MINNEAPOLIS — Matt Kalil, the former NFL Pro Bowler whom the Vikings selected with the No. 4 pick in the 2012 draft, has sued his ex-wife over allegations that she invaded his privacy and profited off discussing their sex life and his genitalia on a popular social media livestream.

Haley Kalil is a successful social media influencer with ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Mattress Mack is back with a $2 million bet on the Super Bowl.

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has $2 million to win $4 million riding at Caesars Sportsbook on the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl over the Seattle Seahawks.

McIngvale, 74, placed the bet on the AFC to win Super Bowl 60 at ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Westgate SuperBook renewed a long-running tradition Wednesday night when it released its enormous menu of Super Bowl 60 prop bets.

Sharp bettors waited in line to place up to two $2,000 wagers apiece before going to the back of the line to do it again. There was a steady stream of bettors for almost two hours taking the first ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Ravens rolled out the purple carpet. About two dozen players present and past — Travis Jones and Justice Hill and Ray Rice and Jamie Sharper among them — filled most of the first three rows in the team’s auditorium in Owings Mills on Thursday.

They were there to see the former assistant who’d coached Baltimore’s ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — You’ve probably never heard of Eugène Sue, a French surgeon under Napoleon and later the writer credited with first use of the phrase, “La vengeance se mange très-bien froide.”

Loosely translated, it means, “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” It has been uttered by characters as diverse as Vito Corleone in The ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — It’s laughable. Absurd. Embarrassing. Certainly not a reflection of his accomplishments as an NFL coach, which is all this should be about.

Certainly not what should matter most.

As first reported by ESPN, Bill Belichick will not be inducted as a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer this summer. The former New England ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — In the aftermath of clinching a spot in the Super Bowl, there was plenty of praise for the performance by Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III from his head coach.

There was also an unintentional mention of Walker’s reality.

“I'm happy for him. He just worked. Now he's had an opportunity to really carry the load and ...Read more

DENVER — Bo Nix wants the world to know: He has no concerns that he’s any kind of injury-prone quarterback.

“My ankles,” Nix said Wednesday, “are feeling really good.”

In a conference call with reporters, Nix contradicted his own head coach’s communication around the quarterback’s ankle fracture.

“Nothing predisposed, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A 33-year-old unemployed Jesse Minter sat across from John Harbaugh.

It was 2017. Minter was interviewing for a coaching assistant job in Baltimore. His resume showed six years of defensive coordinator experience piloting turnarounds at Indiana State, then Georgia State. Harbaugh heard all about it from Minter’s father, Rick, ...Read more

With Super Bowl LX less than two weeks away, federal officials have confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security will be involved in security for the Bay Area’s biggest event in years — a routine role the department plays at major sporting events — even as viral reports and heightened national tensions have fueled fears that ...Read more

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye officially has a right shoulder injury.

The Patriots did not practice on Wednesday, but the team still had to release a practice participation and injury report ahead of Super Bowl LX. If the Patriots did practice, Maye would have been limited with a right shoulder injury.

Here’s the full simulated injury ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s hard to imagine a more accomplished candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame than Bill Belichick, who led the New England Patriots to an unprecedented six Super Bowl victories and whose 333 career wins are the second-most in NFL history.

His profile is such that you could make his case among Hall of Fame voters ...Read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — What do LeBron James, Tom Brady, the president of the United States and North Carolina’s athletic director-in-waiting all have in common?

They all agree on this much: Bill Belichick was snubbed.

Reactions ranging from disbelief to outrage have continued to pour in from the sports world and political realm after ESPN ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — “I’m livid.”

That’s how Jimmy Johnson answered the phone.

“I’m so livid.”

The Hall of Fame coach recently ended a conversation with his friend and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman by saying, ‘By the way, I’m probably going to Canton this summer with (Bill) Belichick getting in the Hall ...Read more

CHICAGO — There’s only one way for the Pro Football Hall of Fame to right the wrong of denying former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick his first-ballot entrance into the Hall.

Gather all the 50 voters back together and stage a “Knives Out” whodunit, with Daniel Craig investigating in a musky mansion.

Maybe they could even get ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Browns have their next coach, and he comes from AFC North rival Baltimore.

Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken has agreed to become Cleveland’s next head coach, a source with direct knowledge confirmed to The Baltimore Sun. He replaces Kevin Stefanski, who was fired earlier this month.

At age 59, it is his first NFL ...Read more

DENVER — Say this for Sean Payton: He sure liked to spread the drops around.

The Denver Broncos were the only NFL team to place three players among the league’s top 15 in dropped passes during the regular season, per Pro-Football-Reference.com — wide receiver Courtland Sutton (eight), tight end Evan Engram (eight) and running back RJ ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — New Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike McCarthy would welcome a reunion with Aaron Rodgers. Now, like last offseason, all the Steelers can do is wait for Rodgers to make his decision.

“Definitely,” McCarthy said Tuesday at his introductory news conference when asked if he would like Rodgers to return for the 2026 season. “I don...Read more

DENVER — Two days after a grueling loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC title game, Sean Payton is shaking up his coaching staff, including a major move on the offensive side

The Denver Broncos fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, wide receivers coach Keary Colbert and cornerbacks coach Addison Lynch on Tuesday, Payton announced ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brian Daboll has run 12 seasons worth of NFL offenses for five different teams in his coaching career.

In the three full seasons he coached Buffalo Bills star quarterback Josh Allen as a starter, Daboll’s offenses on average ranked ninth in the league in points per game and 11th in yards.

In the other nine seasons without Allen,...Read more