While Cardinals safety Budda Baker had not attended the voluntary portion of the team’s offseason program after requesting a trade, he did report for mandatory minicamp on Monday. Baker has two seasons left on his contract and is slated to be paid $13.1 million in 2023 and $14.2 million in 2024. But he has no [more]
Derek Carr still doesn’t have some of the Louisiana pronunciations down pat, but he is nearly fluent in the Saints’ language. “I’m pretty far along from where I feel like I was, knowing the system and things like that,” Carr said, via Terrin Waack of nola.com. “You never want to feel like you have it [more]
Jets head coach Robert Saleh has been on NFL coaching staffs since 2005, but he has neither coached nor against a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers. Saleh described a pass Rodgers made to a seemingly well-covered C.J. Uzomah on which Rodgers made an adjustment knowing that Uzomah was looking at him and the defender was looking [more]
Running back James Robinson signed a two-year contract with the Patriots in March, but he won’t be going to training camp with the team. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Patriots waived Robinson on Monday. The team is holding its mandatory minicamp this week and reporters at practice noted that Robinson was not on [more]
Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson excused most of the team’s veterans from mandatory minicamp last year and he liked how that turned out well enough to do it again this year. The team kicked off minicamp on Monday with most older players away from the facility after an offseason program that Pederson said was devoted [more]
The Cardinals have swapped one receiver for another on their 90-man roster. Arizona signed Brandon Smith, the team announced on Monday. Smith was last with the XFL’s D.C. Defenders, where he caught eight passes for 118 yards with a touchdown in four games. Smith initially signed with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in [more]
Malik Cunningham had hoped to be drafted as a quarterback, but when the draft ended, and he was still available, another route to the NFL opened. Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien put the Louisville through receiver drills during the pre-draft process, and the team called after the draft offering him a chance to change positions. [more]
When it comes to the NFL’s gambling policy, the Jaguars have a teammate in their midst who can serve as an example of how a career can easily be derailed. Coach Doug Pederson hopes that players will use receiver Calvin Ridley as a resource when it comes to complying with the rules. “Obviously what Calvin [more]
USMNT interim manager BJ Callaghan announced his Gold Cup roster on Monday, and as expected it's much-changed from his Nations League squad.
Jaguars pass rusher Josh Allen says he needs to keep making strides as a player after a season that, in his own words, wasn’t good enough. “My individual growth last year wasn’t good enough,” Allen said, via ESPN. “Just the tape that I watched. You’ve got to be real critical in yourself and I watched [more]
The United States women's national team can make it an unprecedented three World Cups on the spin when the tournament hits Australia and New Zealand.
Word last week was that the sale of the Commanders could be approved by the NFL in July and fans who want to celebrate that change during training camp will have 12 chances to check out their team. The Commanders announced that they will be holding a dozen open practices this summer. The first one [more]
Poole's salary jumps from $3.9 million to $28.2 million next season thanks to the $123 million extension he signed last summer.
Defensive lineman Lawrence Guy isn’t the only Patriots veteran who missed the start of mandatory minicamp on Monday. Tackle Trent Brown also failed to report, although the reason for his absence is not the same as the reported reason for Guy. According to multiple reports, Brown’s flight was canceled due to bad weather in Texas [more]
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick offered little specifics when asked about free agent receiver DeAndre Hopkins visiting the franchise this week, other than saying he isn’t a travel agent. But quarterback Mac Jones said he’d welcome the addition of the three-time, first-team All-Pro when asked about Hopkins at his Monday press conference. “I think that’s [more]
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola plans to leave the all-conquering Premier League side in the summer of 2025, according to reports.
A couple of former Patriots players are moving into coaching with the team this offseason. Head coach Bill Belichick said at a Monday press conference that LeGarrette Blount and Aaron Dobson are working as coaching fellows. They are part of the league-wide Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program. Blount was traded to the Patriots in [more]
The USMNT looks to stay the only team to win the CONCACAF Nations League, with fellow semifinalist and heated rival Mexico standing in the way in Las Vegas.
Taking a guy who hasn't played in almost two months and throwing him into the NBA Finals is a big ask.
Browns defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey was set for a July court date in his misdemeanor assault case, but that will no longer be necessary. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that court documents in Harris County, Texas show that the charge was dismissed last Friday upon completion of a pretrial conversion program. Winfrey was accused [more]
The XFL could eventually be the ex-FL, again. For now, though, the spring league will keep moving forward. While there’s no panic yet from new ownership that features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the third iteration of the league founded by Vince McMahon in 2001 lost $60 million in 2023, according to Jabari Young of Forbes.com. [more]
During a Monday morning press conference, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said that not every player on the 90-man roster reported to mandatory minicamp but he did not reveal who was not in attendance. The identity of one missing player has surfaced. Mike Reiss of ESPN reports that defensive lineman Lawrence Guy did not report. [more]
Cardinals safety Budda Baker requested a trade and declined to participate in any of the Cardinals’ voluntary work this offseason, but he’s at work today. Baker is at the Cardinals’ facility for the start of mandatory minicamp today, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Players who don’t attend mandatory minicamps can be fined almost [more]
The Vikings won’t have Dalvin Cook at this week’s mandatory minicamp and it looks like edge rusher Danielle Hunter won’t be there either. Cook was released last week, but Hunter remains under contract to the team so his absence would be a very different issue. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Hunter plans to [more]
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola plans to leave the all-conquering Premier League side in the summer of 2025, according to a report.
