On Friday, tight end David Njoku requested the Browns trade him, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN.

"It is in David's best interest to find a new team at this time," Rosenhaus told the network's Adam Schefter.

Neither Rosenhaus nor the Browns immediately responded to the Beacon Journal's requests for comment.

According to Schefter's report, the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Three more construction workers at SoFi Stadium have tested positive for COVID-19, the joint venture overseeing the $5-billion project told trade partners Thursday in emails reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. Twenty-eight workers are known to have tested positive; 10 of the cases have been announced since June 23.

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Quarterback Cam Newton arrives at a bargain-basement price and could be a steal for the New England Patriots in their quest to fill the vacancy created by Tom Brady's departure.

Even as news of the Newton signing rippled through the sports world -- all attributed to unnamed sources -- the Patriots declined to confirm they have added the former ...Read more

Quarterback Cam Newton is headed to the New England Patriots, and that puts his longtime center in an unusual -- and somewhat uncomfortable -- position.

"I never thought I'd be excited to watch the Patriots and root for them in this way," said Ryan Kalil, who snapped the ball to Newton for eight seasons with the Carolina Panthers. "But I couldn...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- The recent sale of shares in the Steelers does little to change the ownership structure of the franchise. If nothing else, it strengthens what is already a diverse and financially secure ownership group with the addition of two billionaire investors.

But if recent history is any indication, could it lead to another member of the ...Read more

Allie Kiick, daughter of late Miami Dolphins great Jim Kiick, said she never had any discussions with her father about donating his brain to science.

It was a tough conversation for their family to have, she said, before Kiick -- a charismatic and instrumental member of the Dolphins teams that won back-to-back Super Bowl titles under Don Shula ...Read more

Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross has pledged to invest $13 million over the next four years into the RISE organization he started after the Bullygate saga of 2013 -- with the goal of using sports to end systemic racism.

The new financial commitment, which was announced Friday, brings Ross' total investment in RISE -- which stands for Ross ...Read more

Like a quarterback making last-second adjustments before the ball is snapped, the NFL is not ready to commit to a specific plan amid the unpredictable twists and turns of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Owners of the league's 32 teams met by video call Thursday with commissioner Roger Goodell and other NFL officials to discuss the evolving plans for ...Read more

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is "free and clear" and "100 percent" ready for training camp after undergoing surgery to have a core muscle injury repaired on Jan. 21.

"He's looking really good," Stefanski said of three-time Pro Bowler Beckham during a Zoom video conference with Browns media on Thursday.

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is being canceled this year.

The game was set to feature the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 6 to officially start the NFL's preseason at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The Cowboys confirmed the game's cancellation amid the coronavirus pandemic to the Star-Telegram.

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BALTIMORE -- A year ago, Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman was tasked with any offensive mind's dream, asked to design a system from the ground up.

Given the offense's superlatives from last season -- the all-time NFL rushing record, the league's top-scoring offense, the sport's Most Valuable Player -- Roman's work should be considered a ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- As the NFL has publicly shifted its stance on player protests during the national anthem, with Commissioner Roger Goodell recently admitting that the league was wrong for not listening to players fighting for racial equality, many have called for quarterback Colin Kaepernick to get another shot to play in the league.

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PITTSBURGH -- Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he and the organization will fully support his players with whatever action they choose to take regarding the social injustice problems that have engulfed the country, but asks only that they use their platform to do it "thoughtfully" and "with class."

He also said two of his players tested positive...Read more