Articles filed under Football
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Bears trade for Bills’ BatesMar 04, 2024 9:34 pm - The Bears traded a fifth-round draft pick for Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Ryan Bates.
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Broncos inform QB Russell Wilson they'll release him when new league year beginsMar 04, 2024 4:23 pm - ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos told Russell Wilson on Monday they're going to release him next week, just 18 months after signing the Super Bowl-winning quarterbac...
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Police say former NFL player Braylon Edwards is a hero for saving a man during YMCA assaultMar 04, 2024 4:15 pm - DETROIT — Former NFL player Braylon Edwards stepped in and saved the life of an 80-year-old man who was being attacked in the locker room at a suburban Detroit YMCA, poli...
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Eagles center Jason Kelce retires after 13 NFL seasons and 1 Super Bowl ringMar 04, 2024 3:25 pm - PHILADELPHIA — Jason Kelce has retired after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. The 36-year-old Kelce officially called it quits Monday at the Eagles' NovaCare Comp...
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Family ties link a small group of NFL combine invitees to famous football fathersMar 03, 2024 8:44 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Joe Alt had the perfect role model. He grew up in Minnesota, became a big-time recruit and joined a major college football program. He made the same seamle...
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Chris Mortensen, award-winning reporter who covered the NFL, dies at 72Mar 03, 2024 6:43 pm - Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for close to four decades, including 32 as a senior analyst at ESPN, died Sunday morning. He was 72. ESP...
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Will Williams be the next Chicago sports immortal?Mar 03, 2024 6:15 am - A bright shiny new thing awaits the Bears and all they need to do is point. His name is Caleb Williams and he is OK with it. Being a Bear, I mean. There was some buzz tha...
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Acing drills at the NFL scouting combine can lead to riches but don't forecast football greatnessMar 02, 2024 9:16 pm - All eyes may be on the draft prospects at the NFL scouting combine as they run the 40-yard dash, bench press 225 pounds and see how high and far they can jump and how qui...
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NFL Combine: Suburbanite Irving ready to put on a showMar 02, 2024 8:33 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Bucky Irving took a moment Friday to take in his surroundings. Before him stood reporters in the Indianapolis Convention Center at the NFL Combine ready to...
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North Carolina QB Maye says he’s not TrubiskyMar 01, 2024 4:16 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Bears fans have, maybe rightfully so, been nervous about the prospect of their team drafting a North Carolina quarterback with a top pick in the 2024 draft...