FOXBORO, Mass. — As he strolled out to the Gillette Stadium practice fields Tuesday, A.J. Brown paused, smiled and reflected.

Seven years after a fateful draft-day decision that left the wide receiver in tears, Brown was finally about to run routes in a Patriots helmet for the first time. Even after months of trade rumors linking him to New ...Read more

SEATTLE — Outside linebacker Derick Hall has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Seahawks, a league source confirmed to The Seattle Times Tuesday morning, keeping a young player for the long haul at a position facing future uncertainty.

The deal is reported to be worth up to a base of $42 million and could earn Hall as much as ...Read more

SEATTLE — He never got in trouble. There wasn’t going to be a headline accompanied by Russell Wilson’s mug shot on a random Wednesday morning.

His personal life has been scandal-free. There wasn’t going to be a Page Six picture exposing the Super Bowl champ for stepping out.

He isn’t particularly political. There may have been a ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — By now, a significant percentage of the Carolina Panthers fan base has given up on wide receiver Xavier Legette.

Two years of generally disappointing numbers for the team’s first-round pick in 2024 has made that happen, as well as Legette’s demotion late last season. Legette lost his starting job late in 2025. He played ...Read more

There is absolutely no sugarcoating what happened to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday.

The 49ers already harbored a massive, glaring, neon-lit problem heading into the 2026 season: The two best teams in the NFC reside in their own division.

But that problem just mutated into a full-blown catastrophe.

The NFC West is an unabashed, unhinged ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seattle serving as a host this summer to what many consider the biggest sporting event on the planet — the World Cup — inevitably raises another question.

Could Seattle someday host a Super Bowl, the biggest annual sporting event in the United States?

The short and unappetizing answer is that the odds may be about as long as ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As the midnight adjournment deadline approached on the final night of Illinois’ 1988 spring legislative session, a sense of pressure gripped the statehouse.

Gov. James R. Thompson and House Speaker Michael Madigan roamed the rows of the House chamber, offering trades — pet projects, promises of political support — in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As if anyone needed a reminder, the Rams know how to go all-in.

Their no-fear approach and penchant for pulling off massive trades resulted in two previous Super Bowl appearances — and one Super Bowl title.

On Monday, with a clear eye toward playing in Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium, they did it again.

Having already built a...Read more

CHICAGO — After Illinois lawmakers failed to pass legislation to help the Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed a new proposal as an opening to reconsider Chicago as the site for a new Bears stadium.

Johnson voiced tentative support for efforts that would allow municipalities in Cook County with ...Read more

The talks, rumors, reports and waiting are all over.

A.J. Brown is a New England Patriot.

The Patriots have agreed to acquire Brown in a trade with the Eagles, the teams announced. The deal will send a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick to Philadelphia in exchange for the three-time Pro Bowler, according to multiple reports.

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NEW YORK — OBJ is back in blue.

The Giants signed veteran wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and JuJu Smith-Schuster and veteran punt returner Braxton Berrios after a Monday morning workout.

Beckham, 33, and Smith-Schuster, 29, add depth to an underwhelming receiving corps that has no timetable on the return of top playmaker Malik Nabers as he...Read more

NEW YORK — It appears Russell Wilson has laced up his cleats for the final time.

The 10-time Pro Bowler is expected to accept the job to replace Matt Ryan on CBS’s NFL Today studio program, according to Front Office Sports.

Ryan left the network this offseason to become the Falcons’ new president of football.

Following April’s draft, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are moving on from A.J. Brown, agreeing to trade the star receiver to the New England Patriots, the teams announced on Monday.

Pending Brown’s physical, the Eagles are receiving a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-rounder.

Brown, who turns 29 later this month, had been Jalen Hurts’ top weapon in the passing...Read more

Soon, the offseason program will be over and the Miami Dolphins players and coaches will begin six weeks of summer vacation.

That time is typically used to get themselves ready mentally and physically for the 2026 season, which begins when training camp starts in the final week of July.

Whether the 2026 Dolphins are ready for the season — a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As if anyone needed a reminder, the Rams know how to go all-in.

On Monday, the already Super Bowl-ready Rams were on the verge of pulling off another massive deal, agreeing to acquire defensive end Myles Garrett — the league's defensive player of the year — in a deal with the Cleveland Browns for edge rusher Jared Verse and ...Read more

WORCESTER — Monday could be the day A.J. Brown finally joins the Patriots, but Sunday was MayeDay.

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye held his first celebrity softball game at Polar Park, joined by an impressive number of his teammates in a sold-out event to benefit Boston Children’s Hospital.

“I think it’s awesome,” Maye said of the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly four months to the day after they fired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, the Minnesota Vikings officially hired their next general manager on Saturday, bringing in Seattle Seahawks assistant GM Nolan Teasley to run their front office.

The team finished in-person interviews with a group of five finalists this past week, wrapping things...Read more

When did they know they were good?

Sometimes one, simple question illuminates a personal story. Here is the answer of several Dolphins, old and young, coaches and players:

Zach Sieler, defensive tackle

It was probably the end of my second year when I got down here, got a start against Cincinnati with threes game left (in 2019), where I made a...Read more

NEW YORK — Put a “C” on Abdul Carter’s Giants jersey now.

While Jaxson Dart avoided using Donald Trump’s name during an evasive five-minute prepared statement and Friday press conference, his teammate Carter showed true leadership by doubling down on his feelings about Dart’s support of the divisive president over Memorial Day ...Read more