BALTIMORE — Sarah Palin, after The New York Times wrongly linked her to a mass shooting.

Dominion Voting Systems, after Fox News aired false claims that the company rigged the 2020 election.

Members of the Sackler family, who owned Purdue Pharma, as the Oxycontin scandal unfolded.

Harvard’s president amid accusations of plagiarism.

And ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — As recruiting pitches go, I probably wouldn't recommend the following as your deal clincher: "If you want to be part of it, so be it. If you don't, no skin off my back."

That was Cam Heyward — the most prominent voice in the Steelers' locker room — on whether he'd help recruit Aaron Rodgers here.

Heyward was speaking on his ...Read more

SEATTLE — Cooper Kupp is no DK ... and that's OK.

Cut the comparisons.

Of course, I understand the temptation, considering the circumstances. After DK Metcalf requested a trade and was subsequently shipped to Pittsburgh for a second-round pick, Kupp — who was recently released by the Los Angeles Rams — filled his roster spot. They were ...Read more

MIAMI — Terron Armstead hasn’t decided if he’ll play another season or will end his career after 12 seasons.

The man who has anchored the Miami Dolphins’ offensive line for the past three seasons, starting 38 regular-season games, could easily go either way with the decision, and the team knows this, and is supposed to be planning ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings closed another deal with a free-agent visitor on Wednesday, agreeing to sign receiver Rondale Moore.

Moore, who turns 25 in June, adds a different element to the Vikings receiving corps if he’s healthy. The dynamic, catch-and-run threat sat out last season with the Atlanta Falcons due to a knee injury suffered in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Third time’s the charm? The Green Bay Packers hope so.

For the third consecutive offseason, the Philadelphia Eagles’ famed Tush Push is under scrutiny, and the NFL on Wednesday announced rule change proposals coming from individual teams. The Packers are officially proposing an amendment to Rule 12, Section 1, marking the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon first joined the Rams in 2023, when he signed a one-year, veteran-minimum contract about a month before training camp.

One game into last season, Witherspoon was a free agent when the Rams signed him to another one-year deal.

On Wednesday the Rams and Witherspoon once again agreed to a one-year ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Ryan was one of “those quarterbacks,” and he’s well acquainted with the rhetoric that hounds passers who have been slapped with the label of “Good, Not Good Enough.”

It’s the same tag Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has been unceremoniously given by irrational fans, and a lot of the talking heads ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have not been told they are out of the running for quarterback Aaron Rodgers and continue to wait on the four-time league MVP with no specific time set for a decision, sources have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Steelers are offering Rodgers, 41, a one-year deal to be their starter, but they are preparing to ...Read more

DETROIT — Although the Detroit Lions haven't been very active in free agency this offseason, the franchise still has been quite busy.

According to an announcement from the NFL, the Lions were responsible for proposing two amendments to league bylaws and one playing rule change, all of which will be voted on in two weeks at the NFL's league ...Read more

SEATTLE — There are currently no odds in the sports books for NFL team win totals next season. It’s not quite right to post those numbers when free agency is still going and the draft awaits.

But I imagine when it’s time to do so, the oddsmakers are going to be baffled when it comes to the Seahawks. Next season’s squad is one of the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mecole Hardman Jr., who spent all but five of his 80 NFL games with the Chiefs, is off to the Green Bay Packers.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler was first to report that Hardman is signing a one-year deal with Green Bay.

Hardman has had an eventful career with the Chiefs, who made him a second-round pick from Georgia in 2019.

He ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams are loath to invest in high-priced players at inside linebacker.

They have not used a high or midlevel draft pick at the position since selecting Ernest Jones IV in the third round in 2021, preferring instead to man the position with undrafted free agents of varying experience.

On Tuesday, the Rams stayed on script, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — No more banana pudding and blanket coverage on the outside. No more handmade computers and edge pressure on opposing quarterbacks. No more tears of gratitude after 60 snaps of pass-protection and pancake blocks. Since the NFL’s free-agency period began last week, the Eagles have lost several players from their Super Bowl team....Read more

PITTSBURGH — Cam Heyward took to his podcast, "Not Just Football," to address the Steelers' current state of quarterback limbo.

While the Steelers' only signed quarterbacks have been career backups Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson, questions about the future of Aaron Rodgers linger after the Steelers made an offer to the 41-year-old ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The familiar sound of Brandon Graham’s laughter reverberated through the auditorium of the NovaCare Complex a few moments before he even emerged.

After 15 years within those walls, it was only fitting the 36-year-old Eagles legend would ensure his infectious smile and signature laugh preceded any tears during his retirement ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There was a time, a long time, when Brandon Graham was known for who he wasn’t.

He was not Earl Thomas, the All-Pro safety who went one pick after him in the 2010 draft.

He was not Dez Bryant or Eric Decker, the two wide receivers who were selected with the picks the Eagles traded in order to move up and select Graham at No....Read more

MIAMI — I am wearing a miner’s helmet, the lamp leading me through the darkness, pickax in hand as I crunch across the rubble. I am searching. Looking hard. What I am after, though — it difficult to find.

I am looking for reasons Miami Dolphins fans might be optimistic at the moment. Why they might be the least bit encouraged by this ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers continue to await a decision from Aaron Rodgers, but if the four-time NFL MVP ends his lengthy courtship with the team and signs elsewhere, it raises plenty of questions about what they intend to do about a starting quarterback.

One of the options, though, is relying on the player who saved their 2023 season — ...Read more