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Getty Images Sports teams that occupy the same market try under normal circumstances to get along, even if they’re essentially competing for the same finite money, time, and loyalties of the local fan base. Indeed, the positive vibes that flow among and between the football, baseball...

Getty Images The NFL released the preseason schedule on Tuesday and it includes a matchup between the Patriots and Titans in Nashville during the second week of exhibition action. It looks like the two teams will also be practicing together in the days leading up to the game. Titans head coach...

Getty Images The 49ers might have had some interest in kicker Stephen Gostkowski, but any notions of signing him to replace Robbie Gould will have to be put on ice. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Gostkowski has agreed to a new two-year contract with the Patriots. The deal comes after a...

Getty Images A 64-year-old Chiefs fan has been given a citation for disturbing the peace for shining a laser pointer in the face of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the AFC Championship Game. Dwyan Morgan faces up to a year in jail or a fine up to $1,000, according to the Kansas City...

Getty Images Patriots defensive coordinator Greg Schiano abruptly left the team last month. Beyond a statement that invited multiple layers and levels of speculation, no clear answers have emerged regarding his decision to step aside, just as he was returning to the NFL after a five-year...

Getty Images Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen is going to report to work in Arizona today, for the start of Kliff Kingsbury’s offseason program. How long he remains a Cardinal remains to be seen. According to Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America, Washington remains the team in best...

Getty Images The Patriots picked up special teams captain Matthew Slater‘s roster bonus this offseason, ensuring he’ll stay for a 12th season in New England. He wants to be nowhere else. “I was really excited to hear from Bill [Belichick] that they wanted me part of the team moving forward...

Getty Images The Seahawks signed a pair of former first-rounders this offseason to bolster their offensive line, now they’re looking for some depth. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Patriots free agent tackle Ulrick John is visiting the Seahawks later this week. The...

Getty Images Rob Gronkowski is insisting, for now, that he’s retired from football and focusing on “new opportunities.” But one of the oldest speculated destinations for his post-NFL life has popped up again, with nothing to diminish the talk. From our friends at NBC Sports Boston (via...

Getty Images When the Patriots acquired defensive end Michael Bennett last month, they did so by trading their 2020 fifth-round pick to the Eagles for Bennett and a 2020 seventh-round pick. That’s the kind of move the Patriots love. In fact, since 2014 the Patriots have made 14 trades that...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said in a recent Instagram post that he hopes tight end Rob Gronkowski returns to add to his career touchdown catch total and Brady has some company in an unlikely place when it comes to wanting to see Gronk play again. Jets safety Jamal Adams was...

Getty Images The effort to preserve the drama of the first night of the draft continues. Adam Schefter of ESPN, one of the two Disney-owned networks that will be televising the draft, reports that Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen will be present for the start of the team’s offseason program on...

Getty Images One of the most successful coaches in college football history and one of the most successful coaches in professional football history were on the same staff in Cleveland in the 1990s, and lessons learned then are still valuable today. Alabama head coach Nick Saban was an...

Getty Images Michael Bennett’s lawyer predicted a year ago that the case against the defensive lineman would be exposed as “ludicrous.” On Wednesday, prosecutors in Houston dismissed the charge of injury to the elderly against Bennett, David Barron of the Houston Chronicle reports. “We...

Getty Images The legal fight regarding the solicitation of prostitution charges against Patriots owner Robert Kraft continues. Via ESPN.com, Kraft’s lawyers filed a 92-page document attacking the evidence against him in the Florida case. The argument focuses on the necessity of secretly...

Getty Images Texas A&M defensive lineman Kingsley Keke has a busy month, with five visits and three private workouts. He will travel to the Houston, New England, Detroit, Dallas and Denver, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. He also has private workouts with the Bills, Saints and...

Getty Images Offensive tackle Leon Gray, who played for the Patriots from 1973-78, will enter the team’s Hall of Fame. A senior selection committee elected Gray, who died in 2001 at the age of 49. The Dolphins made Gray a third-round draft pick in 1973 as an offensive tackle out of Jackson...

Getty Images The Patriots announced they signed offensive tackle Cedrick Lang on Monday. Lang, 26, spent the entire 2018 season on the Vikings’ injured reserve list after undergoing surgery on his right leg during the preseason. The Vikings did not tender Lang for $570,000 as an exclusive...

Getty Images The Bears haven’t made the same kind of big swings in free agency this year as they did in head coach Matt Nagy’s first offseason on the job in 2018. That Bears team was trying to snap an extended run of losing seasons and made several moves that helped pave the way toward a...

Getty Images Shortly before he was traded from the Eagles to the Patriots, Michael Bennett said he wants a raise. Now he has it. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Patriots and Bennett have agreed to a reworked two-year deal. Bennett still has two years remaining on his contract, but he...