EDDIE PELLS
Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Damien Wilson (54), tight end Travis Kelce (87) and offensive tackle Cameron Erving (75) douse head coach Andy Reid with Gatorade in celebration of a victory during the NFL Super Bowl football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Chiefs defeated the 49ers 31-20.(Margaret Bowles via AP)
Time passages: Mahomes leads comeback for the ages for KC

By Eddie Pells Feb. 03, 2020 07:38 AM EST
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — They were celebrating the passage of time as much as

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. The same guys who banished Kaepernick from the league for kneeling during the anthem to raise awareness about those very same issues have ruthlessly commandeered his cause. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Kaepernick's Super Bowl close call has lasting impact on NFL

By Eddie Pells Feb. 02, 2020 11:13 AM EST
MIAMI (AP) — One play. Five yards. A flag that wasn’t thrown.

Hall of Fame Class of 2020, stand on stage at the NFL Honors football award show Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Safeties first: Polamalu, Atwater heading to Hall of Fame

By Eddie Pells Feb. 01, 2020 06:02 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — He grew his hair so long, it flowed out of his helmet and obscured

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 1970 file photo, Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram walks on the field prior to the Super Bowl game with the Minnesota Vikings in New Orleans. As the Chiefs prepare to play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, many members of the 1970 team never lived to see the the Chiefs return to the championship game, and many others are in failing health. (AP Photo)
Chief on the mic: 50 years later, Stram still shines on film

By Eddie Pells Jan. 30, 2020 02:34 AM EST
MIAMI (AP) — “Matriculate: To enroll as a member of a body and especially of a

FILE - In this June 4, 2019, file photo, construction cranes surround a football stadium under construction in Las Vegas. The most compelling dramas in the NFL this season unfolded on the field, not off of it. And any thought that the league was in jeopardy of losing its spot as America's favorite sport has been set on the back burner. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Ratings up, future bright: NFL rebounds off troubled seasons

By Eddie Pells Jan. 27, 2020 02:43 AM EST
The most compelling drama in the NFL this season unfolded on the field, not off

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) celebrates after converting a first down against the Green Bay Packers during the first half of the NFL NFC Championship football game Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
After cashing in on QB gambles, Niners, Chiefs in Super Bowl

By Eddie Pells Jan. 19, 2020 10:09 PM EST
A little more than two years ago, a pair of teams gambled on quarterbacks who

Baltimore Ravens defensive back Chuck Clark, left, brings down Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Vance McDonald during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
ICYMI: Winston joins group of one _ the 30 TD-30 INT club

By Eddie Pells Dec. 30, 2019 02:29 AM EST
With one last bad throw to close out the season, Jameis Winston became part of

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. throws his gloves to a fan after an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Cleveland. Cleveland won 41-24. (AP Photo/David Richard)
NFL ICYMI: Bengals take care of business, clinch top pick

By Eddie Pells Dec. 23, 2019 02:06 AM EST
They tried to give it away. But when the Cincinnati Bengals really needed to

El quarterback de los Buccaneers de Tampa Bay Jameis Winston señala durante la primera mitad del juego de la NFL contra los Lions de Detroit, el domingo 15 de diciembre de 2019, en Detroit. (AP Foto/Paul Sancya)
NFL ICYMI: All ends well for Cowboys after flip over toss

By Eddie Pells Dec. 16, 2019 03:34 AM EST
It was the debate about da boot. Like almost everything

Houston Texans inside linebacker Zach Cunningham (41) tackles Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew (15) during the second half of an NFL football game at Wembley Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in London. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Minshew a flop in London, no sure starter back in Jax

By Eddie Pells Nov. 03, 2019 03:39 PM EST
LONDON (AP) — Minshew Mania was a passing fad in London. It

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) runs out of the pocket under pressure by Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue (91) during the first half of an NFL football game at Wembley Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
No looking back: Watson on point as Texans top Jags 26-3

By Eddie Pells Nov. 03, 2019 12:44 PM EST
LONDON (AP) — Deshaun Watson's most impressive completion won't even count as

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) scrambles as Oakland Raiders defensive end Clelin Ferrell (96) and outside linebacker Tahir Whitehead (59) close in during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
ICYMI in NFL Week 8: Pats D finds end zone again

By Eddie Pells Oct. 28, 2019 03:25 AM EDT
Big news: The Patriots defense allowed a touchdown. Not big

New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown (17) gets away from Miami Dolphins cornerbacks Jomal Wiltz (33) and Miami Dolphins cornerback Eric Rowe (21) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Week 2 ICYMI: Back for now, Brown leads the way for Patriots

By Eddie Pells Sep. 16, 2019 03:10 AM EDT
On the field, Antonio Brown was hard to catch. Off it — hard to find.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray throws during the second half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
Week 1 ICYMI: Browns bad as ever; Kyler makes a comeback

By Eddie Pells Sep. 09, 2019 03:09 AM EDT
Undisciplined. Mistake-prone. Just downright awful. These Cleveland

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016, file photo, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Devin Fuller runs the ball in the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland. Fuller got his first taste of the NFL's business side during his rookie minicamp. One of the receiver's would-be teammates had a bad practice. Not much later, that player got pulled out of a meeting. Not much after that, the player was no longer Fuller's teammate. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
NFL's Trust gives players Plan B when careers end (suddenly)

By Eddie Pells Aug. 19, 2019 02:56 AM EDT
Devin Fuller got his first taste of the NFL's business side during his rookie

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Rams' Nickell Robey-Coleman breaks up a pass intended for New Orleans Saints' Tommylee Lewis during the second half of the NFL football NFC championship game in New Orleans. The non-call on the play involving Rams Nickell Robey-Coleman in the NFC championship game cost the Saints a trip to the Super Bowl. (Or, at least that's how they see it in New Orleans) After taking tons of flak, then admitting the call was wrong, but doing nothing to alter the outcome of the game, the NFL rule-makers met a few months later and declared pass interference would now be reviewable.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Analysis: No call in sports is above being picked apart

By Eddie Pells May. 09, 2019 02:11 AM EDT
The replays stream onto our sets in high-definition on a practically endless loop,

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Serena Williams argues with chair umpire Carlos Ramos during a match against Naomi Osaka, of Japan, in the women's final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Blown calls, controversial calls and non-calls are nothing new to sports. Sometimes, the reaction of the wronged party can be as memorable as the call itself. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Tough calls prove again that sports aren't perfectly fair

By Eddie Pells Apr. 08, 2019 07:43 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The toilet paper was already flying at Toomer's Corner, the spot

FILE - In this March 23, 2019, file photo, Michigan State's Jack Hoiberg (10) signals a play during the second half of a second round men's college basketball game against Minnesota in the NCAA Tournament, in Des Moines, Iowa. Jack Hoiberg passed up a Division I golf scholarship to join Michigan State's storied program as a walk-on. Next season, his father, Fred Hoiberg, will be an opposing coach in the Big Ten with Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Art of the D: This Final Four, defense wins championships

By Eddie Pells Apr. 05, 2019 04:41 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A short year ago, it not only felt inevitable, it was already

New England Patriots' Tom Brady (12) celebrates on the field, after the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta. The Patriots won 13-3. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Throwback night: Pats win Super Bowl the old-fashioned way

By Eddie Pells Feb. 04, 2019 08:12 AM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Graying but still gritty, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots

New England Patriots' Tom Brady (12) gestures to the bench after missing the first down by inches during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
5 plays, 69 yards _ and the Patriots get their winning TD

By Eddie Pells Feb. 04, 2019 12:17 AM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — For five plays, and for 2 minutes, 49 seconds, Tom Brady looked like