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Antonio Brown and the Patriots reached agreement on a 1-year deal worth up $15 million that includes a $9 million signing bonus, per source.

Time for another league of Pick'em Pro Football fantasy league. This is a free pick'em league. Choose the winners and assign your confidence points on which team will win. Easy and stress free. Until you can't get a cell signal ... and join asap. First game is Thursday so choose that game once you sign up.

NFL Live Thread: Week 1 Thursday, September 5, 2019 (All Times Eastern) Green Bay at Chicago 8:20 pm NBC Soldier Field Sunday, September 8, 2019 Buffalo at N.Y. Jets 1:00 pm CBS MetLife Stadium Baltimore at Miami 1:00 pm CBS Hard Rock Stadium Kansas City at Jacksonville 1:00 pm CBS TIAA Bank Field Tennessee at Cleveland 1:00 pm CBS FirstEnergy Stadium Washington at Philadelphia 1:00 pm FOX Lincoln Financial Field Atlanta at Minnesota 1:00 pm FOX U.S. Bank Stadium L.A. Rams at Carolina 1:00 pm FOX Bank of America Stadium Indianapolis at L.A. Chargers 4:05 pm CBS Dignity Health Sports...

The professional football league is about to start its new season soon, and you know what that means — MORE POLITICAL LECTURES! (Okay, fantasy football, but still…) While some are still bleating about Colin Kaepernick not playing the league is still dealing with the fallout from his protesting. With ratings dropping, and discontent between ownership and activist-minded athletes, one solution thought upon was the creation of a social justice committee, comprised of owners and players. This committee would address and influence any number of social causes. It was recently announced that one member would be stepping down, Miami Dolphins owner...

New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung was indicted on a charge of cocaine possession, the Belknap County (NH) Attorney’s Office told the Boston Herald’s Kevin Duffy on Thursday morning. News first broke of Chung’s indictment in the Laconia Daily Sun, that reported: “Patrick C. Chung, 32, of Meredith, was indicted on a charge of possession of cocaine.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They just won’t die. The Patriots survived a wild, back-and-forth game to beat the Chiefs 37-31 in overtime in the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium. The win puts them back in the Super Bowl for the third straight year and fourth time in five years where they will face the Rams in two weeks in Atlanta.

FULL TITLE: 'Maybe they shouldn’t be in the country': Trump suggests NFL players should leave the U.S. if they don't stand for the national anthem after rule change banning the controversial protest President Donald Trump backed an NFL rule change Wednesday that bans kneeling during the national anthem and hits violators with fines. However, the president — who instigated the new policy with his withering rebuke of players refusing to stand during the tribute to America — said the measure doesn't go far enough. 'I don’t think people should be staying in the locker rooms,' he told Fox & Friends...

After the Dallas Cowboys lost to the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday, some fans on social media started to call for quarterback Tony Romo to come out of retirement. The Cowboys lost their third straight game -- and it was also the third straight game where quarterback Dak Prescott failed to toss a touchdown and the second straight with multiple interceptions. Prescott, who threw only four interceptions in 2016, has thrown five in the last two weeks and nine this season. Romo, who retired and became a broadcaster for CBS last season after losing his starting role due to injury,...

Cam Newton likes his hats. And, I mean, he really likes his hats. Derby-day boaters, embroidered fedoras, straight-out-of-“Newsies” flat caps: You name it, it’s probably been on the head of the Carolina Panthers’ MVP quarterback during his post-game pressers. Even when Mr. Newton doesn’t put his foot in his mouth with a Bobby Riggs variety sexist remark, as he did during a news conference earlier this month, his hats are enough to make the pressers appointment viewing. I prefer to watch the media meet-ups with the sound off. Trying to make sense of Mr. Newton’s Wonka-esque headwear requires my full...

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Statement regarding the Super Bowl halftime show Statement by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue regarding the Super Bowl halftime show: "We were extremely disappointed by the MTV-produced halftime show. It was totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the content of the show. "The show was offensive, inappropriate and embarrassing to us and our fans. We will change our policy, our people and our processes for managing the halftime entertainment in the future in order to deal far more effectively with the quality of this aspect of the Super Bowl."