CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The excitable kids had been instructed several times to give Bryce Young room.

“Stand in two rows!” camp organizers said.

“He’ll high-five all of you!” they reassured.

“He’s here all day!” they pleaded.

But the kids didn’t listen. They couldn’t. And who could blame them?

Young didn’t mind. As the ...Read more

SEATTLE — After outlasting the rival Los Angeles Rams to reach his franchise’s fourth Super Bowl, coach Mike Macdonald uttered four words that iconically encapsulated the Seahawks’ season.

You know which ones. Standing on a hastily assembled stage, Fox analyst Michael Strahan asked on Jan. 25: “Coming into the season, you were an ...Read more

SEATTLE — Monday morning’s news that Russell Wilson’s football career may be over as he reportedly heads to a new job in TV with CBS Sports creates an interesting future possibility for Seahawks fans — the sight of Wilson and Bobby Wagner entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame together five years from now.

That assumes, of course, that ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — There won’t be a starting quarterback competition at Miami Dolphins training camp this year, although one of the tentpoles of the rebuild is competition.

Quarterback Quinn Ewers, the Dolphins’ 2025 seventh-round pick whose three starts as a rookie raised the possibility of battling for the starting job in 2026, knows...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It is hard to find great football players. That’s a line Howie Roseman has gone back to over and over again during his tenure as Eagles general manager.

It is why he often has been the one acquiring premier talent via trade, rather than parting with elite players.

A.J. Brown might be the best player Roseman has traded away ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Chris Godwin rattled off the list of the Bucs’ wide receivers, a position group teeming with talent even if much of it remains young and unproven. One name, however, was noticeably absent: Mike Evans.

The longtime Tampa Bay star signed with the 49ers in free agency, news that caught Godwin the same way it did everyone else. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Myles Garrett has played nine NFL seasons.

But with the Cleveland Browns, the five-time All-Pro defensive end never came close to reaching the Super Bowl.

That prospect changed dramatically this week when the Rams sent edge rusher Jared Verse, a first-round draft pick and two other future draft picks to the Browns in exchange ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers and outside linebacker Nick Herbig on Tuesday agreed to a stunning new contract worth $103.67 million over five years, sources told the Post-Gazette. The deal includes $42 million guaranteed.

It is a whopping amount for a player who is not technically considered a starter, as it makes Herbig the 14th-highest-paid ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What a thrill for the Rams. For Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay. And for Myles Garrett, the generational defensive talent who finally got out of Cleveland and into a situation in which everyone cares as much about winning as he does.

But what about you, L.A. sports fan?

Are you hyped about the Rams’ latest blockbuster trade? ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It’s yearbook season, and there was some reminiscing about the past after the Eagles finished their practice Tuesday, one day after A.J. Brown was finally traded to the New England Patriots.

There was no scribbling of that corny “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” quote long misattributed to Dr. ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — As he strolled out to the Gillette Stadium practice fields Tuesday, A.J. Brown paused, smiled and reflected.

Seven years after a fateful draft-day decision that left the wide receiver in tears, Brown was finally about to run routes in a Patriots helmet for the first time. Even after months of trade rumors linking him to New ...Read more

SEATTLE — Outside linebacker Derick Hall has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Seahawks, a league source confirmed to The Seattle Times Tuesday morning, keeping a young player for the long haul at a position facing future uncertainty.

The deal is reported to be worth up to a base of $42 million and could earn Hall as much as ...Read more

SEATTLE — He never got in trouble. There wasn’t going to be a headline accompanied by Russell Wilson’s mug shot on a random Wednesday morning.

His personal life has been scandal-free. There wasn’t going to be a Page Six picture exposing the Super Bowl champ for stepping out.

He isn’t particularly political. There may have been a ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — By now, a significant percentage of the Carolina Panthers fan base has given up on wide receiver Xavier Legette.

Two years of generally disappointing numbers for the team’s first-round pick in 2024 has made that happen, as well as Legette’s demotion late last season. Legette lost his starting job late in 2025. He played ...Read more

There is absolutely no sugarcoating what happened to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday.

The 49ers already harbored a massive, glaring, neon-lit problem heading into the 2026 season: The two best teams in the NFC reside in their own division.

But that problem just mutated into a full-blown catastrophe.

The NFC West is an unabashed, unhinged ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seattle serving as a host this summer to what many consider the biggest sporting event on the planet — the World Cup — inevitably raises another question.

Could Seattle someday host a Super Bowl, the biggest annual sporting event in the United States?

The short and unappetizing answer is that the odds may be about as long as ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As the midnight adjournment deadline approached on the final night of Illinois’ 1988 spring legislative session, a sense of pressure gripped the statehouse.

Gov. James R. Thompson and House Speaker Michael Madigan roamed the rows of the House chamber, offering trades — pet projects, promises of political support — in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As if anyone needed a reminder, the Rams know how to go all-in.

Their no-fear approach and penchant for pulling off massive trades resulted in two previous Super Bowl appearances — and one Super Bowl title.

On Monday, with a clear eye toward playing in Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium, they did it again.

Having already built a...Read more

CHICAGO — After Illinois lawmakers failed to pass legislation to help the Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed a new proposal as an opening to reconsider Chicago as the site for a new Bears stadium.

Johnson voiced tentative support for efforts that would allow municipalities in Cook County with ...Read more