Coach retirement
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf runs during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Saints aim for cleaner game against explosive Seahawks

By Brett Martel Oct. 06, 2022 09:34 PM EDT

Jimmy Smith retires after 11 years with Baltimore Ravens

Oct. 03, 2022 06:12 PM EDT
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Defensive back Jimmy Smith announced his retirement Monday after 11 years with the Baltimore Ravens. Smith said late last...

Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett respomds to question during a news conference before practice at the NFL team's headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Centennial, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Broncos' Hackett hires Rosburg to help him in his decisions

By Arnie Stapleton Sep. 25, 2022 06:42 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws against the Indianapolis Colts in the first half of an NFL preseason preseason football game in Indianapolis, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Prescott embraces Brady duel in another Cowboys-Bucs opener

By Schuyler Dixon Sep. 08, 2022 06:43 PM EDT

New Orleans Saints' head coach Dennis Allen watches a drill before an NFL football joint practice session with the Green Bay Packers Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Saints seek 6th straight winning season at dawn of Allen era

By Brett Martel Aug. 24, 2022 04:52 PM EDT

FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady throws a pass during NFL football training camp, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. When Brady announced he was ending his brief retirement and returning to the NFL for a 23rd season, Leonard Fournette wasn’t caught off guard. Brady, who turned 45 a week into training camp, cited “unfinished business” as one of the reasons for changing his mind. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Bucs, Brady look to return to Super Bowl after loss to Rams

By The Associated Press Aug. 24, 2022 02:59 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady waves to the fans during an NFL football training camp practice Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Tom Brady is back, but he's hardly the only story for Bucs

By Fred Goodall Jul. 27, 2022 06:20 PM EDT

FILE - Houston Texans coach Romeo Crennel talks during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Dec. 27, 2020, in Houston. Crennel announced his retirement Monday, June 6, 2022, ending a 39-year NFL coaching career highlighted by five Super Bowl titles. He spent the past eight seasons with the Texans. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File)
Romeo Crennel retires after almost 40 years as NFL coach

By Kristie Rieken Jun. 06, 2022 06:41 PM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 27 1823 — A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union Course, Long...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
April 28 1966 — Boston edges the Los Angeles Lakers 95-93 in Game 7, giving the Celtics and coach Red Auerbach eight straight NBA titles. Auerbach, who...

Quarterback Matt Corral passes during a drill at the Mississippi football pro day in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
After trade, Saints look to draft offensive playmakers

By The Associated Press Apr. 22, 2022 01:07 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
April 26 1905 — Jack McCarthy of the Cubs became the only outfielder in major league history to throw out three runners at the plate, each of whom...

FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians talks to quarterback Tom Brady before the team's NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers on Jan. 9, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. Arians has decided to retire as coach of the Buccaneers and move into a front-office role with the team, it was announced Wednesday night, March 30. Arians, who will turn 70 this coming season, coached the Bucs to the Super Bowl title in the 2020 season — Tom Brady’s first with Tampa Bay. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio, File)
Arians retires as Bucs' coach, Bowles promoted to top spot

By Fred Goodall Mar. 30, 2022 08:50 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Replacing Brady not only challenge Bucs face in free agency

By The Associated Press Mar. 10, 2022 04:58 PM EST

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski listens while being honored following the team's NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in Durham, N.C., Saturday, March 5, 2022. The game was Krzyzewski's final at Cameron Indoor Stadium. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Duke's Coach K turns focus to next steps after UNC loss

By Aaron Beard Mar. 06, 2022 12:23 AM EST

FILE - Fox Sports play-by-play announcer Joe Buck, left, and analyst Troy Aikman work in the broadcast booth before a preseason NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars in Miami Gardens, Fla., Aug. 22, 2019. Aikman is on the verge of leaving Fox after 22 years to become the lead analyst on ESPN's Monday Night Football. The New York Post reported that Aikman will sign a five-year deal that would rival the $17.5 million per year Tony Romo is making at CBS. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Aikman expected to leave Fox for ESPN 'Monday Night' booth

By Joe Reedy Feb. 24, 2022 07:30 PM EST

Bills LB coach Bob Babich retires, replaced by son Bobby

Feb. 24, 2022 01:18 PM EST
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y (AP) — Buffalo Bills linebackers coach Bob Babich has retired and is being replaced by his son, Bobby. The Bills announced several...

FILE - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula watches from sideline as his team goes down in defeat against the Washington Redskins in NFL football's Super Bowl XVII, Jan. 30, 1983, in Pasadena, Calif. Washington beat Miami 27-17. (AP Photo/File)
Gibbs gets the best of Shula for his 1st Super Bowl title

By Barry Wilner Feb. 04, 2022 11:47 AM EST

Sean Payton, center left, leaves with general manager Mickey Loomis following an NFL football press conference announcing his resignation as head coach of the New Orleans Saints, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Metairie, La. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle)
Saints' Sean Payton steps down as coach after 16 years

By Brett Martel Jan. 25, 2022 02:31 PM EST

FILE - New York Giants new NFL football head coach Joe Judge, second from left, poses for photographs with New York Giants chairman and executive vice president Steve Tisch, second from right, New York Giants CEO John Mara, left, and New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman, right, after a news conference Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in East Rutherford, N.J. Seeing the Giants struggles in a four-win season that led to the retirement of general manager Dave Gettleman and the firing of coach Joe Judge was the low point in co-owner John Mara’s more than 30-year association with the franchise. Speaking less than 24 hours after firing his third coach since December 2017, Mara said Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, the Giants need to build from the ground up. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Giants co-owner John Mara says past season was his low point

By Tom Canavan Jan. 12, 2022 03:45 PM EST