. Khan stressed the team wants Porter to finish his career in Pittsburgh but declined to get into specifics of the negotiations. Porter is coming off the best season of his three-year career and hasn’t allowed a touchdown since he was a rookie. The team is expecting Porter to return to practice after he missed all of training camp with what the club described as a back issue.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys waived backup quarterback Joe Milton on Monday while saying the newly acquired Broderick Jones will compete with Terence Steele to start at right tackle. The move with Milton presumably means Sam Howell has won the No. 2 job behind Dak Prescott. Before the team announced the move, coach Brian Schottenheimer said the competition between Milton and Howell was still open. The Milton move was to clear a spot for running back Emari Demercado, who was claimed on waivers from Kansas City. The Cowboys got Jones in a trade with Pittsburgh on Saturday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international soccer after 21 years representing Argentina. “It was a decision that hurt — and still hurts deeply — but I understand that the time has come,” the 39-year-old Messi says on his Instagram account Monday. Messi played in a record-tying six World Cups, won it in 2022 in Qatar and led Argentina to this year’s final, losing to Spain in extra time in New Jersey. He concludes his international career as Argentina’s all-time leading scorer with 125 goals, 21 of which were in World Cups.