Three Hawks earn All-Pro honors

Three Seattle Seahawks were named to the Associated Press All-Pro team, matching the second-highest total in franchise history.

The team, which was announced Wednesday, included Seahawks tackle Walter Jones, defensive end Patrick Kerney and linebacker Lofa Tatupu.

The total matches that of the 1984 All-Pro team, which included Seahawks Kenny Easley, Joe Nash and Norm Johnson. Seattle had four players, all on offense, on the 2005 All-Pro team.

Jones has been named to the first team four times – in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2007. He was a second-team pick last season.

Tatupu and Kerney made the All-Pro team for the first time.

The All-Pro team included a league-high five players from the unbeaten New England Patriots. Seattle joined two other teams, San Diego and Dallas, in having three All-Pro players.

Owens misses practice

Terrell Owens still wasn’t able to practice because of a high ankle sprain, continuing the drama of whether the Dallas Cowboys will have their newest All-Pro receiver for the playoff game Sunday against the New York Giants.

Around the league

While Pro Bowler Antonio Gates rehabbed his dislocated left big toe, All-Pro fullback Lorenzo Neal returned to practice for the San Diego Chargers exactly one month after breaking his lower left leg. It appears that Neal has a better chance than Gates of suiting up for the Chargers in their divisional-round playoff game Sunday at Indianapolis. … A Nevada judge dropped the Tennessee Titans as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by a Las Vegas strip club employee paralyzed in a triple shooting following a melee involving suspended player Adam “Pacman” Jones. Clark County District Court Judge Jessie Walsh agreed with team lawyers who contended the Titans should not be held responsible for Jones’ behavior at the Minxx Gentleman’s Club last Feb. 19, during the NBA All-Star weekend. … As a reward for Cleveland’s comeback season, the Browns plan to extend coach Romeo Crennel’s contract according to GM Phil Savage.