BALTIMORE — It’s hard to tell if the Baltimore Ravens’ new coaching staff assembled by first-year coach Jesse Minter will perform well, but it’s an interesting mix with five assistants coming from the college ranks.

Right now, it’s hard to applaud — or offer condolences — but we’ll find out soon.

Maybe it’s all part of the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Hundreds of thousands of Seattle Seahawks fans crowded Lumen Field and the streets of downtown Seattle on Wednesday to celebrate the football team’s Super Bowl win in what felt like a blue-and-green citywide party.

Well before sunrise, some fans woke up to guarantee their spot on a bus, or pushed a discarded couch multiple blocks ...Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Seattle Seahawks apparently had some help with their blitzes in the Super Bowl.

Immediately after winning Super Bowl LX 29-13, cornerback Devon Witherspoon told SiriusXM NFL Radio that Seahawks essentially knew what the New England Patriots were going to do on offense based on the way their offensive linemen were ...Read more

SEATTLE — The contrast between the Seahawks’ first Super Bowl-winning team and this one was as stark as a left tackle and a kicker.

Or at least we thought.

That Legion of Boom squad from 12 years ago was teeming with personalities as big as a 767. It had Richard Sherman and Marshawn Lynch and Michael Bennett. It had a defense dancing to ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Tennessee Titans are picking higher than the New York Giants are in April’s NFL draft. The Giants are hiring their former head coach, Brian Callahan, to be the quarterbacks coach for Jaxson Dart.

Callahan, 41, the son of experienced NFL offensive line coach Bill Callahan, posted a 4-19 record (.174) as the Titans’ head ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Let the war of words begin.

Joey Porter Sr. recently co-hosted Cam Heyward's podcast, and when the conversation turned to ex-Steelers being critical of former coach Mike Tomlin, the former Steelers linebacker didn't hold back on Ben Roethlisberger (aka "Seven").

"Seven definitely broke the brotherhood, because the [expletive] ...Read more

CHICAGO — In the NFL, where the next big event is rarely far off, the scouting combine is fast approaching. The league will descend on Indianapolis for a week beginning Feb. 23, and the start of the new league year March 11 isn’t far behind.

The Chicago Bears have been deep in scouting meetings, and the coaches have returned to Halas Hall ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — He’s all about football. That’s the most important thing.

Klint Kubiak wasn’t going to dazzle at a news conference Tuesday while being introduced as the new Las Vegas Raiders coach. Wasn’t going to drop many one-liners or jokes or bring the room down. That’s not him.

Antonio Pierce won the news conference.

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SEATTLE — The Seahawks’ Super Bowl celebration at Lumen Field on Wednesday morning began with a toast and included a boast.

The roughly 35-minute program of speeches at Lumen Field kicked off the parade through Seattle honoring the team’s 29-13 win in the Super Bowl on Sunday over the New England Patriots included some R-rated moments ...Read more

CHICAGO — As competition for a new Chicago Bears stadium intensifies, suburban fans and leaders plan to rally Wednesday night to bring the team to Arlington Heights, Ill. — with a new urgency to fight off a bid from Indiana.

The Indiana Senate recently passed a bill to create a northwest Indiana sports stadium authority to finance, build ...Read more

The city of Portage, Ind., is throwing a Hail Mary pass at a privately-funded Chicago Bears stadium built on city-owned land, city officials said Tuesday.

Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has proposed to build a stadium on 300 acres of city-owned land on the north side of the city. City officials are calling the proposal “Halas Harbor...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — There’s still plenty of fun ahead for the Seattle Seahawks, starting with a parade Wednesday morning through the streets of Seattle celebrating their 29-13 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.

“It’s something I’ve dreamed about, said cornerback Riq Woolen, who noted he has walked by pictures of the parade ...Read more