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No charges against ex-49ers defensive back who was arrested following failed robbery
SAN JOSE, Calif. Mendocino County prosecutors declined Thursday to pursue charges against a former San Francisco 49ers defensive back who was arrested in Mendocino County following what authorities called an attempted robbery that ended with a shooting, a spokesperson for the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said.
In a statement, the sheriff...Read more
Harrison Butker's commencement speech: Wives should stay at home. His mom's a medical physicist.
LOS ANGELES — Harrison Butker is a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most accurate field-goal kickers in NFL history.
As such, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker was given a platform to express his views as the commencement speaker at Benedictine College.
The devout Christian used the opportunity to give some radical thoughts and ...Read more
Paul Zeise: Stop crying a river for the Steelers about their schedule
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday was NFL schedule release day, and to hear fans and observers of the Steelers talk, it was an event worthy of extreme wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Holy heck. They have 17 games and have to play them sometime. Some of you need to get a grip and take a few downers or something. Some of you might need to invest in a ...Read more
Lions QB Jared Goff gets coveted security in new deal in the form of no-trade clause
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The money was never a question or concern for quarterback Jared Goff in his contract negotiations with the Lions.
Sure, there was some external debate about whether the extension was going to average more or less than $50 million. But after Goff's individual production and the team's success the past two seasons, he was ...Read more
Why so many prime-time games? NFL executives believe Jets 'owe us one.'
NEW YORK — A year ago, after Aaron Rodgers was acquired in a trade with the Packers, the Jets received six national television games.
But Rodgers tore his Achilles four plays into his Gang Green debut against the Buffalo Bills and missed the rest of the 2023 season.
Now, the NFL is banking on the Jets being a contender with Rodgers returning...Read more
Greg Cote: New Dolphin Odell Beckham Jr. has the name and fame. Now we see if he still has the game.
MIAMI — The aura around him, the sizzle in his wake, still hasn’t left Odell Beckham Jr.
He conveys stylish cool like Dwyane Wade did. OBJ has appeared as himself in TV series, and in music videos by Drake and Nicki Minaj. His welcome to instant stardom 10 years ago was on the biggest media stage in America, New York, and it catapulted him ...Read more
Dieter Kurtenbach: Brock Purdy is in line for a massive contract. The 49ers don't have to pay him.
Are we sure Jared Goff is worth more than $50 million per year?
Because if he is, that’s going to be a problem for the 49ers.
San Francisco has long anticipated paying Brock Purdy, the team’s third-year quarterback, at the market rate starting in 2026.
But Goff just reset the market with a four-year, $212 million contract.
In this era of...Read more
Ravens 2024 schedule: 5 prime-time games, including 'Monday Night Football' showdown between Harbaugh brothers
BALTIMORE — After Lamar Jackson took home his second NFL Most Valuable Player award last season, the Ravens are scheduled for a healthy dose of prime-time action this year.
Baltimore will play five nationally televised night games — tied for the most in franchise history — over the first dozen weeks of the 2024 NFL season, including ...Read more
Seahawks 2024 schedule: Season opens vs. Broncos with 4 prime-time games
SEATTLE — The Seahawks will open the Mike Macdonald era on Sept. 8 against the Denver Broncos at Lumen Field.
They’ll end the first season of Macdonald’s rookie year on Jan. 4 or 5 in Los Angeles against the Rams.
In between, they’ll play four prime-time games — but they won’t play on Thanksgiving or Christmas or internationally.
...Read more
Bears 2024 schedule: 3 prime-time games, a London meeting -- and all 6 NFC North matchups in last 8 weeks of season
CHICAGO — The Caleb Williams era in Chicago will begin Sept. 8 at Soldier Field when the Bears open the 2024 regular season against the Tennessee Titans.
In Week 2 of his rookie year, Williams will be featured in prime time against the Houston Texans and quarterback C.J. Stroud, the 2023 offensive rookie of the year. That game at NRG Stadium ...Read more
NFL 2024 schedule: Chargers' first year with Jim Harbaugh features three prime-time games
LOS ANGELES — The Jim Harbaugh era of Chargers football will begin at SoFi Stadium against the rival Las Vegas Raiders, the franchise with which Harbaugh was an assistant in 2002-03.
He coached quarterbacks during those two seasons, when the Raiders were still playing in Oakland.
The Chargers will face Las Vegas at 1:05 p.m. Sept. 8, the NFL...Read more
NFL 2024 schedule: Rams open with chance to avenge playoff loss to Jared Goff and Lions
LOS ANGELES — The NFL knows and desires drama.
Last season's NFC wild-card playoff game between the Rams and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in Detroit was a spectacle that featured one of the most pulsating atmospheres in recent league history.
The Rams and quarterback Matthew Stafford will get a chance to avenge the defeat when they open ...Read more
Bucs 2024 schedule: Baker Mayfield and Co. to play 4 prime-time games
TAMPA, Fla. — A year ago, NFL executives and their network partners decided Baker Mayfield and the Bucs weren’t must-see TV.
You could tell by the too-early Week 5 bye and 11 kickoffs at 1 p.m., games that weren’t televised to much of the nation. It was the skid row of schedules.
But winning a third consecutive NFC South title, beating ...Read more
Eagles' 2024 schedule features five early road games, and five matchups in prime time
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are hitting the road early and often this season.
Five of their first seven games in 2024 will take place beyond Lincoln Financial Field, the NFL revealed in its leaguewide, regular-season schedule release on Wednesday. That includes the Eagles’ Week 1 matchup against the Green Bay Packers in São Paulo, Brazil, in...Read more
Here is the Chiefs' 2024 NFL schedule, with kickoff times, TV details
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Somehow, the NFL couldn’t find a game for the Chiefs on a Tuesday.
But the league covered every other day of the week with the 2024 regular-season schedule unveiled on Wednesday evening.
That’s right. In addition to games played on the usual network or streaming contracts — typically, those are Sundays, Mondays and ...Read more
Sam McDowell: Chiefs' 2024 NFL schedule is brutal from the jump. That's a good thing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL provided a sneak-peek at the Chiefs’ schedule before the arrival of the full entrée later Wednesday, and out of the gate, it’s an AFC championship game rematch.
And then comes a rematch of the two AFC title games before that.
The Baltimore Ravens, the team the Chiefs beat in January to advance to Super Bowl ...Read more
Inside the 2024 NFL schedule: How the NFL assures fair distribution of top TV games
LOS ANGELES — It's not just coming up with a schedule that works for all 32 teams, the NFL also has the challenge of pleasing its broadcast partners by evenly doling out the premier games.
To that end, the league ranks the matchups in terms of quality from 1 to 272.
That's entirely subjective, of course, but people can generally agree on top...Read more
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's Benedictine College commencement speech: Wives should stay at home
LOS ANGELES — Harrison Butker is a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most accurate field goal kickers in NFL history.
As such, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker was given a platform to express his views as the commencement speaker at Benedictine College.
The devout Christian used the opportunity to give some radical thoughts and ...Read more
Netflix will carry 2 exclusive NFL Christmas games in 2024
Netflix has acquired the exclusive rights to two NFL Christmas games, the streamer's most aggressive move yet into live sports.
The company announced Wednesday ahead of its advertiser presentation in New York that it will be the global home of the league's two Dec. 25 football contests. The games fall on a Wednesday this year.
The teams for ...Read more
Yvette Walker: Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is welcome to his conservative beliefs -- but he's wrong on women, Bible
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker’s commencement address to Benedictine College is under fire in social media. The Kansas City Chiefs place kicker is Catholic, and delivered a very traditional and orthodox commencement address at this private Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kan., last weekend.
Raised Catholic and still a ...Read more
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