SEATTLE — Just about anybody, anywhere could have told you what some of the prominent Super Bowl storylines would be.

A rematch between the Seahawks and the Patriots 11 years after one of the most heartbreaking moments in Seattle sports history. A quarterback showdown between journeyman-turned-star Sam Darnold and second-year sensation Drake ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seahawks will eventually be sold by Jody Allen, the current team chair who took over in that role when her brother, Paul Allen, died in 2018.

That has been known for a while and is not in dispute.

What is in question is whether the team will immediately be up for sale after the Super Bowl, as indicated in a report Friday ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s been nearly four years since the Chiefs traded wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins, and every so often we’ve seen a familiar pattern.

Hill would hint at wanting to leave Miami and/or return to the Chiefs, and some fans in Kansas City would call for general manager Brett Veach to make a trade to bring him back...Read more

NEW YORK — New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch was featured among millions of documents in the latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files Friday, trading emails with the disgraced financier about connecting with women.

In one thread of correspondence in April 2013, Tisch emailed Epstein, then a convicted sex offender, to say he’d just had ...Read more

BALTIMORE — New Ravens coach Jesse Minter is hiring Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Declan Doyle to be Baltimore’s offensive coordinator, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.

Doyle replaces Todd Monken, whom previous coach John Harbaugh had hired in 2023 and is now the coach of the Cleveland ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who’s dealing with an injury to his right throwing shoulder, was not present for the start of Friday’s practice.

Head coach Mike Vrabel said Friday afternoon that Maye did not practice due to an illness/right shoulder injury.

Vrabel said Maye was at the facility Friday and that he would ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seahawks’ appearance in the Super Bowl on Feb. 8 could be the last game for the Allen family as owners of the team.

ESPN reported Friday afternoon that the Seahawks will go up for sale after the Super Bowl. A source confirmed the report to The Seattle Times.

The report cited “league and ownership sources familiar with the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Less than nine months after giving general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah a contract extension, the Vikings fired him on Friday, triggering another major shift in their front office four years after they brought in Adofo-Mensah and coach Kevin O’Connell.

Though Adofo-Mensah had continued to work through the first weeks of the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy has visions of the Super Bowl parade beginning at 1137 Greenfield Ave., the three-story, four-bedroom house where he grew up, right across the Monongahela River from Steelers headquarters.

Maybe that sounds outlandish for a franchise that hasn't won a playoff game since 2016, let alone reached the pinnacle of the ...Read more

I reacted with puzzlement and amazement when the news broke that former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick will not be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot.

In the days since, I’ve done an about-face. If Belichick has to get snubbed for Roger Craig to be enshrined, I’m OK with it.

Same with Ken Anderson and L...Read more

SEATTLE — Max Browne can tell you when he knew Sam Darnold was dangerous.

It was the summer of 2015, and Browne — a former five-star recruit and Gatorade National High School Player of the Year at Skyline High School in Sammamish — was a redshirt sophomore quarterback at USC. Cody Kessler was the Trojans’ cemented starter, but Browne ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham is leaving to become the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, according to an ESPN report Thursday evening.

After four years with the Bears, Cunningham heads to Atlanta to work with the franchise’s new president of football, Matt Ryan.

One of the first moves Bears GM Ryan ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — He hasn’t had any conversations with the Bucs’ No. 1 receiver since the season ended. The last thing he told him was not to rush into a decision.

But quarterback Baker Mayfield said this week he believes Mike Evans not only will play again in 2026, but that it will be for the Bucs.

During an appearance on “The Ronde ...Read more

NEW YORK — Bill Belichick’s shocking snub as a first-ballot Hall of Famer prompted confusion, outrage and pressure to overhaul the entire voting process.

Tom Brady found it “completely ridiculous.”

Rob Gronkowski called it “absolutely absurd.”

Others were even harsher in their incredulity.

“I would like to know the names of the...Read more

SEATTLE — “We. Did. Not. Care.”

It wasn’t the words so much as the delivery.

When Fox Sports analyst Michael Strahan asked Mike Macdonald how he felt about being an afterthought to the 49ers and Rams before the season started, the Seahawks coach gave that iconic four-word response after his team won the NFC championship on Sunday night...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are hiring former Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion as their new offensive coordinator, the team announced on Thursday night.

Mannion, 33, played for nine NFL seasons as a quarterback, including three on practice squads, from 2015-23. He began his coaching career in 2024 as an offensive assistant with...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriots quarterback Drake Maye completely understands all of the talk and concern about his right shoulder injury this week.

Maye was listed as “limited” with a right shoulder injury on Wednesday and Thursday’s injury reports.

The 23-year-old quarterback, just 11 days away from playing in his first Super Bowl, was ...Read more

BOSTON — Remove politics, President Trump is sounding like a typical New Englander by the day, saying Patriots QB Drake Maye impresses him and that it’s “ridiculous” that Bill Belichick got snubbed for a first-ballot Hall of Fame induction.

Trump has said he won’t travel to Santa Clara, Calif., for the Super Bowl because “it’s ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — The Patriots hit the field without three starters Thursday at the start of their first practice in the leadup to Super Bowl LX, where quarterback Drake Maye and the other quarterbacks were present but did not throw.

Maye was present in uniform after being listed as limited on Wednesday’s projected injury report. Before ...Read more