NEW YORK — Entering the season, Gang Green’s kicking situation remains unsettled.

The team signed Blake Grupe to the active roster this week, but that didn’t stop it from working out several kickers on Wednesday.

Sources confirmed that the Jets brought eight-time All-Pro and former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker in for a workout. They also ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nick Bosa emerged happy from his first practice in a month. His surgically repaired right knee had passed a key test, complete with a couple of tense moments.

Because of that, Bosa is confident he can play in the 49ers’ season opener next week in Australia against the Los Angeles Rams.

“If after every day of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s wedding may have been held in a major sports and concert arena, but that’s what it took to achieve normalcy and make for a “magical” night, the groom said on his latest “New Heights” podcast episode with brother Jason Kelce.

The fifth season of the pro football star brothers’ joint ...Read more

Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith has been accused of taking part in a scheme that allegedly scammed $2.5 million from a Native American investment firm.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in Delaware's Court of Chancery, a tribal owned and operated economic developmental agency for the North Carolina-based Eastern Band of Cherokee ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders have officially decided on a starting quarterback.

Coach Klint Kubiak opened his Wednesday news conference by announcing Kirk Cousins would be the Week 1 starter, as expected.

“Kirk’s going to be the starting quarterback,” Kubiak said. “He’s played really good football. I’m really happy with all ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Now that it’s official — now that the Buccaneers have opted to move rookie Jalon Daniels to No. 2 on the quarterback depth chart — there are a couple of worrisome issues heading into the regular season.

No. 1, Baker Mayfield gets hurt and needs to leave a game.

No. 2, Mayfield gets hurt and refuses to leave a game.

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SEATTLE — The Los Angeles Rams don’t make excuses. Let’s all remember that.

So when coach Sean McVay bemoaned, “I’ve never quite seen anything like what happened on the two-point conversion,” after Zach Charbonnet’s instantly infamous recovery swung a 38-37 overtime loss to the Seahawks last December, it wasn’t an excuse.

And ...Read more

MIAMI — Outside of the inconsistent, if not lackluster quarterback play that has plagued the Miami Dolphins franchise, talent evaluation, player acquisition and roster development are at the core of what have kept South Florida’s NFL franchise on the mediocrity merry-go-round for two-plus decades.

This past training camp we have seen signs ...Read more

NEW YORK — Giants fans don’t have to buy a new Odell Beckham Jr. jersey.

OBJ finally reclaimed his rightful place on the numerical roster at Tuesday’s practice, donning the No. 13 jersey he made famous during his soar to stardom from 2014 through 2018 as a Giant.

Wide receiver Jalin Hyatt had the number, but he was released Sunday and ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Dallas Cowboys running back and Pro Football of Famer Emmitt Smith is in some hot water this week, as he is being accused of scheming $2.5 million from an investor tied to a Native American group, according to a report from Front Office Sports.

A lawsuit filed in Delaware’s Chancery Court on Monday by Kituwah LLC,...Read more

NEW YORK — The tone of Malik Nabers’ comeback changed a bit Monday.

The Giants’ top wide receiver said his surgically repaired right knee feels “real good” two weeks out from the regular-season opener, but he was non-committal about playing Sept. 13 in their Week 1 game against the Dallas Cowboys.

“My mind is focused on playing the...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson has steadfastly declined to discuss Kyler Gordon this summer, and on Tuesday morning — 12 days before the first game — general manager Ryan Poles couldn’t commit with any certainty to the nickel cornerback playing this season.

Gordon is on the reserve/physically unable to perform list, and the ...Read more

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo says he is taking full responsibility for his 'recent personal failure' after entering a no-contest plea to a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Romo was arrested July 23 in Wisconsin on suspicion of operating while intoxicated (OWI). He also received citations for having an open ...Read more

The San Francisco 49ers spent roster cutdown day and the 24 hours that followed engaging in their favorite annual tradition: “outsmarting” everyone in the league, including themselves.

Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch looked at an offensive line with all the structural integrity of a crumbling Pacifica sea wall, stared down a schedule featuring...Read more

DENVER — The NFL had the decency to do what the Denver Broncos wouldn’t.

Roger Goodell placed Jonathon Cooper on the commissioner’s exempt list on Sunday. Hopefully, he closed the door when doing the Broncos’ dirty work.

The team chose to support Cooper as he faced a felony assault charge for strangulation, along with three other ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Here’s what I like about this Miami Dolphins rebuild — it continues to be a rebuke of everything that was done previously, on and off the field. We’re seeing major change in this organization. Maybe it’s not a 180-degree change, but it’s about 170 degrees.

The revamped 53-man active roster is the most recent ...Read more

Since the advent of the award in 1972, only nine men have won NFL Defensive Player of the Year more than once.

There have been only four multi-time recipients this millennium.

In a harrowing reality for the rest of the NFL, two of them are now set to occupy the same defensive line this season.

Aaron Donald officially came out of retirement ...Read more

So does this mean the Los Angeles Rams are ruining the NFL, just like their L.A. neighbors are supposedly ruining baseball?

Even in a salary cap league, the rich can get richer. Or look at it this way: It didn’t take the Rams long after returning to Southern California to discern that with so many fan options to choose from, the teams that ...Read more

DENVER — Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper pleaded not guilty to a felony assault charge for allegedly strangling his ex-girlfriend and other lesser charges in Douglas County District Court on Monday afternoon.

Cooper, 28, appeared in a black dress shirt, tie and slacks alongside his attorney, Harvey Steinberg, and did not speak ...Read more