Titans agree to multi-year extension with QB Ryan TannehillVideo
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans are keeping the quarterback who led them within a victory of the Super Bowl, agreeing to a four-year, $118 million extension with Ryan Tannehill. The Titans announced the deal Sunday, hours after the NFL Players Association approved a new collective bargaining agreement. After being traded...
AP source: Jaguars trading Calais Campbell to Ravens for 5th-rounder
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Baltimore Ravens are essentially getting a five-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman for a backup kicker who has spent time on five NFL rosters over the last eight months. The Ravens agreed to trade a fifth-round draft pick in the upcoming draft to the Jacksonville Jaguars for...
Ravens re-sign returner De’Anthony Thomas before free agency opens
The Baltimore Ravens on Saturday re-signed wide receiver and return specialist De’Anthony Thomas, giving the team at least one option to bring back kicks and punts in 2020. Thomas joined the Ravens halfway through last season after the team released punt returner Cyrus Jones. Though he rarely played on offense,...
Ravens designate OLB Matthew Judon with franchise tagVideo
BALTIMORE — The Ravens designated Pro Bowl outside linebacker Matthew Judon with the franchise tag, general manager Eric DeCosta announced Friday, keeping the team’s top pass rusher from entering free agency as they negotiate a long-term deal. The NFL deadline to designate pending unrestricted free agents with the franchise tag...
Chargers place franchise tag on TE Hunter HenryVideo
COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers took another step toward solidifying their offense Friday by placing the franchise tag on one of their top playmakers. The franchise announced it put the nonexclusive franchise tag on tight end Hunter Henry. General manager Tom Telesco said during the NFL scouting...
How fantasy sports, gambling are affected by coronavirus; odd team surfaces for Tom Brady
Sports is a multibillion-dollar business. So is sports gambling. So is the fantasy sports industry. And a lot of people in those lines of work are being impacted by the absence of sports because of the coronavirus outbreak. Much like the casual players and big-money investors. Our friend Jeff Erickson...
First call: Video shows Rudy Gobert mocking coronavirus before testing positive, shutting down NBA; will NFL Draft pull out of Vegas?
It’s all coronavirus talk in sports. Nothing else. The NBA is done. For now. Many think the NHL and college basketball will soon follow. In Thursday’s “First Call,” we look at how Rudy Gobert’s diagnosis brought down the NBA. What may become of the NFL Draft. And how one college...
First Call: Gronk to WWE?; NFL overtime may change; Penguins get help; Duquesne basketball snubs
Wednesday’s “First Call” features a new gig for Gronk. Is NFL overtime changing again? Gerrit Cole basks in Yankees stardom. The Penguins get some help in the Metro Division. Gronk to wrestling? The Steelers need a tight end. Well, there is a pretty good one from Woodland Hills that’s getting...
NFL mentors give back to game but also get a lot out of itVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Mark Brunell would love to see the members of 2020 class of quarterbacks have a long career like him. What he doesn’t want them to do is start out like he did. The former Jaguars star just wrapped up his fifth season serving as a mentor at the...
Speed remains name of game on final day of NFL CombineVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — College football’s top players turned the NFL’s annual scouting combine into speed week. Running back Jonathan Taylor promised to run the 40-yard dash in under 4.4 seconds. He did. Receiver Henry Ruggs III came, literally, a few ticks away from matching the fastest time recorded in the event’s...
Report: Tony Romo to get $17M per season in new CBS deal
Tony Romo is getting paid and getting paid big, allegedly. According to the New York Post, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback agreed to a new deal with CBS and will make about $17 million per season to call NFL games on the network. The big money broadcasting deal has been...
NFL Combine family affair for lucky fewVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Georgia defensive back JR Reed knew all about the NFL scouting combine long before he had the chance to grip the dumbbell at the Indianapolis Convention Center or spring from the launch pad at Lucas Oil Stadium. His father, Jake Reed, was a wide receiver in the NFL...
First Call: Henry Ruggs III runs stunning 40-yard dash; Tom Brady’s future; Penguins vs. struggling Ducks
Friday’s “First Call” features a blazing 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, the latest on Tom Brady’s future, a look at the Penguins’ next opponent and the college hoops calendar for the weekend. Oh, Henry! Henry Ruggs III nearly set the record for a 40-yard dash time at the NFL...
NFL player reps send new CBA to union members for approval
The NFL moved closer to labor peace for another decade early Wednesday when player representatives voted to send a new deal already approved by the owners that includes a 17-game season to the full union membership. A simple majority of some 2,000 players must accept the agreement for it to...
Joe Burrow says he will have no problem playing for Bengals; WR crop strong this seasonVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Who wouldn’t want to follow in the footsteps of John Elway and Eli Manning? Joe Burrow, that’s who. The Heisman Trophy winner, national champion and consensus No. 1 pick in next month’s draft said Tuesday at the NFL Combine he would have no qualms playing in Cincinnati, which...
NFL’s new combine drills may help scouts, attract more fansVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — National Invitation Camp president Jeff Foster spent the past couple of months debating how to improve the annual NFL scouting combine. His team settled on adding more than a dozen new drills, intended to help coaches and scouts evaluate draft prospects in an ever evolving game, make things...
Free agent Terrelle Pryor healthy after stabbing, confident he can still play in NFLVideo
No matter where his football career goes from here, two words will always follow Terrelle Pryor. What if. What if he had gone somewhere other than Ohio State? What if he had not switched positions and stayed a quarterback in the NFL? What if he had signed a multi-year deal...
NFL player reps want more talks on labor dealVideo
NEW YORK — NFL player representatives decided Friday to not vote on a new labor deal approved by team owners. Instead, the NFL Players Association is seeking more negotiations with the league next week. “Today, the NFLPA Board of Players Representatives did not take a vote on the principal terms...
NFL owners approve negotiated terms for new labor agreementVideo
NEW YORK — The NFL has
put the labor ball in the players’ hands. In a somewhat surprisingly strong decision, the 32 team owners voted Thursday to “accept the negotiated terms on the principles of a new collective bargaining agreement.” Details of that agreement were not forthcoming from any of...
Report: NFL would add 2 playoff teams under new CBA; 17-game season possible
The NFL would add two teams to the playoffs, increase the number of regular-season games and shorten the preseason under a proposed collective bargaining agreement that would also increase the players’ revenue share, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported. Schefter reported Wednesday that the CBA proposal offered by owners expands the playoff...
First Call: Carly Zucker wins Twitter; Tom Brady and Chris Kreider updates; XFL ratings
Wednesday’s “First Call” features a Tom Brady update. Where is Chris Kreider going to wind up? Jason Zucker’s wife wins Twitter for a night. Destination TBA The Penguins decided to go in a different direction than Chris Kreider. The New York Rangers forward was believed to be a target of...
Saints’ Drew Brees announces intention to return for 2020 seasonVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Quarterback Drew Brees’ record-setting NFL career is on track for a 20th season — and a 15th with the New Orleans Saints. The 41-year-old Brees announced his intention to return for his 20th NFL season in a social media post Tuesday. “My feelings about the 2020 season!...
Trump pardons Edward DeBartolo Jr., son of ex-Penguins owner
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal who built one of the most successful NFL teams in the game’s history. DeBartolo Jr., who owned the San Francisco 49ers during their 1980s-1990s dynasty, was involved...
Pat Leonard: Can Saquon Barkley rescue expensive NFL running backs?Video
NEW YORK — Saquon Barkley’s second NFL contract will move toward the front burner for the New York Giants and their dynamic running back this time next year. The Dallas Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott signed a market-leading six-year, $90 million deal last fall entering his fourth NFL season. Carolina Panthers stud...
Brother of Antwaan Randle El surrenders, charged in double homicideVideo
CHICAGO — A former University of Wisconsin football player who is the brother of former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antwaan Randle El surrendered to Chicago police Saturday in connection with the deaths of two people who were found with gunshot wounds on a road in Janesville, Wisc. Marcus Randle El, 33,...
