MIAMI — What message are the Miami Dolphins trying to send to its fan base and workforce about the 2025 season?

One particular move they make, or don’t make with one particular player — Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith — will clarify that consequential question.

Allow me to explain why by helping us recall the 2019 season.

That’s the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Through two NFL seasons, Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. has accumulated 18 penalties and two interceptions.

That is not an entirely fair summary of his contributions, of course, but it serves as an entrance point to a critical topic: For all the fretting over the wide receiver position these past 12 months, it seems we ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson stood at the podium after a practice Tuesday and exhorted general manager Eric DeCosta to “go get” free agent and two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander. Jackson and Alexander were teammates at Louisville, entered the NFL together in 2018 and have remained close.

Less than 24 hours later,...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Kansas City Chiefs employee is suing the team for wrongful termination, claiming the team discriminated against him because of race.

Ramzee Robinson, who served as the Chiefs’ director of player engagement until February, filed the complaint in the Western District of Missouri on Sunday.

In the lawsuit, Robinson...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Close to four years after causing a fiery crash that killed a Las Vegas woman, former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III said he wishes he had stayed home that night.

“I wish that I could turn back the hands of time,” Ruggs said Tuesday while speaking to former prisoners in Las Vegas and virtually to some current prisoners ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Xavier Legette had always wanted to go to the Kentucky Derby.

He’d never been to an NHL game and wanted to see what the fuss was all about.

He’d always wanted to put on a youth football camp, too, giving kids from South Carolina a chance to “get ‘em out there, run around, show them some things throughout the drills�...Read more

BALTIMORE — There were sidearm slings to Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar in stride and completions to Zay Flowers, DeAndre Hopkins and Mark Andrews. Some throws were on target, some were off, some were intercepted. The difference was who was throwing them.

It was in many ways the full Lamar Jackson experience, at least as much as it can be ...Read more

WAILUKU, Hawaii — A Rams-Jalen Ramsey reunion might not be in the offing.

Coach Sean McVay on Tuesday reiterated his respect for the star cornerback who helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI, but for the first time he indicated that there might be too many “obstacles” to making a trade with the Miami Dolphins for the three-time All-Pro.

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MIAMI — Former NFL star Antonio Brown, wanted on an attempted murder charge by Miami Police following a shooting in May at an amateur boxing event, is no stranger to controversy.

Brown, 36, a Miami Norland High graduate who signed with four NFL teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 2021 Super Bowl championship team, has had a string of...Read more

MIAMI — The race of the century is officially no more — at least for the time being.

Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles will not race Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill due to “personal reasons,” according to the New York Post, bringing to end a near yearlong saga of trash talk and back-and-forth.

“We were very deep into creating the ...Read more

Let’s be clear about something: The Miami Dolphins enter the 2025 season relying on Plan B — winning with draftees and young players.

The Dolphins are on Plan B because Plan A — winning with veterans — failed. Plan A didn’t deliver its goal of winning a Super Bowl. It didn’t even produce a playoff win.

So, the Dolphins have ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — There’s a reason former Raiders cornerback Jack Jones sat down for an extensive interview with a popular national podcast that was released this week.

He wants a job.

A highlight film that backs up an immense amount of talent just hasn’t been enough to get him one, so now Jones is trying to rectify his image.

He’s starting...Read more

NEW YORK — The Jets wrapped up mandatory minicamp on Thursday afternoon, almost five months after Aaron Glenn became the team’s new coach.

Glenn had a message for the players during his team meeting before their six-week sabbatical.

“What I want to stress to the players, throughout this whole deal from Phase 1 all the way to Phase 3, ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — If Grey Zabel played a senior baseball season, he might not be here.

Before Zabel became a Seahawk, or won two national titles at North Dakota State, he was a three-sport standout at T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre, S.D. He excelled at football, baseball and basketball, depending on the season, dispensing physicality from his...Read more

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former NFL superstar Antonio Brown stemming from an altercation outside a celebrity kickboxing event last month in Miami.

Brown is charged with the first-degree felony of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm. A judge from the 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County signed the warrant ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Near the end of the interview, Adam “Pacman” Jones is honest.

“I’m still going to go out,” he said. “I gotta go out to the clubs and stuff like that. That’s what I do.”

The conversation with the former Titans, Cowboys and Bengals defensive back was one month ago. The purpose of the interview was to catch ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — J.J. McCarthy moves through a football practice like a politician at a parade. He exchanges high-fives and fist bumps with everyone within reach. He asks questions. He listens. He wants to know and understand everything about everything.

Hold up the Vikings roster, point to a name and the young quarterback probably can recite ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Pederson hasn’t coached an NFL game since January. He wasn’t at the owners meetings in March, or the draft in April. He wasn’t running OTAs in May or minicamp this week.

Instead, the 57-year-old former Eagles coach has spent most of that time supporting his son, Josh, in the United Football League, a spring league ...Read more