Cowboys team charter leaves for training camp without Ezekiel ElliottVideo
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was not on the team plane when it departed Dallas for training camp in Oxnard, Calif., increasing the drama surrounding a possible holdout, according to the NFL Network. Elliott does not officially have to show up until Friday, when coach Jason Garrett holds the...
Ex-Steeler Le’Veon Bell ready for ‘500 touches’ with Jets
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Le’Veon Bell took a screen pass from Sam Darnold, shifted around some would-be tacklers and scooted down the sideline for a big gain. Nope, no sign of rust here. While it was just an early moment in the New York Jets’ first training camp practice Thursday,...
Column: Bengals ready for fresh start under new coach Zac Taylor
CINCINNATI — Zac Taylor looks young because he is young. The new coach of the Cincinnati Bengals turned 36 in May. “New ideas,” Duke Tobin, the team’s director of player personnel, said Tuesday at the Bengals’ annual pre-training camp luncheon. “New way of doing things.” “Fresh energy,” said Mike Brown,...
Patriots adjust to life without Rob GronkowskiVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots are back at work, and things are already a lot quieter. Rob Gronkowski has retired, and the locker room is a more serious place without the fun-loving tight end who once declared himself the life of the party — in...
Browns coach Freddie Kitchens wants players to embrace expectations
BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens doesn’t want his players fearing the sky-high expectations being placed on them. “I want everybody to understand this: Our goal here with the Cleveland Browns is always to win the Super Bowl,” he said. “I don’t want to ever be scared to...
Jaguars’ Jalen Ramsey arrives at training camp in fake armored truck
Jacksonville Jaguars outspoken cornerback Jalen Ramsey arrived at training camp on Wednesday in a fake armored truck. The truck, parked near the entrance to camp, was emblazoned with Adidas logos “Feel the Boost” and “Boost.” Ramsey signed with the sports apparel company last month. Comedian Ha Ha Davis stepped down...
Collecting easy for Pro Football Hall of Fame — displaying is challengeVideo
Visitors to the Pro Football Hall of Fame can see the football Drew Brees threw in becoming the NFL’s all-time passing yards leader and the uniform the New Orleans Saints quarterback wore while making history. Hall of Fame officials had been monitoring Brees’ chase of Peyton Manning’s record, hoping the...
Ex-Pitt, Clairton star Tyler Boyd signs $43M extension with BengalsVideo
CINCINNATI — Former Clairton and Pitt receiver Tyler Boyd signed a four-year contract extension on Tuesday after a breakthrough season with the Cincinnati Bengals. ESPN reported the deal was worth $43 million. Boyd, 24, was a second-round pick in 2016 and was entering the final year on his contract. The...
‘Jeopardy!’ champ James Holzhauer: Browns are ‘worst bet’ to win Super Bowl
“Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer, who makes his living as a professional gambler, says to stay away from the Cleveland Browns hype. “They’re probably the single worst bet to win the Super Bowl right now,” Holzhauer told Peter King’s “Football Morning in America.” Holzhauer, who won $2.46 million in a 33-episode...
NFL notebook: Patriots’ Julian Edelman suffers thumb injury
New England Patriots receiver and Super Bowl LIII MVP Julian Edelman is expected to miss about three weeks with a left thumb injury, ESPN reported. Edelman was seen with a brace on the thumb over the weekend at his youth camp. The 33-year-old had 74 catches for 850 yards and...
Patriots’ Tom Brady draws backlash over cliff jump post
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has some people questioning his parenting skills after posting a video of himself and his daughter jumping off a cliff while on vacation in Costa Rica. Brady posted the video to his Instagram Saturday with the caption, “If Vivi is going to be an...
Aliquippa, Pitt great Darrelle Revis promotes healthy choices for children
Darrelle Revis doesn’t have to draw on the experience of others for helping lead the fight for kids to be active. The Aliquippa native has to nudge his 10-year-old son to stop playing video games and go outside. That’s why Revis, 34, hosted the second Hunger & Health Fun Fest...
Ex-Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus dies of heat stroke
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Offensive lineman Mitch Petrus, a walk-on at Arkansas who went on to a three-year NFL career that included a Super Bowl win with the New York Giants, has died. He was 32. Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs said Petrus died of heat stroke Thursday night at...
NFL won’t suspend Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill in case involving son
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyreek Hill has been cleared to report to Chiefs training camp next week after the NFL said Friday it would not suspend the star wide receiver under its personal conduct policy after a domestic violence case involving his 3-year-old son. The league spent eight hours interviewing...
‘Pawn Stars’ helps former Pitt star Mark May recover his Super Bowl rings
Former Pitt football star Mark May is getting his Super Bowl rings back. The Panthers Hall of Fame offensive lineman won the rings with the Washington Redskins during his NFL playing days. According to ABC 15 in Arizona, May was wearing the rings at a charity event in Scottsdale, Ariz....
First Call: Antonio Brown mad at Madden video game; competitive-eating scandal
In Monday’s “First Call,” Antonio Brown doing what Antonio Brown does. Perhaps the most impressive point Wimbledon has ever seen. Ranking the Steelers offensive trio. And a competitive-eating scandal. A.B. on brand This is right from the Mr. Big Chest playbook. Antonio Brown is mad that he didn’t get a...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Pirates disaster vs. Cubs, Penguins chemistry, NFL schedule
In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Tim Benz and Mark Madden take a look at what went wrong with the Pirates during their disastrous series in Chicago to start the second half of the season. Not only did the Pirates come out of the All-Star break cold, they helped the...
NFL opens academy in London, Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster helps
LONDON — For the past three years, the only way Sergei Starodoubtsev experienced the NFL was by watching highlights of JuJu Smith-Schuster and other players on Instagram. That the 17-year-old found himself sharing a field with the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver — he was the one in workout clothes, not...
First Call: Redskins’ Josh Norman leaps over bull; Jagr trade anniversary; stealing 1st base
In Friday’s “First Call,” an NFL player tries “bull jumping.” A dumb rule change is on trial in minor league baseball. And an unhappy Penguin anniversary. Is this covered in his contract? There is a leaping penalty in football. But I don’t think this is it. Redskins cornerback Josh Norman...
Former NFL lineman Albert Haynesworth hospitalized, ‘in dire need of a kidney’
Former NFL defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth reached out for help on social media after he was hospitalized with kidney failure earlier this week. A Wednesday night Instagram post from Haynesworth’s verified account shows the 38-year-old laid up in a hospital bed at a Vanderbilt University. The post requested assistance with...
49ers’ Jimmy Garoppolo goes to QB summer school before campVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jimmy Garoppolo is going to summer school before starting training camp with the San Francisco 49ers. Garoppolo is spending part of his down time between the end of minicamp and the start of training camp July 27 working in Southern California with quarterback guru Tom House....
Former Steelers WR Antonio Brown must help pay for boy’s college
Former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown will help pay for the college education of the toddler who nearly was hit by furniture Brown was accused of throwing off a balcony in 2018, according to court documents released this month. A settlement reached in a lawsuit brought by the boy’s grandfather,...
Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton has arm amputated after accident
Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton was involved in a two-car accident early Thursday morning that resulted in his left arm being amputated. Norton’s left arm had to be amputated by paramedics at the scene for him to be removed from the rolled-over vehicle, sources told the South Florida Sun...
Ezekiel Elliott vows to avoid trouble after meeting with Roger Goodell
NEW YORK — Ezekiel Elliott is vowing to avoid incidents similar to a recent one in Las Vegas that forced the star running back of the Dallas Cowboys to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell. Elliott tweeted Tuesday after meeting with Goodell in New York that he had “worked hard to...
Ezekiel Elliott to meet with Roger Goodell over Las Vegas incidentVideo
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will meet NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday in New York to tell his side of an incident in Las Vegas in May when he allegedly pushed a security officer to the ground, according to sources. Elliott was handcuffed and briefly detained but was...
