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    SEATTLE — The reunion is on. The Seahawks signed Bobby Wagner to a one-year, $7 million deal on Saturday to bring back one of the team’s most iconic, influential — and simply best — players in franchise history. “Yeah, I’m home,” Wagner texted to the Seattle Times Saturday afternoon, confirming the news that he would return to play at least one more season with the team with which he forged an ...

      The biggest story in the NFL is not Dan Snyder and the Washington Commanders, officiating, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers, Thursday Night Football flexing or any proposed rule change — although those are all worthy of note in their own right. The biggest story in football, as the NFL owners meetings begin Sunday at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix is that Brian Flores’ discrimination cases ...

        CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With the first pick in the 2023 NFL draft, the Carolina Panthers will select one of four quarterbacks. Bryce Young (Alabama), C.J. Stroud (Ohio State) Anthony Richardson (Florida) and Will Levis (Kentucky) all have a case to be the top pick. The Charlotte Observer is breaking down the top four quarterback prospects to analyze which of the four might be the best fit for the ...

          TAMPA, Fla. — Baker Mayfield arrived in Los Angeles on a Tuesday night in early December after being claimed off waivers by the Rams. He was taken by car from Los Angeles International Airport to the team’s training facility in Thousand Oaks, where he met with offensive coordinator Liam Coen and quarterbacks coach Zac Robinson for about 90 minutes. With less than 48 hours to go before a ...

          KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Midway through the funeral of Otis Taylor on Wednesday, a highlight video of his superb career with the Chiefs evoked oohs and cheers and surely some tears among the several hundred in attendance at the Friendship Baptist Church. When it was over, Pastor Michael C. Phillips of Paradise Missionary Baptist Church epitomized a recurring theme of the day when he suggested the ...

          The NFL will consider significant changes to the kicking game, with the competition committee proposing that the league adopt the college rule that allows touchbacks on fair catches of kickoffs and moving the touchback spot on punts to the 25-yard line. 

          PHILADELPHIA — Five days after losing star safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Detroit Lions in free agency, the Eagles have acquired his replacement. On Friday, the Eagles signed free agent safety Terrell Edmunds to a one-year deal. Edmunds, 26, just completed his fifth NFL season, all with the Pittsburgh Steelers, after being drafted in the first round out of Virginia Tech in 2018. “I had ...

          DETROIT — Detroit always had been represented at the Super Bowl — by one man. Jerry Green, a legendary sportswriter in Michigan, first at the Associated Press and later at The Detroit News, who was the only reporter to cover each of the first 56 Super Bowls, died on Thursday night, according to his daughter, Jenny Klein. He was 94. In February 2020, Green officially became the last reporter to ...

          BALTIMORE — The Ravens’ first notable free-agent addition this offseason addressed their biggest need. Desperate for help at wide receiver, the Ravens finally added their first player from outside the organization Friday, agreeing to a deal with veteran Nelson Agholor. The one-year contract is worth $3.25 million and includes another $3 million in incentives, according to multiple reports. ...

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          Darren Waller had just returned from his honeymoon with Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum when the Raiders traded him across the country to the New York Giants. Welcome to married life as a professional athlete. Waller’s journey to NFL stardom has been complicated. Plus news from around the NFL on Thursday.

          TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Former Alabama quarterback Bryce Young had the full attention of the NFL at the school’s Pro Day on Thursday. All 32 teams were present, with 12 general managers and 10 head coaches on hand. Young, who didn’t throw at the NFL scouting combine, was sharp and accurate during his scripted workout. He had one deep ball hit the top of the indoor facility, but he rebounded nicely. ...

          STANFORD, Calif. — Fifteen years ago, the 49ers opened free agency in grand fashion, whisking Justin Smith on a helicopter tour around the Bay Area before the defensive tackle downed beers all night with his future defensive coordinator. John Lynch chuckled Wednesday when asked of the 49ers’ courting process for this year’s top target: another defensive tackle, Javon Hargrave. There wasn’t ...

          PITTSBURGH — The San Francisco 49ers' desperate quarterback situation last season almost brought Ben Roethlisberger back to the NFL. In speaking with 105.9 The X host Mark Madden on Tuesday, the Steelers' future Hall of Fame signal caller said he was contacted by the NFC West power after injuries to Trey Lance and Garoppolo left an apparent void behind center. "They called to gauge interest, ...

          Former Raiders tight end Foster Moreau said Wednesday he is stepping away from football after being diagnosed with cancer. Moreau, 25, learned about his diagnosis through the free agency process when he was undergoing a physical with doctors from the New Orleans Saints. “Through somewhat of a miraculous process, this free agency period has been life changing for me,” the New Orleans native ...

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