Player Notes

Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill will not face discipline from the NFL for an offseason incident at a marina in which he slapped a worker.League spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Miami Herald in an email on Thursday that “there will be no action taken by the league.”The Herald previously reported that Hill was deep sea fishing with friends and his agent on Father’s Day when he exchanged words with ...

COSTA MESA — Joey Bosa delivered a straightforward message Thursday afternoon. He stood behind a silver podium outside the Chargers’ locker room, dwarfing it, in fact. His muscular arms were all the more impressive as he gripped it tightly. His hair was trimmed short, his beard full. An awning shielded him from the blazing sun as he spoke after the final practice of Week 0.“Every year, I want to play ...

8-11 minutes 8/31/2023New Orleans and Miami have played host to the Super Bowl a combined total of nearly two dozen times. Officials in those cities are well versed in the planning and coordinating needed to welcome hundreds of thousands visitors for a weeklong celebration of football.Las Vegas will get its first crack at hosting the celebration in 2024, with the game set for Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium.And ...

August 31, 2023 - 6:35 amThe valuation of the Raiders continues to rise in Las Vegas, with the Silver and Black now worth $6.2 billion, making them the sixth-most valuable team in the NFL.The team’s value increased 22 percent over last year, when they were ninth, jumping $1.1 billion since 2022, according to Forbes annual ranking of NFL team values.The Raiders have come a long way from 2015, when they ...

4-5 minutes 8/31/2023August 31, 2023 - 3:40 PMThe inclusion of veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer on the Raiders’ roster along with starter Jimmy Garoppolo and rookie Aidan O’Connell would seem to indicate a logical depth chart at the position.But it might not be as simple as Hoyer serving as the backup with O’Connell in the emergency role created by the NFL’s new rule governing third quarterbacks.“I’ve ...

4-5 minutes 8/31/2023Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) hoists the Lombardi Trophy after leading the Chiefs to a Super Bowl LVII victory, 38-35, over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Chiefs Chairman & CEO Clark Hunt and Head Coach Andy Reid look on.When Patrick Mahomes became the Chiefs’ starting quarterback in 2018, the ...

Indianapolis StarINDIANAPOLIS — From the moment Anthony Richardson’s name was called on draft day, the rookie quarterback has been like a double shot of espresso for everybody around the Colts.For the fans, the mere selection of Richardson was a shot of life, the chance at developing a true franchise quarterback they’ve coveted since Andrew Luck’s retirement. For the front office, Richardson was a ...

Updated 19 hours agoCINCINNATI — If not for the horde of reporters documenting Joe Burrow’s every move in his return to practice Wednesday, it might have seemed just like any other day for the team’s fourth-year quarterback.Burrow has been out since suffering a right calf strain July 27 on the second day of training camp, but he’s returning just in time for the Bengals, who are a week-and-a-half out ...

Cincinnati EnquirerKeyshawn JohnsonKeyshawn Johnson rushed to Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins' defense on FS1's "Undisputed" when Skip Bayless said Higgins is not great, but just very good.Then Johnson, a co-host of the weekday morning debate show along with Bayless, Richard Sherman and Michael Irvin, aroused the ire of many Bengals fans by saying starting quarterback Joe Burrow, who has led ...

To borrow a famous quote from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” “attention must be paid” to Buffalo Bills players Stefon Diggs and Damar Hamlin entering the regular season for very different reasons.Diggs is supposedly unhappy while Hamlin is happy to be alive.This column gives both attention, starting with Diggs.Stephen A. Smith just knows Diggs is unhappy. Bills basher Nick Wright, Chris Broussard ...