War and unrest
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
Brady apologizes for comparing playing football to military

By Fred Goodall Oct. 20, 2022 03:49 PM EDT

FILE - New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh works the sidelines in the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. Saleh's New York Jets will open the NFL regular season against the Baltimore Ravens at home - just across the Hudson River from where the 9/11 attacks unfolded. Football will be played Sunday, Sept. 11, but all the cheers won't mean anyone has forgotten. Certainly not Saleh, whose oldest brother David narrowly escaped the south tower that day. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Saleh knows Jets playing at home on 9/11 has special meaning

By Dennis Waszak Jr. Sep. 10, 2022 12:51 PM EDT

Cleveland Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett (7) passes against the Chicago Bears during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Fields throws 3 TD passes in half, Bears edge Browns 21-20

By Tom Withers Aug. 27, 2022 10:26 PM EDT

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur works the sideline during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
Packers to keep resting starters for final preseason game

Aug. 23, 2022 06:06 PM EDT

Cleveland Browns quarterbacks Deshaun Watson, right, and Jacoby Brissett look to pass during the NFL football team's training camp, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)
Browns backup QB Brissett moves into Watson's starting spot

By Tom Withers Aug. 13, 2022 05:16 PM EDT

FILE - Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel speaks during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, March 2, 2022. One player has been off limits for Vrabel when preparing for the draft with general manager Jon Robinson: his oldest son Tyler. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
31 NFL teams looking at Vrabel. No, not the Titans coach

By Barry Wilner Apr. 26, 2022 12:36 PM EDT

In this photo provided by Melissa Hutchinson, Aidan Hutchinson is held by his great-grandfather, Joseph Bernardi. Hutchinson is an impressive reflection of his parents and his middle names honor a great-grandfather, who was part of the World War II jungle fighting unit known as Merrill's Marauders. Jacksonville is expected to select Hutchinson with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night, April 28. (Melissa Hutchinson via AP)
Hutchinson shaped by family, including a WWII veteran

By Larry Lage Apr. 22, 2022 03:01 AM EDT

FILE- In this Aug. 14, 2021, file photo, New York Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett works the sidelines in the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the New York Jets in East Rutherford, N.J. A backup quarterback and holder for the Giants in 2001, Garrett spoke Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, about the Sept. 11 attacks and the tragedy that claimed almost 3,000 lives that day. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, File)
Giants O-coordinator Jason Garrett remembers 9/11 attacks

By Tom Canavan Sep. 09, 2021 06:15 PM EDT

Blue skies and favorable weather greets the thousands of fans attending the festivities at Curtis Hixon Park during the NFL's Super Bowl 55 Experience on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021 in Tampa. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Officials: no Super Bowl threat amid rise of white supremacy

By Curt Anderson Feb. 03, 2021 03:30 PM EST

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (19) offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva (78) and wide receiver Diontae Johnson (18) celebrate after Smith-Schuster scored a touchdown against the New York Giants during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
United front? Villanueva's choice surprises teammates

By Will Graves Sep. 16, 2020 04:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, smoke rises from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers, in New York City. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks' 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
With Joe Judge era days away, Giants pause to remember 9-11

By Tom Canavan Sep. 11, 2020 04:48 PM EDT

In this undated photo, Ed Hubbard stands inside a display at the Air Force Armament Museum in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., as he talks about what it was like to be a prisoner of war at the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison during the Vietnam War. With a special invitation from Commissioner Roger Goodell, the 81-year-old Hubbard will be in Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night to watch his Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in its first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
Chiefs fan goes from POW to special Super Bowl guest

By Dave Skretta Feb. 01, 2020 06:45 PM EST

Preparan el campo del Hard Rock Stadium para el Super Bowl. Con paquetes exclusivos y cenas con ex jugadores Miami atrae a los grandes derrochadores el 28 de enero del 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The mission for 100-year-old veterans: Super Bowl coin flip

By Tim Dahlberg Jan. 31, 2020 05:16 PM EST

Super Bowl Groundskeeper George Toma, left, walks along the sideline of Hard Rock Stadium Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla., in preparation for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Tight security promised for Super Bowl 54 in Miami

By Curt Anderson Jan. 29, 2020 11:59 AM EST

FILE - This Feb. 1, 1993 file photo shows Pop superstar Michael Jackson performing during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Regardless of your musical tastes, it seems the Super Bowl halftime show has gone there. From the sublime (Tony Bennett) to the ridiculous ( Janet Jackson's ``uncovering''), and from Michael Jackson's moonwalks to U2's majestic remembrance of the 911 victims, the halftime presentations have drawn nearly as much attention as the NFL championship game itself. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)
From marching bands to The Boss to Lady Gaga at halftime

By Barry Wilner Jan. 29, 2020 03:38 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009, file photo, Peter Fonda, poses atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Glendale, Calif. Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a statement that Fonda died Aug. 16, 2019, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 23, 2019 10:13 AM EST

FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, Juice WRLD performs in concert during his "Death Race for Love Tour" at The Skyline Stage at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. The Chicago-area rapper, whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins, was pronounced dead Dec. 8 after a "medical emergency'' at Chicago's Midway International Airport, according to authorities. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 16, 2019 12:47 PM EST

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, center, of the Tree of Life/Or L'Simcha Congregation, is comforted after saying a prayer for the souls of the deceased during the one-year commemoration of the Tree of Life synagogue attack, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)
Steelers moment of silence commemorates synagogue shooting

Oct. 28, 2019 08:18 PM EDT

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady speaks with members of the media during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Latest: Rams hold practice outside at Falcons' facility

Jan. 31, 2019 07:24 PM EST

FILE-In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 file photo, DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric L. Alexander listens to a question during a news conference in Tucker, Ga. Legions of police and federal agents will be protecting the stadium as Atlanta hosts Super Bowl 53, but recent attacks in the U.S. and around the world underscore how terrorists are striking less-secure areas outside sports stadiums, arenas and airports, experts say. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Security inside stadium and out for Super Bowl in Atlanta

By Jeff Martin Jan. 23, 2019 04:16 PM EST