Wide Receiver

The Soul are expected to sign kicker Fabrizio Scaccia on Wednesday to fill the void left when Remy Hamilton was injured last week. Scaccia kicked for runner-up Arizona last year. His brother, Massimo, spent time with the Soul in 2011. Hamilton's injury forced the Soul to use wide receiver Emery Sammons and defensive back LaRico Stevenson to handle kickoffs. In other news, Soul kick returner/wide receiver Jeff Hughley was named to the AFL's all-Ironman team. It's the third consecutive nod for Hughley, who is in his first season with the Soul.

The Eagles released 10 players Saturday, trimming their roster to 80 players. They have until 4 p.m. Monday to get to 75. The following players were cut a day after the Eagles beat the Browns, 27-10, in their third preseason game: wide receiver Elvis Akpla, safety Wade Bonner, defensive end Xavier Brown, wide receiver Brian Hernandez, wide receiver McKay Jacobson, wide receiver Tiger Jones, guard Alfred McCullough, safety Tom Nelson, cornerback Kevin...

Penn Charter's Daryl Worley, a wide receiver and defensive back, has orally committed to West Virginia. Worley, who was recently clocked at 4.35 seconds in the 40-yard dash, was in Morgantown on Sunday and Monday. A dangerous kick returner, he also considered Pittsburgh and Syracuse. - Rick O'Brien

The Soul yesterday signed defensive back/wide receiver Larry Kendrick, defensive lineman Tom Johnson, and offensive lineman/defensive lineman Harrison Nikolao. Kendrick, 28, joins the Soul after a successful season in the af2 with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers. He was a multiple recipient of the Ironman award, finishing with 15 touchdown catches as a wide receiver and five interceptions (two returned for TDs) as a linebacker. He also returned a fumble for a touchdown and returned 24 kicks for a 19.4 yard average with a score.

THE SOUL re-signed wide receiver Tiger Jones to a 2-year deal for an undisclosed amount, the team announced Monday. Jones led the Soul with 133 receptions for 2,010 yards in 2012 and earned an invite to Eagles training camp. The consequence was Jones did not play during the Soul's playoff run, which ended with a loss to Arizona in the ArenaBowl championship game. "It is great to have Tiger back in the fold," Soul coach Clint Dolezel said in a statement. "He is a great weapon to have in our offense.

What: The NFL scouting combine is a gathering of more than 300 invited college players to be scrutinized by NFL scouts, coaches, and executives in advance of the April 26-28 draft. Players go through conditioning and position drills, undergo physicals and psychological testing, and are interviewed by NFL personnel. When: Wednesday through Tuesday Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis TV/online: NFL Network, nfl.com Who is expected to be there?

Nothing from his freshman season suggested that Brandon Rembert would have a chance at becoming the all-time leading basketball scorer at Pennsauken Tech. As a freshman point guard, he averaged 5.4 points. But Rembert, now a 5-foot-10 senior, had a quiet confidence that the bigger scoring days would come. "I was a passer, getting the older players involved," he said. "I felt if I could keep working that I would be a scorer. " Since then, he has surely worked - and scored points.

Lincoln University coach O.J. Abanishe, continuing to build his team for the Lions' return to football in September, signed 16 players during last week's national signing period, the university announced yesterday. The Lions, who practiced last fall with more than 40 players, will be playing football for the first time since the 1960 season, competing at the Division II level. Abanishe said his first goal was to recruit some linemen, and he signed three, two on offense - 6-foot-3, 312-pound Maurice Gooden of Glen Mills and 6-2, 290-pound Dorian Smith, a transfer from Phoenix College - and one on defense - 6-foot, 280-pound Ricky Smith of Dayton, Ohio.

THE MICHIGAN-Ohio State rivalry is so huge and such a deep part of the fabric in that part of the Midwest that HBO made a documentary about it a few years ago, and a pretty good one at that. Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham, a first-round pick out of Michigan last year, played in three of those games and watched another as a freshman reserve. But now that he is in the NFL - and experiencing Eagles-Dallas week for the third time - how do the two rivalries compare? "It's like Michigan-Ohio State times 10," said Graham, a Detroit native.

Arizona signed first-round draft pick Michael Floyd of Notre Dame to a five-year contract, the team said Monday. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound wide receiver was the 13th overall pick in the draft after setting school records in receptions (271), yards receiving (3,686) and touchdowns (37) in 43 games with the Irish.   'Cinco to Miami Chad Ochocinco signed with Miami just four days after being released by New England. The signing was reported on the wide receiver's website, OCNNReport.com, hours after he had a tryout with the Dolphins, who are thin at the position and dropping a lot of passes in offseason drills.