ATLANTA — Michael Penix Jr. is about to make his first impression on the Flowery Branch practice field.

The Falcons begin three-day rookie minicamp Friday, where they’ll evaluate around 18 first-year players, including eight draftees. But all eyes will center on Penix, who the team surprisingly selected No. 8 overall to be (eventually) its ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Giants have signed veteran wide receiver Allen Robinson II, the team announced on Thursday.

Robinson, 30, started all 17 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers last season and caught 34 passes for 280 yards and no touchdowns. The Giants are his fourth team in four years, including the Chicago Bears (2021), L.A. Rams (2022) and ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The exchange through a Ring doorbell was brief, and the door never opened.

A Baltimore County Police officer outside the Owings Mills home was following up phone calls with a woman who dialed 911, then hung up, and was described as “in distress” when a dispatcher called her back.

But the woman behind the door sounded confused...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams, preparing to build on last season’s unexpected run to the playoffs, continued to reshape their roster on Thursday by trading receiver and special teams leader Ben Skowronek to the Houston Texans, a person with knowledge of the deal not authorized to speak publicly said.

The person requested anonymity because the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Kingsley Suamataia awoke one day last week, his dream of an NFL future recently made reality as the Chiefs’ second-round draft choice, he rolled over to find a text message on his phone.

It came from a new teammate, someone who began the message by introducing himself — but someone you might know.

Patrick Mahomes.

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LOS ANGELES — Tom Brady probably thought it was all over.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion had just voluntarily endured close to three hours of cruel and unusual punishment as part of Netflix's "The Roast of Tom Brady" on Sunday night at the Kia Forum. He had dished out some zingers of his own during a 14-minute set to close the evening, ...Read more

Let’s start at the back and work our way forward: The Miami Dolphins absolutely, positively need a home playoff game. Period.

In two seasons under coach Mike McDaniel, the Dolphins are 1-10 (.091) on the road against playoff teams.

That record includes the regular season loss to Kansas City in Germany, and road playoff losses at Buffalo and ...Read more

Groups of private equity investors may soon be allowed to buy as much as 30% of National Football League franchises.

Proposals under discussion would let buyout firms individually acquire as much 10% of a team, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are confidential.

A special NFL...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams, Chargers and Dallas Cowboys are here every summer, and now the New Orleans Saints and Las Vegas Raiders are on their way.

Southern California has become to NFL training camps what Arizona and Florida are to MLB's spring training.

The Saints plan to hold training camp at UC Irvine this summer, and the Raiders are ...Read more

CHICAGO — The NFL is expected to pull back the curtain this week on the most anticipated schedule for Chicago Bears fans in five years.

At this time in 2019, the Bears were coming off a 12-4 season — only two teams had a better record — and hope was bubbling over at Halas Hall as the organization prepared for its 100th season with all the...Read more

Eagles fans have been roasting Tom Brady ever since Super Bowl LII, but on Sunday, Netflix took its turn, bringing together a group of Brady’s closest friends (and some enemies) to do the same as part of “The Greatest Roast of All Time.”

Unfortunately, Nick Foles was not present to take a few shots at Brady after beating him in the Super...Read more

Tom Brady was a great sport Sunday night.

He endured jokes about his divorce, his business decisions, his love life, his multiple retirements, his former teammates, his ex-wife, his healthy lifestyle and much more — all with a smile on his face.

And that was just in the first 20 minutes of "The Roast of Tom Brady" at the Kia Forum that was ...Read more

CHICAGO — A billion here, a billion there — pretty soon you’re talking real money. The late Sen. Everett Dirksen may not have said exactly that, but he repeatedly raised that concern about spending tax dollars.

For reference, $1 billion is more than the budgets of the Chicago Park District, Cook County Forest Preserves and Greater Chicago...Read more

Say this for Odell Beckham Jr.: He makes everything more interesting. He gives this Miami Dolphins offense added options.

He doesn’t have the electricity of his New York Giants youth. Nor does he come with the burdened payday he had last year in Baltimore. But his no-risk signing Friday with the Dolphins provides some interesting thoughts ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — We interrupt the NBA and NHL playoffs to bring you the best NFL futures bets you can make right now.

A week after the NFL draft, VSiN host Mike Somich and professional handicapper Steve Fezzik have already placed some wagers they believe have value.

“Whenever I’m looking for these futures bets to play, the main goal is to (...Read more

ATLANTA — If you are a Falcons fan, you probably know a lot about Matt Ryan. You may have seen him throw all 367 touchdown passes that he completed for the Falcons. You likely heard him give countless postgame interviews from locker rooms around the NFL. Perhaps you learned about his background, family and motivations.

But you probably didn�...Read more

PITTSBURGH — There's the story about his high school team's lopsided victory where Zach Frazier and another team leader, furious over a lackluster second half, made everyone run before coaches arrived for film study on Saturday morning.

Another where his mom popped his broken, bloody nose back into place during a wrestling match, stuffed it ...Read more

Michael Irvin’s time at the NFL Network is coming to a close according to reports.

Irvin has been on the NFL Network since 2009 and has been a mainstay on the air contributing to gameday coverage while becoming one of the network’s most popular analysts.

Irvin’s departure is a part of larger layoffs that have been happening at the NFL ...Read more

The offer the Miami Dolphins made former star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was finally one he couldn’t refuse.

The Dolphins, after fielding a visit from Beckham in March and making him an offer, are signing him, according to a league source Friday.

The deal is for one year and worth up to $8.25 million, according to NFL Network. That ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have declined the team option on running back Najee Harris’ rookie contract, a decision that will allow Harris to become a free agent following the 2024 season.

The Steelers want to wait and see how Harris and the team’s other running backs perform in new coordinator Arthur Smith’s offense before making a ...Read more