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Hall of Fame defensive lineman Gino Marchetti dies
BALTIMORE — Gino Marchetti, a Hall of Fame defensive end who helped the Baltimore Colts win consecutive NFL championships in the late 1950s, died. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Marchetti was 93. He died Monday at Paoli Hospital in Paoli, Pa., hospital spokeswoman Mary Kate Coghlan said. Marchetti...
Clay Matthews reacts to Packers giving his old number to a rookie
Newly-acquired Los Angeles Rams linebacker Clay Matthews seemed a little miffed about his old team giving his jersey number to a rookie. Matthews made a name for himself for 10 season playing defense for the Green Bay Packer. On Monday, his number, 52, was given to Michigan linebacker Rashan Gary,...
Atlanta Falcons release Seneca Valley, Slippery Rock graduate Fusco
The Atlanta Falcons on Monday released offensive lineman Brandon Fusco, a Seneca Valley and Slippery Rock graduate, after an injury-marred 2018 season. Fusco started the Falcons’ first seven games at right guard before suffering a season-ending injury in October. The team released him with the designation of a failed physical....
NFL, Twitter agree to multiyear extension, new features
NEW YORK — The NFL and Twitter announced a multiyear extension, including six new live shows for the league’s 100th season. The deal will feature live programming built around some of the NFL’s biggest events and more game highlights each week. The six shows will be focused on some of...
Dolphins’ Josh Rosen says he can be franchise QB
DAVIE, Fla. — As he embraced a fresh start Monday, Josh Rosen said all the right things, smiled a lot and even cracked a couple of jokes, such as when he noted the phalanx of photographers nearly drowning out his first news conference with the Miami Dolphins . “These clicks,”...
Police: Bad luck, not altercation, got football players shot
TOPEKA, Kan. — Two Washburn University football players who were shot outside of an off-campus house party hours after one of them was drafted by the New York Giants were “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” authorities said Monday. The shooting early Sunday killed defensive back Dwane Simmons...
Ex-Raiders, Seahawks kicker Sebastian Janikowski retiring
Former Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks kicker Sebastian Janikowski is set to retire after an 18-year career. Janikowski spent 17 seasons with Oakland before kicking last season with Seattle after signing a one-year deal. Janikowski’s agent, Paul Healy, confirmed to the Associated Press on Monday his client intends to retire....
Plum’s Pat McAfee steals the show at the NFL Draft in Nashville
Before Friday night, Bobby Okereke was known merely as a guy who had a sack against Pitt in the Sun Bowl while building a reputation as one of the top inside linebackers available in the NFL Draft. Then, former Plum, West Virginia and Indiananpolis Colts punter Pat McAfee showed up...
Former Pitt star Qadree Ollison stands out among Falcons RBsVideo
Qadree Ollison isn’t entering an especially crowded running back situation in Atlanta. In fact, physically, the former Pitt running back will stand out in the crowd at 6-foot-2, 225 pounds because the other backs are listed at 5-8 (Devonta Freeman and Marcus Green) and 5-9 (Ito Smith). No question, the...
NFL Draft draws record numbers in Nashville and on TV
The NFL Draft drew record numbers both on site and on television. The league said Monday that more than 600,000 attended over the three days in Nashville, easily eclipsing the 250,000 that came to watch two years ago in Philadelphia. Nielsen reports that the draft on ESPN, ABC and NFL...
Ex-Penn State RBs Miles Sanders, Saquon Barkley friendly rivals again
Miles Sanders patiently waited his turn behind Saquon Barkley for two years instead of transferring out of Penn State to a football program that could have used his considerable skills right away. That’s just the kind of player and person Sanders is. “Coming out of high school, I was a...
With stars in place, Cleveland Browns have rare stress-free draft
BEREA, Ohio — Freddie Kitchens emerged from the Browns’ draft room looking like a wide-eyed rookie. Things had been moving quickly for Cleveland’s first-year coach, who seemed a little dazed after spending three whirlwind days observing general manager John Dorsey and his staff relentlessly work the phones with other NFL...
Shooting kills college football player, injures Giants draft pick
TOPEKA, Kan. — Washburn University’s joy over one of its own going to the pros quickly shifted to grief this weekend after a shooting killed a current Washburn football player and wounded the former member of the team who was drafted by the New York Giants hours earlier. Police in...
Trump praises No. 2 pick Nick Bosa, not top pick Kyler Murray
The NFL Draft wasn’t far from President Trump’s mind Saturday night as he addressed a crowd in Green Bay, Wis., and his decision to laud the second overall pick, a white player who has expressed support for Trump, but not mention the No. 1 pick, who is black, has sparked...
Chase Winovich might be getting a haircut when joining the Patriots
Chase Winovich, Jefferson Hills native, is headed to the New England Patriots but he might be getting a haircut when he gets there. Winovich, a Thomas Jefferson graduate who was an outside linebacker at Michigan, was drafted by the Super Bowl champion Patriots in the third round (No. 77 overall)...
Ravens think Penn State’s Trace McSorley ‘could have a big role’
Penn State’s Trace McSorley sensed a quick kinship with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. They met two years ago at the Maxwell Awards, will be working together soon and have been similarly adamant about playing quarterback after college. The Ravens on Saturday drafted McSorley in the sixth round, specifically calling...
Final day of NFL Draft littered with potential backup QBs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Let’s talk quarterbacks. As in potential backup quarterbacks in the NFL, and maybe starters down the road. Eleven quarterbacks were chosen in the NFL Draft. The trio that went in the opening round — No. 1 overall Kyler Murray to Arizona, No. 16 Daniel Jones to the...
Ex-NFL QB Gus Frerotte, TribLive Podcast Network debut weekly program Monday
For 15 NFL seasons in eight major media markets, Gus Frerotte endured incessant questions from waves of reporters. Now, it’s his turn to fire back. In his new venture, he not only will ask the tough questions, he plans to inform and educate. Frerotte, who grew up in Ford City...
NFL Draft wreaks havoc on bachelorette parties in Nashville
Apparently it isn’t a good idea to host a bachelorette party at the same time and place as the NFL Draft. Who knew that Nashville is the destination spot for bachelorette parties in the country? What a lot of women who planned on making this a weekend to remember are...
Cowboys draft Penn State offensive lineman Connor McGovern in the third round
Guard Connor McGovern was the second Penn State player drafted Friday night when he went to the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (No. 91 overall). McGovern, 6-foot-5, 308 pounds, moved between guard and center at Penn State, starting nine games as a freshmen at right guard and all 13...
Thomas Jefferson grad Chase Winovich goes to Patriots in 3rd roundVideo
Thomas Jefferson graduate Chase Winovich, a third-team All-American and first-team Big Ten outside linebacker from Michigan, was drafted by the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the third round (No. 78 overall) on Friday night. The 6-foot-3, 256-pound Winovich started only one full season at Michigan, but was a...
Passing game, passing ‘D’ dominate Rounds 2-3 of NFL DraftVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — So you want proof the NFL is an aerial circus? Try the second round of the draft. And some of the third. Of Friday night’s first 32 picks, 11 were defensive backs charged with holding down pass catchers, of which seven were chosen. Plus another seven offensive...
Chiefs suspend Tyreek Hill after audio discussing child abuse
OLATHE, Kan. — The Kansas City Chiefs effectively suspended Tyreek Hill from all team-related activities Thursday night while they investigate an audio recording that aired on a local TV station in which the star wide receiver’s fiancee accused him of abusing their 3-year-old son. The recording surfaced one day after...
Cardinals take Kyler Murray, their 2nd consecutive 1st-round pick on QBVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback at the top, two more QBs along the way — and a whole lot of guys who like nothing better than putting passers on the ground. That was the look for the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night. Arizona defied...
Coverage will offer different perspectives on NFL Draft
George Grande had no idea what ESPN was about to create when he anchored the first telecast of the NFL Draft in 1980. “We didn’t know who or how many people would be watching,” Grande said. “For us, it gave us a link to the NFL. It helped our coverage...
