Author: Zachary Pereles

Travis Kelce’s fandom of the Cleveland sports teams knows no bounds. Now, he’s taken a financial interest in them, too. The Chiefs‘ star tight end purchased a minority share of the Guardians, according to ESPN.

“I have so much love for this city,” Kelce told ESPN. “I say it all the time: I’m just a kid from the Heights living the dream. I credit every good thing in my life to Cleveland and being raised here with the values and the people and the work ethic. Cleveland Heights is such a diverse and dynamic place. Every friend, neighbor, teacher and teammate

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Shortly after the Bengals were eliminated from last year’s playoffs, Joe Burrow made his displeasure known in no uncertain terms.

“We don’t want to be in the spot we are in now, so something’s got to change,” Burrow said Dec. 31. “Whether it’s players we have continuing to improve and get better and play championship-caliber football or bringing in guys that will or whatever it may be. Obviously, something has to [change].”

Speaking Wednesday amid voluntary workouts, Burrow struck a much different tone.

“We have everything we need in that locker room,” he said. “We just gotta go and make it happen.”

The three-time Pro

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The 2026 NFL Draft is a thing of the past, and now it’s time for the 257 selected players to join their teams by signing rookie contracts. Rookies can participate in minicamps and other offseason activities while not under contract, but once training camp rolls around, they need to be under contract to avoid complications.

Complications do indeed happen. Signing a rookie deal is usually a formality, with the rookie wage scale from the 2011 NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement laying out non-negotiable salary slots for the rookie wage scale. Still, there are a few instances in which

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Amid a near-total teardown and early-stage rebuild of their roster this offseason, the Dolphins ensured at least one of their cornerstones isn’t going anywhere by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million extension with De’Von Achane last week, per CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones.

It was a “put your money where your mouth is” situation. The Dolphins had already traded away both Jaylen Waddle (Broncos) and Minkah Fitzpatrick (Jets) by the time new GM Jon-Eric Sullivan said unequivocally last month Achane wasn’t available for trade. Now, Achane has one of the largest contracts at his position.

The electrifying 24-year-old registered 1,838

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The NFL schedule makers have done it again, producing the 272-piece puzzle that is the 2026 regular season. There are games on every day of the week except for Tuesday. There are loaded “Thursday Night Football,” “Sunday Night Football” and “Monday Night Football” slates. Thanksgiving NFL festivities are now a three-day affair, and Christmas also has a loaded tripleheader. The season starts on a Wednesday and then heads to Australia one day later to open the most expansive international schedule ever.

Phew. Time for us to catch our collective breaths and take a step back. After all, trying to digest 272

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