Nicks taken off the PUP list

Wide receiver Hakeem Nicks has been taken off the physically unable to perform list by the New York Giants and can start practicing with the team.

The Super Bowl champions made the move Monday after Nicks passed his physical. The four-year veteran will be limited for his first three workouts. His first could be Tuesday.

"I'm very excited about that," Nicks said. "They're letting me know that by the beginning of next week, I can start doing some stuff with the team; some individual and stuff like that. They still want me to take it slow and be smart about it. But I feel good about being out there progressing myself with the team slowly but surely."

Nicks missed the first two weeks of training camp at the University at Albany while completing rehabilitation on a broken right foot that he hurt in May during Organized Team Activities. Last week, he started running some pass patterns for trainers and felt good.

The Giants still have three players on the PUP list: defensive tackle Chris Canty, tight end Travis Beckum and linebacker Clint Sintim.

Colts lose Angerer for six weeks, former UConn star Lutrus for season

Colts linebacker Pat Angerer could miss six weeks after fracturing a foot during the preseason opener.

Coach Chuck Pagano made the announcement during a conference call with reporters Monday. Pagano did not say which foot was injured in Sunday's game but Angerer will need surgery and should be back at some point this season. He led the Colts in tackles last year with 146.

Backup linebacker Scott Lutrus is not as fortunate. The former UConn and Brookfield High School star will have season-ending surgery after being diagnosed Sunday with a sprained knee.

Starting guard Mike McGlynn also will be out indefinitely with a high ankle sprain. Pagano did not say how much time McGlynn would miss. Running backs Mewelde Moore and Delone Carter both have rib injuries.

Mathews targets Sept. 10 for return

Running back Ryan Mathews is targeting the Chargers' Sept. 10 season opener against the Oakland Raiders for his return from a broken collarbone.

Mathews was injured on his first carry of the preseason in the first quarter of the Chargers' game against the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night. He had surgery on Friday and the Chargers said he would miss four to six weeks.

Coach Norv Turner said it'll take a "fortunate" recovery for Mathews to play in four weeks.

Mathews led the Chargers with 1,091 yards rushing and a 4.9-yard average last season, earning him a trip to the Pro Bowl.

Tackle Thomas retires as an Eagle

Longtime offensive tackle Tra Thomas will officially retire from the NFL as a member of the Eagles.

Thomas, who spent 11 of his 12 NFL seasons with Philadelphia, last played in 2009, with Jacksonville. He earned three Pro Bowl selections and was an All-Pro once during his time with the Eagles, and was voted by fans as the starting left tackle on the franchise's 75th anniversary team.

"Tra Thomas is one of the best offensive linemen to ever put on an Eagles uniform," owner Jeffrey Lurie said Monday. "He was an anchor at the left tackle position for many years, and played such an integral role in our success, though he probably never got all the credit he deserved."

Thomas, 37, was the seventh overall selection in the 1998 draft.

Rams drop plans to play in London in 2013, 2014

The St. Louis Rams are dropping plans to play home games in London in 2013 and 2014, citing a need to focus on bringing their home stadium to "first-tier" status.

The Rams will go ahead with plans to use a home game to play the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 28. But the team said Monday that it has withdrawn its commitment for home games in London the following two seasons.

The team and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau have been negotiating on ways to improve the Edward Jones Dome. The bureau leases the dome to the Rams.

The agreement allows the Rams to break the contract and potentially leave after the 2014 season if the dome doesn't meet certain standards.

Arizona's Fitzgerald earns humanitarian honor

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is the recipient of the Arthur K. Arkush Humanitarian Award.

The award, presented by Pro Football Weekly and named for its founder, goes to the NFL player who demonstrates outstanding contributions to the community and to charitable organizations.

Fitzgerald works with the Carol Fitzgerald Memorial Fund, established in honor of his mother, who died of breast cancer. He also has traveled the world distributing hearing aids to the poor through the Starkey Hearing Foundation. He and Baltimore wide receiver Anquan Boldin are part of an effort to help Africans on self-improvement projects, including building facilities to preserve water to ease severe drought conditions.

Other finalists were Matt Birk of Baltimore, Thomas Davis of Carolina, Davin Joseph of Tampa Bay and Matt Schaub of Texas.