BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the start of training camp, coach John Harbaugh announced Wednesday.

It’s the second time since November the 2019 league MVP has caught the virus, which sidelined him for a Week 12 road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Harbaugh revealed Jackson...Read more

LOS ANGELES — He went from No. 2 on his team to No. 1 in his league, collecting numerous franchise and NFL records during a wholly unexpected offensive rookie of the year season.

Stunning as it was, fast-tracking is nothing new to Justin Herbert, who arrived as the sixth-string quarterback at Oregon and bolted into the starting lineup only ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There is never a more optimistic time on the Philadelphia sports calendar than the last few days before the Eagles begin training camp. It is a phenomenon that is at once curious and predictable, especially this year.

Everyone, from the team's most devoted fans to those who follow its progress (or regression) from a distance, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The NFL is easing back into the good old days.

Teams kick off training camps this week — both the Rams and Chargers open Wednesday — and those summer traditions will be reminiscent of the pre-COVID-19 era, with some noticeable changes.

Those players who have not been vaccinated, and there are relatively few of them, will be...Read more

CHICAGO — Andy Dalton is the bridge that few Chicago Bears fans want built, a placeholder who separates an eager city from its full Justin Fields experience. That Fields action flick is coming soon — but later than many outsiders desire. Which is why Dalton’s entrance into what likely will be his only Bears training camp could have been ...Read more

Xavien Howard showed up for work Tuesday morning strictly to avoid the NFL’s $50,000 a day fine players are now subjected to for holding out.

But that doesn’t mean his issues with the Miami Dolphins are over.

“I’m just here so I don’t get fined,” Howard wrote in a statement on social media Tuesday night about his contract dispute, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — There are multiple storylines as the Ravens open training camp Wednesday morning, but none more prevalent than the development of quarterback Lamar Jackson and the passing game, as well as improving the pass rush.

Unfortunately, those have been the major issues of the previous two seasons, which resulted in the team’s early ...Read more

Entering his third season, there’s a mark of greatness to coach Brian Flores. But now watch. This is the year we start to find out for sure.

Flores had all the normal and nominal things to say Tuesday morning as the Miami Dolphins’ camp started, from, “It’s like the first day of school” to the importance of “stacking good days ...Read more

The Vikings will make offensive line coach Rick Dennison a senior offensive advisor to start the 2021 season, keeping the unvaccinated coach on the staff in a role that complies with the NFL's current COVID-19 protocols.

Dennison, the 63-year-old veteran NFL assistant coach, needed take on a different role with the Vikings this season if he ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After months of drama befitting of his Packers quarterback predecessor, Aaron Rodgers arrived in Green Bay late Monday, hours before he was due to report at training camp, and by all accounts will play for the Packers in 2021.

While the reported terms that will get Rodgers back on the field in 2021 in Green Bay make it a lot ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Even as national recommendations regarding coronavirus mitigation fluctuate, Bucs coach Bruce Arians insisted Tuesday his organization’s policies are clear.

And he took great exception to a report the team wasn’t following its own rules.

In a profane opening statement to reporters following Tuesday’s practice, Arians ...Read more

CINCINNATI — Mock turtle soup was back on the menu.

You better believe it was Monday at Paul Brown Stadium where after a one-year COVID-19 induced absence, the Cincinnati Bengals held their annual preseason luncheon, which included coaches, coordinators, masks, vaccination cards and the owner’s favorite delicacy.

The soup and orange ...Read more

The serious tweet was the silliest of threats.

It was Arizona’s five-time Pro Bowl receiver DeAndre Hopkins standing up for his right to be dumb.

“Never thought I would say this, But being in a position to hurt my team because I don’t want to partake in the vaccine is making me question my future in the @nfl.”

The tweet was later ...Read more

The Chicago Bears were fortunate the 2021 NFL draft fell the way it did when Justin Fields remained on the board long enough for them to trade up and select the Ohio State quarterback at No. 11.

The organization’s ongoing efforts to solve the riddle at the game’s most important position now are pinned on Fields and the ability to unlock his...Read more