Terrell Suggs aiming for Super Bowl after joining Chiefs last monthVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a moment during practice last week, while the Kansas City Chiefs were prepping for their AFC title game against Tennessee, that caused linebackers coach Matt House to seek out defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. It had to do with pass rusher Terrell Suggs, and it...
Mock draft predicts Steelers will take pass-rusher Darrell Taylor in 2nd roundVideo
Super Bowl LIV between San Francisco and Kansas City is all that remains of the 100th NFL season, and the 2020 draft class is finally set. The NFL on Tuesday released the official list of underclassmen who decided to leave college early for the pros. There were 120 players who...
U mad, bro? Prickly Pitt fans, Matt Murray defenders, Barry Bonds debaters sound off
How are we going to start this week’s “U mad, bro?” With me being mad. That’s how. I was mad because I got locked out of my email. My stupid password expired. Why do they make me update that thing so often?! So I couldn’t get to my usual material...
San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan reflects on blown Super BowlVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan’s play calls from his first trip to the Super Bowl as an offensive coordinator have been heavily scrutinized. That’s to be expected after Shanahan’s Falcons blew a 28-3 lead to the New England Patriots and lost in overtime three years ago in part because...
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson files trademark for famous draft-night vowVideo
BALTIMORE — Despite failing to lead the Ravens to a postseason victory for the second straight season, quarterback Lamar Jackson still is confident he’ll bring a championship back to Baltimore. So confident he’s filing a trademark for his famous draft-night vow. A trademark for “YOU ARE GOING TO GET A...
Giants QB Eli Manning retiring after 16 seasonsVideo
NEW YORK — Once a Giant, always a Giant, and only a Giant. That is how Eli Manning will retire in a Friday morning news conference, the Giants announced Wednesday: with two Super Bowl MVPs, 16 seasons and just one team on a potentially Hall of Fame resume. Manning, 39,...
Tim Dahlberg: No Patriots means people can enjoy Super Bowl againVideo
Finally, the Super Bowl might be fun again. No more scowling Bill Belichick, angry as always under his hoodie. No more sly smiles and phony platitudes from Tom Brady. No talk about Spygate. No worries about deflated footballs. And no more speculation about just what New England owner Robert Kraft...
Joe Namath shares thoughts on Tom Brady’s future with Patriots
Joe Namath doesn’t want Tom Brady to make the same mistake he did. Namath will always be remembered as the New York Jets quarterback who guaranteed and delivered a Super Bowl win in 1969, the team’s only title. Broadway Joe, a Beaver Falls native, was drafted by the Jets in...
Hunt family finally gets to see Chiefs back in Super BowlVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Clark Hunt remembers the celebrations four years ago that surrounded the golden anniversary of the Super Bowl, the championship game whose name was coined by his late father and Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt. One moment stands out more than the rest. It had to...
Journeyman Raheem Mostert becomes star for 49ersVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Before taking the field each week, Raheem Mostert seeks out motivation. There it is in a list of all the times he’s been cut by NFL teams. Philadelphia, Miami and Baltimore all let Mostert go in 2015. Cleveland, the Jets and Chicago all sent him packing...
Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. recovering from surgery on core muscleVideo
CLEVELAND — Odell Beckham Jr. is expected to make a full recovery following surgery on a core muscle injury that limited the star wide receiver during his first season with the Browns. Beckham had the operation Tuesday to repair a sports hernia that curtailed his speed and production with Cleveland....
First Call: Browns to hire offensive line coach that some Steelers fans wanted in Pittsburgh
At the end of the NFL regular season, if you did a Twitter search of Bill Callahan’s name, you got a ton of people suggesting the Steelers should hire him as a special assistant to help coach the offensive line. Or just get him to flat-out replace Shaun Sarrett. The...
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers believes championship window still openVideo
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The 2019 season for the Green Bay Packers marked the dawn of a new era. Matt LaFleur took over and won more games than any first-year coach in franchise history. The final result again fell short of the Packers’ goal of winning it all, but this...
Browns search for general manager heats upVideo
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns could be turning a little more purple. After hiring former Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski as its coach, Cleveland interviewed Minnesota assistant general manager George Paton for its GM opening this past weekend, a person familiar with the team’s itinerary told the Associated Press on...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Penguins beating Bruins, Super Bowl matchup, Astros scandal
This week’s “Madden Monday” with Mark Madden features three big topics: • The Penguins comeback win Sunday against the Boston Bruins • The AFC and NFC championship games • The Houston Astros cheating controversy We start with the Penguins. How big of a deal is it that they got at...
After cashing in on QB gambles, Niners, Chiefs in Super BowlVideo
A little more than two years ago, a pair of teams gambled on quarterbacks who had all kinds of potential but were far from a sure thing. Both teams guessed right. The Kansas City Chiefs will meet the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 in Miami....
Titans’ Derrick Henry stymied by Chiefs in AFC title gameVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Tennessee Titans hoped to follow the same gameplan against the Kansas City Chiefs that had carried them to playoff wins in Baltimore and New England, giving the ball to running back Derrick Henry as much as possible. It was a bad sign that their bruising...
Chiefs’ Andy Reid headed back to Super Bowl after long absenceVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid sat inside a small dorm room on the campus of Missouri Western State six months ago, right as training camp got underway, and lamented for a moment how close his Kansas City Chiefs came to the Super Bowl last season. On Sunday, the coach...
Raheem Mostert runs wild as 49ers beat Packers in NFC championship gameVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Raheem Mostert rushed for 220 yards and four touchdowns to make quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo mostly a spectator, Nick Bosa harassed Aaron Rodgers from the start and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers, 37-20, on Sunday for the NFC championship. The 49ers (15-3) advanced...
Mahomes leads Chiefs past Titans, into 1st Super Bowl in 50 yearsVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arrowhead Stadium rocked to Whitney Houston’s “I Want To Dance With Somebody.” Kansas City fans’ half-century wait to boogie in the Super Bowl is over — in great part because of their quarterback’s magical feet, not to mention his majestic arm. With his best imitation of...
49ers, Packers look to go from losing seasons to Super BowlVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers are one win away from accomplishing a turnaround that has been done only once before in the Super Bowl era. With a victory in the NFC championship game Sunday at home against the Green Bay Packers, the Niners will become the second...
Titans’ strength to meet Chiefs’ speed in AFC championshipVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid rarely digs into his past, preferring to stay in the moment or focus squarely on the future. It’s an approach that has served him well during a coaching career that might land him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Yet when his Kansas...
Warrant for Odell Beckham Jr. rescinded in butt-swat caseVideo
NEW ORLEANS — A misdemeanor simple battery warrant for Cleveland Browns wide receiver and former LSU star Odell Beckham Jr. was rescinded, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed Saturday. The warrant was issued Thursday as video posted on social media appeared to show Beckham swatting a security officer’s buttocks during...
Titans’ Greg Joseph OK kicking extra points instead of field goalsVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have found a way to fix the NFL’s worst field-goal unit: Ignore the kicker and just score touchdowns. The Titans went a measly 8 of 18 on field-goal attempts during the regular season, easily the league’s worst, making only 44.4%. Greg Joseph, their fifth...
Aaron Rodgers-Richard Sherman matchup highlights NFC championship gameVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nine years into his career and a little more than two years removed from a debilitating torn Achilles injury, Richard Sherman still is tormenting quarterbacks on a weekly basis. Just ask Kirk Cousins. Sherman had his third career playoff interception last week in a victory over...
