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How long could Chiefs' Rashee Rice be suspended? Here's what NFL history shows.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL had been waiting for criminal charges to be resolved before issuing punishment to Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice for his role in a six-car freeway crash in Dallas in March 2024.

That shoe dropped Thursday as Rice was sentenced by a Dallas judge to 30 days of jail time and five years probation.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter, ...Read more

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Greg Cote: Why Miami remains a Football Town even as Dolphins and Hurricanes disappoint

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MIAMI — What is most remarkable about Miami steadfastly and beyond debate being a Football Town is that our two goliaths, the Dolphins and Hurricanes, have spent so much of the past quarter century not earning the title but seemingly trying to give it away.

Yet, as the most cherished season returns with the onset of training camps, no other ...Read more

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Jason Mackey: Can T.J. Watt pair his big payday with playoff success?

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PITTSBURGH — The last time T.J. Watt gave us something to talk about via Instagram, the Steelers edge rusher was flashing a peace sign. On Thursday, Watt reappeared with an image of him screaming and flexing, as news of his record new deal broke.

Perhaps Watt will explain that he got hooked on the Grateful Dead over the summer. He certainly ...Read more

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Sources: T.J. Watt to sign new 4-year, $144 million deal with Steelers

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PITTSBURGH — The Steelers believe in T.J. Watt to keep playing at a high level, and they showed him the money to do so on Thursday.

Watt and the Steelers agreed to a new four-year, $144.05 million deal that keeps him under contract through the 2028 season.

Sources told the Post-Gazette that the package includes $108 million guaranteed — ...Read more

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Chiefs' Rashee Rice sentenced in high-speed 2024 crash; NFL suspension looms

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to five years of probation and 30 days in jail as a condition of probation following his actions in a March 2024 high-speed car crash, according to a Dallas County news release.

Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony charges. As part of a plea agreement with...Read more

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Months after re-signing with Chargers, Mike Williams retires from football

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LOS ANGELES — Wide receiver Mike Williams' agent has informed the Chargers he is retiring, the team confirmed Thursday as training camp began.

Williams was set to begin camp on the physically unable to perform list after suffering an undisclosed injury during the offseason training program, but general manager Joe Hortiz expected Williams ...Read more

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Vikings receiver Jordan Addison pleads no contest to lesser charge stemming from drunken driving arrest

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MINNEAPOLIS — Jordan Addison pleaded to a lesser charge Thursday during a hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court stemming from his July 2024 drunken driving arrest.

Online court filings show the Vikings receiver pleaded “nolo contendere,” or no contest, to a charge of wet reckless driving upon a highway.

He was originally charged ...Read more

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Pat Leonard: Jaxson Dart, Jameis Winston deserve chance to win Giants' starting quarterback gig

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NEW YORK — Russell Wilson went on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” this week. He got his picture taken wearing sunglasses in New York City for a Sports Illustrated digital cover and feature.

The Giants’ projected starting quarterback is taking full advantage of signing a one-year contract with a franchise in a major market that ...Read more

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Najee Harris injury update: RB set to report for Chargers camp

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LOS ANGELES — Chargers running back Najee Harris likely will begin training camp on the non-football injury list, general manager Joe Hortiz said Wednesday, after the running back suffered a minor eye injury during a fireworks incident on July 4.

As veteran teammates reported for camp Wednesday morning, Harris was still getting evaluated by ...Read more

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Report: Ex-Viking Everson Griffen's 'unruly' behavior sends MSP-bound flight back to Chicago

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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vikings defensive lineman Everson Griffen apparently extended his string of troubling incidents, this time for being unruly on a flight Wednesday bound for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

The 37-year-old former standout defensive lineman, who lives in the Twin Cities, was removed from the Delta airliner ...Read more

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Broncos sign first-round pick Jahdae Barron to rookie deal, source confirms

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DENVER — In 2022, when the concept of NIL was in its infant and amorphous stages, Jahdae Barron went to Texas assistant coach Brennan Marion and asked how he could become a better player. He wanted, naturally, to make some money.

He didn’t want a car; mom Techonia Davis had made that happen already. He didn’t want to boost his bank ...Read more

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Omar Kelly: History says plenty of Dolphins rookies will be put in position to start

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MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins have Jonah Savaiinaea penciled in as one of the team’s starting guards from the day they drafted the University of Arizona standout in the second round. Whether he’s on the left or the right will be determined in training camp, whenever he signs his deal and shows up.

Kenneth Grant, Jordan Phillips and Zeek ...Read more

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Sean Keeler: Broncos stadium with retractable roof? Broncos Country thinks its coming, whether they like it or not.

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DENVER — Burnham Yard or Lone Tree? Frankly, my dear, Tom Jacobsen doesn’t give a dome.

“What makes football so unique is the fact that they will play in anything,” the Broncos lifer told me. Jacobsen, 54, has had season tickets in the family since 1965 and has been attending games at Mile High and its successor, Empower Field, since ...Read more

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Eli Manning backs out of Giants ownership purchase

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NEW YORK — Eli Manning still has a desk inside the Giants’ building, but he won’t be buying a stake in the team.

The franchise is looking to sell up 10% of a minority stake in the organization. Manning, 44, the two-time Super Bowl MVP, previously had expressed interest in buying in. But he said on CNBC recently that the asking price is ...Read more

Chiefs sign Trey Smith to record-breaking new contract. Here are the details

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs locked in one of their stars Tuesday afternoon, agreeing to a four-year, $94 million contract extension with guard Trey Smith, The Kansas City Star has confirmed.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter was first to report the terms of the deal.

Smith’s new deal, at $23.5 million per year, also guarantees the ...Read more

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Ex-NFL QB Jay Cutler sparks outrage during South Africa hunting trip

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Ex-NFL star Jay Cutler sparked outrage after posting photos on Instagram of an endangered animal that he’d killed.

The photos show a smiling Cutler crouching over a dead giant sable antelope — a massive hoofed mammal known for its large, curved horns.

“Kicked off the Africa hunt with a beauty. Sable down,” the first post reads.

...Read more

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Jets, CB Sauce Gardner reach 4-year, $120.4M extension: source

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NEW YORK — A day after his teammate and fellow 2022 draft mate, Garrett Wilson, received a contract extension, Sauce Gardner will also be a Jet long-term.

Gardner is now the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL after receiving a four-year, $120.4 million extension, sources told the New York Daily News.

The deal includes $85.653 million ...Read more

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Omar Kelly: Jonah Savaiinaea and other second-round picks can create NFL necessary change

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MIAMI — Jonah Savaiinaea’s football conditioning, mastery of the offense, playbook and his technique are critical to the Miami Dolphins’ success in 2025.

Dolphins management traded a significant amount of resources to move up 11 spots in the 2025 NFL draft to select the University of Arizona offensive lineman early in the second round ...Read more

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Sam McDowell: Frank White prepared to back Chiefs stadium tax -- but under these conditions

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KANSSA CITY, Mo. — Frank White sent Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe a letter signaling his preparedness to support a sales tax earmarked for a renovated Arrowhead Stadium.

But it comes with significant caveats.

White, the Jackson County executive, wrote to Kehoe last week that he would back a 3/8th-cent sales tax extension in the county — but ...Read more

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Joe Schoen, Brian Daboll betting Daniel Jones was Giants' problem on offense

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NEW YORK — The Giants’ summer of NY-IG, where the team is winning the offseason on Instagram, culminated in some California workouts last week.

Russell Wilson‘s get together with the Giants’ other quarterbacks and skill players looked familiar because it was.

This is what Daniel Jones used to do annually with his teammates, minus ...Read more