MIAMI — Jim Mandich was dying, and he knew it. Bile duct cancer was taking his life, by degrees. It was aggressive, and the prognosis was grim.

I last saw Mandich in the Miami Dolphins locker room after a game in the midst of the 2010 season. I knew he was battling cancer but did not then know any details, or that he would leave us by the ...Read more

AVENTURA, Fla. — Pete Bommarito sits in his chair at the 40-yard marker away from a football player about to turn track sprinter for the next few seconds. He’s locked in on more details than a quarterback at the line of scrimmage reading a defense, calling an audible, adjusting protection and signaling hot routes.

Bommarito has cameras ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The offseason hasn’t even started and Howie Roseman is already winning it.

Forget about all of those anti-Eagles conspiracy theories. The NFL just handed the defending Super Bowl champions all the cap room they’ll need to enter next season as the prohibitive favorites to repeat.

As the old saying goes:

Give a man a fish ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Terrell Suggs, the former Baltimore Ravens linebacker, pleaded guilty Thursday to a disorderly conduct charge, according to Arizona court records.

Suggs, 42, entered his guilty plea to the single “reduced” charge during a Thursday pre-trial hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court. The 2011 NFL Defensive Player of the Year is...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Chargers safety Elijah Molden agreed to a contract extension with the Chargers, the team announced Thursday. The deal is for three years, according to a person familiar with the deal not authorized to speak publicly.

The contract, first reported by NFL Media, keeps Molden in L.A. after he was acquired in a trade less than two ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe made national headlines more than a decade ago for his vocal support of same-sex marriage while playing for the Minnesota Vikings.

This week, the Orange County native garnered attention closer to home when he railed against a "MAGA" acrostic plaque that's set to be placed outside the Huntington ...Read more

Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Zack Martin informed the team on Thursday that he intends to retire, a source confirmed to the Star-Telegram. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero was the first to report.

After an 11-year career that included nine Pro Bowl selections and seven first-team All-Pro honors, Martin officially hangs it up at the age of 34. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A former Minnesota Viking is ruffling feathers again, this time lashing out at the Trump administration and City Council members in southern California until his arrest.

Chris Kluwe, who was a punter for the Vikings from 2005 to 2012, took the podium at the council meeting Tuesday in his home city of Huntington Beach in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Cam Jurgens underwent back surgery earlier this week to address an injury he played through during the Eagles’ postseason run, according to league sources.

ESPN was first to report the news.

The 25-year-old center had the procedure to alleviate nerve pain and is expected to make a full recovery in time for training camp in ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nine days after the shock of Super Bowl LIX, before its remnants in Kansas City have even subsided, the proverbial there’s-always-next-year arrived.

Or at least its most pressing decision has arrived:

What should the Chiefs do with right guard Trey Smith?

The NFL franchise tag window unlatched Tuesday, allowing teams to...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two days after the Chiefs’ dream of becoming the first three-peat Super Bowl champion were smashed by the Eagles, tight end Travis Kelce talked about his future plans on his New Heights podcast.

Kelce said he wouldn’t decide rashly on whether to retire or play in 2025, but he added that a return to the Chiefs had to be ...Read more

CHICAGO — In a letter to season ticket holders Wednesday, Chicago Bears President/CEO Kevin Warren announced increases in ticket prices for 2025 with an average hike of 10%.

The announcement comes a little more than a month after the Bears completed another last-place season, going 5-12 and tying a franchise record with a 10-game losing ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — “See this guy?” Nick Sirianni asked me as he exited the coaches’ offices after a big Eagles win this season. Sirianni had a lean, swarthy fellow in a hug that was more like a headlock. Both were smiling like maniacs. “See this guy? This is a star!”

That guy was Kevin Patullo.

For better or worse, after a year on ...Read more

DETROIT — Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams will not face further discipline from the NFL relating to a gun-related incident that took place in Detroit last October, an NFL spokesperson confirmed to The Detroit News on Wednesday.

Williams was the passenger of a routine traffic stop in which police said two guns were found in the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles decided to not draw out their search for Kellen Moore’s replacement, announcing Wednesday that they promoted pass game coordinator and associate head coach Kevin Patullo to the role of offensive coordinator.

Patullo, 43, will take over play-calling duties. He has been on staff since Nick Sirianni was hired in 2021,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Chargers will open Year 2 of the Jim Harbaugh era in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the NFL announced Wednesday, giving the team their first international game since 2019 in the league’s second regular-season game played in South America.

Following last year’s Sao Paulo game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — James Bradberry stood on top of the seat in Tanner McKee’s stall on the outskirts of the New Orleans Saints’ locker room after the Eagles’ Super Bowl LIX win. He recorded his teammates’ jubilation in front of him with his phone in one hand and a beverage and a cigar in the other.

The 31-year-old defensive back was in ...Read more

It was always the worst kind of lie: One that was convenient and believable; one NFL lawyers could sell to move on; one Miami Dolphins officials signed off on for added public credibility; and one that after more than a decade of damaging lives can officially be called the lie it was all along.

“I never believed for a second I was being ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The struggles of the Chiefs’ offensive line in Super Bowl LIX was in stark contrast to what happened just two years earlier.

In their 38-35 win over the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, the Chiefs offensive line didn’t surrender a single sack. Philadelphia had piled up 70 sacks during the regular season but failed to take ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brace yourself: The Mahomes Mohawk is gone.

But we knew this day would come, because Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes talked about it during the 2023 Netflix docuseries “Quarterback.”

There was a short exchange between Mahomes and his trainer, Bobby Stroupe, in which they discussed the iconic hairstyle.

“This is my last ...Read more