Hearing set over possible leak of Robert Kraft massage video
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Attorneys for two Florida massage parlor employees plan to ask a judge to hold police and prosecutors responsible for the possible unauthorized release of video that they say shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for sex. The New York Daily News reported last...
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson gifts his offensive linemen $12,000 in Amazon stock
As a thank you to his offensive linemen in the wake of signing a contract last week making him the highest-paid player in the NFL, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson recently gave each of the team’s 13 offensive linemen $12,000 in Amazon.com stock. TMZ Sports reported it first Monday, publishing a...
Network bosses pleased with NFL TV packages for this season
Howard Katz has the most unenviable task in the National Football League. As the league’s senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations, he is the point person for formulating the schedule and trying to make the executives of the league’s four broadcast partners happy. Before the public got a...
Patriots: Rob Gronkowski dented Lombardi Trophy while using it for batting practice
You’ve heard of going out with a bang. Well, Rob Gronkowski is going out with a dent — or at least the New England Patriots’ sixth Lombardi Trophy is. Seriously. New England’s now-retired, Hall of Fame-bound tight end managed to create a baseball-sized dent in the treasure of Super Bowl...
Dolphins’ Ryan Fitzpatrick blames offseason cake regimen for extra weight
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick blamed too much cake in the offseason for some extra ponds as he showed up at the team’s first practice. “I’m in peak offseason form,” answered Fitzpatrick when asked about his weight after Tuesday’s voluntary practice. Fans and trolls have made an issue of some...
Russell Wilson announces new deal with Seahawks while snuggling in bed with wife, Ciara
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife, singer Ciara, announced Wilson’s signing of a new contract with the team in the most intimate of places — in bed. Wilson’s extension with the Seahawks, a four-year, $140 million deal with $65 million guaranteed, makes him the highest paid player in...
Seahawks make Russell Wilson highest-paid NFL player
RENTON, Wash. — With one 15-second video clip posted on social media shortly after midnight and five simple words, Russell Wilson put to rest any questions about his long-term future. No more speculation about Wilson wanting to play elsewhere. No more rumblings of a bigger market for Wilson to call...
Packers’ Aaron Rodgers played most of 2018 with broken leg bone
Details about Aaron Rodgers’ leg injury, sustained before a national TV audience in the Green Bay Packers’ season opener, were limited only to what your eyes told you about the massive knee brace he wore for much of the season. The NFL’s new year is underway, though, and now Rodgers...
Man charged with shining laser at Patriots QB Tom Brady
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A citation has been issued against a Missouri man accused of flashing a laser at New England quarterback Tom Brady during the Patriots’ AFC championship game victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Prosecutors said Tuesday that 64-year-old Dwyan Morgan, of Lee’s Summit, faces a single count...
Von Miller calls Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. ‘The new LeBron’Video
A month after the stunning trade that sent Odell Beckham Jr. from the New York Giants to the Cleveland Browns, the wide receiver’s reaction is still a hot topic of conversation. “He was hurt,” Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, a friend of Beckham’s, told the NFL Network (via Pro Football...
Mike McCarthy: Firing from Packers ‘couldn’t have been handled any worse’
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Former Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy says he was surprised and stunned at the timing of his firing last December and believes his dismissal was handled poorly. McCarthy told ESPN in a story posted Wednesday he knew it might be in trouble if the Packers...
Tom Brady saves 1st tweet for April Fools’ Day: I’m retiring
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Don’t. Even. Joke. New England Patriots fans who forgot that it’s April Fools’ Day might been panicking when quarterback Tom Brady tweeted on Monday that he had decided to retire. The six-time Super Bowl champion has joined Twitter and his first post said simply, “I’m retiring. In...
Cowboys’ Michael Irvin reveals health scare on Instagram
A Dallas Cowboys legend landed in the hospital over the weekend. Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin spent Sunday and Monday getting tests in a Los Angeles hospital because of some throat issues he’s been dealing with over the past few months. The problems began after Irvin’s postgame celebration...
NFL approves reviews for pass-interference calls, no-callsVideo
PHOENIX — Roger Goodell laid down the law, and the owners readily changed NFL rules on reviewing pass interference, whether flagged or not. As the league concluded its spring meeting one day early, the owners passed by a shockingly overwhelming 31-1 margin that interference can be challenged by coaches and...
NFL season to open with Packers-Bears
PHOENIX — As part of the celebration of its 100th season, the NFL will break from tradition and feature the Packers vs. the Bears in its season opener Sept. 5. Usually, the Super Bowl champion is the home team for the prime-time opener, but the league wants to salute historic...
Gronk unleashed: Rob Gronkowski sets course for retirement funVideo
Rob Gronkowski the football player is finished. Yeah, but what about Gronk? Well, the party is about to go bazooka. Look out for Gronk gone wild, Gronk unhinged, Gronk unleashed. Without football strings attached, Gronkowski is suddenly a hot free agent year-round, his talents pitched to far more than 32...
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announces retirement
BOSTON — Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski says he is retiring from the NFL after nine seasons. Gronkowski, a Woodland Hills graduate, announced his decision via a post on Instagram on Sunday, saying that a few months shy of his 30th birthday “it’s time to move forward and move forward...
Man convicted of manslaughter in fatal post-Super Bowl fight
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A man has been convicted of passion provocation manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man after a fight in New Jersey during celebrations over the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory in the Super Bowl last year. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that jurors acquitted 57-year-old Supreme Life of...
Tim Benz: Now with Raiders, how can Antonio Brown, Vontaze Burfict be cool with each other?
This was enough to make my stomach turn. As we pointed out yesterday, the Raiders were on the verge of signing Vontaze Burfict. Well, that signing is official now, according to the NFL Network. The outlet says Burfict will get a one-year deal worth $5 million. Keep in mind, a...
Raiders sign linebacker Vontaze Burfict
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Vontaze Burfict, one of the most heavily fined players in the NFL, signed with the Raiders after visiting the facility Tuesday. Burfict, 28, was released by the Bengals on Monday. His defensive coordinator in Cincinnati was through 2017 was Paul Guenther, who now has the same position...
Patriots owner Robert Kraft offered plea deal in prostitution case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida prosecutors have offered a plea deal to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other men charged with paying for illicit sex at a massage parlor. The Palm Beach State Attorney confirmed Tuesday it has offered Kraft and 24 other men charged with soliciting prostitution...
Blake Bortles signs with Rams on one-year deal to back up Jared Goff
If Jared Goff gets injured next season, the Rams will be able to call on the BOAT to keep their quarterback situation afloat. The team announced Monday that it signed former Jaguars starter Blake Bortles to a one-year deal. Bortles, whose BOAT (as in “best of all time”) nickname comes...
Analysis: Could Vontaze Burfict end up with Raiders and Antonio Brown?
This is too good to be true. Probably. Because I’m guessing it’ll never happen. Oh. But I wish it could. The Bengals have released Pittsburgh’s public enemy No. 1: Vontaze Burfict. You know. The venomous linebacker who did this to Antonio Brown — when Pittsburgh still loved Antonio Brown. pic.twitter.com/9OSiXDWAnz—...
Bengals release lightning-rod linebacker Vontaze Burfict
The Cincinnati Bengals stuck with linebacker Vontaze Burfict through all his troubles, including a hit to Antonio Brown’s head that led to a playoff loss. They finally released him Monday after a season of below-average performance. During seven seasons with Cincinnati, Burfict was repeatedly suspended by the NFL for egregious...
Giants GM Dave Gettleman says Beckham deal was in best interest of team
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — General manager Dave Gettleman says the trade of star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was in the best interests of the New York Giants and a deal the organization could not refuse. Gettleman was speaking Monday for the first time since sending Beckham to the Cleveland Browns...
