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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will be making his Super Bowl debut on Feb. 2 and, in addition to his large entourage of friends and family, he’ll be bringing a couple of special guests along with him. In conjunction with financial-services company USAA and the Tragedy Assistance Program for

Quarterback Eli Manning, who owns every significant New York Giants career passing record, made his retirement official at a news conference on Friday inside the Giants’ field house. Manning, 39, is the only player in franchise history to suit up for 16 seasons, and his 236 regular-season games (234 starts) and 248 total games are

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Antonio Brown turned himself in to Broward County Jail on Thursday night in response to an arrest warrant filed against him on three charges. Accompanied by lawyers and friends, Brown arrived in a turquoise suit at about 10 p.m. ET prepared to face his outstanding charges of felony burglary with battery, burglary

MOBILE, Ala. — San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch could have been preparing for his Super Bowl trip, but instead he was grinding on the Senior Bowl circuit this week. The team’s mindset is clear: Celebrating is not an option heading into the Feb. 2 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. “We haven’t done

MOBILE, Ala. — The Minnesota Vikings are handing offensive coordinator duties to Gary Kubiak, multiple league sources confirmed to ESPN. Kubiak served as the team’s assistant head coach/offensive adviser during the 2019 season. Kubiak will take over the role held by Kevin Stefanski since Week 15 of the 2018 season. Stefanski left Minnesota after 14

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — There was a thought, in the midst of immediate success under Sean McVay, that the Los Angeles Rams were peaking too early. They went from 4-12 in 2016 to 11-5 in 2017, then surged into the Super Bowl the following season with a nucleus that appeared to be in the thick of

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is retiring after 16 seasons and two Super Bowl MVPs. Manning, 39, steps away holding almost every passing record in team history and a pair of Super Bowl rings. His victories over the New England Patriots after the 2007 and ’11 seasons are the most

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Three days have passed, and Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur still can’t understand his team’s lack of urgency — especially in the first half — during a blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. “That’s something that I’m still trying to figure out

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are close to hiring former Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden as their offensive coordinator, league sources told ESPN. A deal, which NFL Network first reported as being close to completion, is likely to be finalized Wednesday. Head coach Doug Marrone also interviewed former NFL head coaches Ben McAdoo

Former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach Bret Bielema is joining the New York Giants staff, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. Bielema spent the past two seasons as a defensive assistant with the New England Patriots, where he worked with new Giants coach Joe Judge. Bielema served as New England’s defensive line coach this season. Judge,

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a hip and groin injury that hampered him throughout this season. Dr. Bill Meyers performed the surgery in Philadelphia. Beckham’s recovery timeline figures to be similar to that of Browns running back Kareem Hunt, who underwent sports hernia surgery in training camp but

Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin disputed ESPN’s report that Cincinnati would not trade the No. 1 pick in the draft, telling the team website on Monday that the report was “news to him.” “I don’t know that any decision has been made for what we’re going to do in April,” Tobin told Bengals.com.

Veteran coach Jim Caldwell won’t return to the Miami Dolphins staff in 2020. Caldwell, who was hired by Brian Flores in February as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach, never coached a game for the Dolphins. He took an indefinite leave in July due to an undisclosed health issue and did not return to his

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — This was different from Atlanta, different from Seattle. Not the result, of course. It was still another NFC Championship Game loss that prevented the Green Bay Packers from a second Super Bowl appearance in the illustrious yet unfinished career of Aaron Rodgers. What was different, however, was the feeling when it

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – San Francisco 49ers running back Tevin Coleman departed Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers with a shoulder injury and will not return to the game. With 9:33 left in the second quarter, Coleman took a run off left tackle for a gain of 4 yards before he was brought down

Luke Kuechly is finished playing football with the Carolina Panthers, but he might not be done with the team. Kuechly is interested in having a role with the Panthers, a league source tells ESPN, whether it’s as an adviser, coach, executive or another job that could help the team. Kuechly also could pursue a job

Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons was not fined by the NFL because there was no visual evidence of him spitting on Baltimore Ravens guard Marshal Yanda. After the Titans’ 28-12 divisional playoff win in Baltimore, Yanda accused Simmons of spitting in his face. 2 Related “I’ve never been spitten in my face,” Yanda said